BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas has reiterated his call to the remaining residents of Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, particularly those in the four to six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone, to leave their homes, following the increased ash emission observed from Kanlaon Volcano before...
BACOLOD CITY – Residents fled their homes as flashfloods inundated Cadiz City and Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Dec. 22. THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Negros Occidental Bacolod City Chapter Emergency Response Unit and Ambulance Team rescue flooded residents in Villa Sagrado...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways fully reopened the sinking Ungka Flyover on Monday, Dec. 23. THE Ungka Flyover that traverses Iloilo City and Pavia town fully opened on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (June Dale Lozada) The controversial flyover reopened ahead of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office has created a Special Investigation Task Group to probe the ambush of the Commission on Elections-Sulu provincial official where his brother was killed. MOLITAS The task group, composed of officers from the Police Regional Office-9, the...
A 32-year-old woman was arrested by the police after they found firearms, including an M16 rifle, in her residence and for allegedly allowing her live-in partner, who is wanted for murder, to escape in Taguig on Dec. 22. Officers from the Taguig Police Warrant and Subpoena Section and...
CEBU CITY – Regie “The Filipino Phenom” Suganob put up a performance that erased doubts on his capability to contend for a world title again. The 27-year-old Boholano boxing sensation displayed sheer brute force and blinding speed to pummel Thai fighter Nanthanon Thongchai in the main event...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office has sought stronger cooperation from the people to address youth violence here following two separate stabbing incidents involving minors during Simbang Gabi (dawn Mass) last week. “We call on parents, guardians, community leaders, and stakeholders to...
Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac and Councilor Raul Corro have been designated as acting mayor and acting vice mayor of Muntinlupa, respectively, while Mayor Ruffy Biazon is away for overseas travel. Simundac and Corro, the majority floor leader of the City Council, will be performing their duties...
Two siblings will be spending Christmas in jail after they were arrested for possession of shabu and marijuana kush in Taguig on Dec. 20. The Taguig Police Substation 4 identified the arrested suspects as alias Rosario, 52, tagged as a high value individual, and her brother, alias Rio, 54, a...
Nasser Amil, the brother of Vidzfar Amil, Commission on Elections-Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, after sustaining a bullet wound in the head in an ambush in Zamboanga City. Vidzfar, who was also in the vehicle and believed to be the target of the suspects,...
CEBU CITY - A 29-year-old drug pusher tagged as a high-value individual was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Friday night, Dec. 20. Police recovered 4.5 kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P30.6 million from Kent Kirk Calonge Ponsica, who was arrested on M....
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) died while saving his 12-year-old son from drowning in the sea of Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 20. A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker drowned while saving his 12-year-old son in the sea of Barangay 2,...
