BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old bodyguard and his 18-year-old companion were gunned down on Circumferential Road in Barangay Alijis here on Thursday night, January 25. POLICE cordon the area where two persons were shot dead in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City on Thursday, January 25. (Photo courtesy of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A family of four were killed in a fire that razed their house in Barangay 1 here on Friday, January 26. FOUR people died in a fire in Lucena City, Quezon on Friday, January 26. (DRRMO Lucena) Arson investigators identified the fatalities as Lolit Lubiano, 72; Juanito...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 23rd Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division captured two wounded New People’s Army amazons in an encounter in Barangay Bitan-agan, this city, on Wednesday, January 24. They were taken and under tight security in a hospital here on Thursday, January...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Agriculturist’s Office (CAGRO) reported P3,758,132 in agricultural damage from the shear line that caused heavy rain and floods in the Davao region last week. The CAGRO said flooding resulted in the erosion of about 12 hectares of rice field in Calinan District,...
BACOLOD CITY – A campaign seeking to withdraw signatures for the People’s Initiative (PI) will be launched here on Saturday, January 27. Atty. Cesar Beloria Jr., an advocate on educating people about the PI, is calling for the withdrawal of these signatures, as he believed that most people who...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) paid tribute to the bravery of the SAF 44 on Thursday, January 25. POLICE Col. Leo Pamittan, Negros Occidental police director, leads the Day of National Remembrance for SAF 44 at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Thirty Sangguniang Kabataan officials here tested negative for banned substances during a recent drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 2. This was announced on Thursday by the agency five days after SK Federation president and...
The Taguig City government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) partnered for a lecture on bird diversity assessment and monitoring on Jan. 24 at Mercado del Lago, Lakeshore in Barangay Lower Bicutan. Migratory birds can be seen in Taguig. Mayor...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno vowed to lobby the concern of the Southern Philippine Development Authority (SPDA) about the implementation of the Agro-Industrial Development Program (AIDP) before the Office of the President. MAGNO (FB) Magno was among...
BACOLOD CITY – A beacon of hope. Thus said Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. here of the newly constructed light house or parola turned over by the city government to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) led by Capt. Weniel Azuna, head of PCG District Western Visayas, in Barangay Banquerohan, this...
The Valenzuela City government has launched “Operation Timbang Plus” (OPT Plus) that aims to measure the height and weight of children and give them deworming tablets and vitamin A drops to address malnutrition in the city. Children under 5 years old underwent a weigh-in session using the...
CAVITE – The top 100 college students of the province’s first congressional district received scholarship grants at the Cavite City Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Cavite 1st District's top 100 college students received scholarship grants on Wednesday, Jan. 24 (Photo from Rep....
