CEBU CITY – A 20-year-old man suspected of being a police asset was shot dead here on Wednesday, Nov. 13. John Michael Ybañez died on the spot due to a bullet wound in the body. A SUSPECTED police asset was shot dead in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Wednesday, Nov. 13.(Contributed photo)...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) will start an P80-million, one-kilometer underground distribution system project on Lacson St. here by January. MAYOR Albee Benitez (left), Roel Castro (center), president of Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC), and NEPC...
DAVAO CITY – Bookworms rejoice! Two million books are featured as the Big Bad Wolf eyes one million new readers in its fourth return to this city for a book sale from Nov. 22 to Dec. 1 at The Tent of the Azuela Cove in Lanang, this city. BIG Bad Wolf Books co-founder and executive director...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was found at the seawall of Purok Lampirong, Barangay 2, this city, on Tuesday night, Nov. 12. Police Major Eugene Tolentino, head of Police Station 2, said the victim was covered with a sack. Both legs were tied...
The majority floor leader of the Muntinlupa City Council said the development of the land of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) should be made with prior consultation with the city government and affected residents. Atty. Raul Corro, councilor and majority floor leader, said, “The plan to convert...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested the second most wanted person in General Santos City who had been hiding in the past three years in General Luna town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Police Col. Nilo T. Texon identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A retired teacher was killed in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Purok 4, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 10. A RETIRED teacher perished in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Police confiscated smuggled cigarettes worth P1.1 million in a house in Purok Masanagon, Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 11. SMUGGLED cigarettes worth P1.1 million were seized in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation announced on Tuesday night, Nov. 12, that a new eagle chick hatched at the newly established National Bird Breeding Sanctuary in Barangay Eden, Toril District, this city, on Monday, Nov. 11. PHILIPPINE Eagle Chick No. 30. (PEF) Tagged as Chick...
ILOILO CITY – This city’s sole power utility, MORE Electric and Power Corp., has joined the Safety Organization of the Philippines Inc. A LINEMAN of MORE Power in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This membership in SOPI is a testament to MORE Power’s unwavering commitment to...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon is supporting the transfer of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to Palawan but said the city government should be included in the development plan of the land that will be vacated by the facility. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three notorious kidnappers were killed in an encounter in Barangay Salipyasin, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 12. A SUSPECTED kidnapper was killed in a gunbattle in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Nov. 12. One of the suspects was Murid Ahod, the eighth...
