Two police sergeants assigned in Cavite, who allegedly collect P1.5 million every month from transport operators in Bacoor, landed in jail following an entrapment operation conducted by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The two cops were...
ILOILO CITY – This city is hosting the first-ever Coffee, Cacao, and Coconut (CoCaNut) Congress from November 8 to 10 organized by the Panay Organization for Progressive Agriculture (POPA) Cooperative chaired by Dr. Louie Tirador. “The economic value of these three commodities is very high,”...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon and the City Council signed a resolution recognizing the heroism of a late World War II veteran who died in August at the age of 99. The Muntinlupa City Council passed Resolution 2013-317 gave recognition to the heroism of war veteran Tranquilino "Tanke" Lorica...
The Quezon City government announced on Tuesday, Sept. 19, that it will conduct the dry run for the Katipunan Avenue-Northbound morning rush hour zipper lane on Thursday, Sept. 21. The zipper lane, to be opened in coordination with the Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA), aims to utilize the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here said on Tuesday, September 19, that a Dutch company has expressed interest in helping address flooding in this city. Benitez, chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC)-Western Visayas, along with some members of the city...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections has allowed 1,279 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in two jails here to vote in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Four-hundred two are from the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ)-Special Intensive Care Area (SICA) in...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A councilor here on Monday, September 18, revealed that a housing project for victims of typhoon “Sendong” in Sitio Pahiron, Barangay Lumbia, this city, remains unfinished. HOUSING units at the relocation site in Sitio Pahiron, Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City....
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a college student in a buy-bust operation in Barangay II, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Monday, September 18. Police identified the suspect as Jayvee Porquez, 27, of Barangay II, tagged as the Top 8 drug personality in the city. Confiscated from the suspect...
DAVAO CITY – More than 2,000 fisherfolk received rice and cash assistance from Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte here on Monday and Tuesday. Duterte’s son, Rodrigo II, led the distribution to beneficiaries from Barangays 21-C, 22-C, and 23-C at the Davao Coastal Road. REP. Paolo Duterte,...
Photo from the Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan led the lighting of 70 new streetlights from Roxas Boulevard to Taft Avenue on Monday, Sept. 18. The street-lighting ceremony was held on Quirino Avenue on Monday night where she was joined by Manila...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cruz Roja here on Tuesday, September 19. The suspect was 41-years-old and considered a high-value individual. Seized from the suspect was 58 grams of suspected shabu valued at...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A 41-year-old man was shot dead and two others, including a barangay chairman, were wounded while on their way home in Barangay San Francisco here on Sunday night, September 17. The Police Regional Office-2 identified the fatality as Marlon Quijano, a resident of...
