Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) A ranking congressman from Visayas wondered out loud Monday, Feb. 17 if Davao had become the center of the drug trade in the country. This, as House Assistant Majority Leader...
TACLOBAN CITY – Forty houses were razed by a fire in Barangay Calvary Hill here on Monday, Feb. 17. Arson investigators said the fire started at 7:40 a.m. in the house of a woman named Tita. The fire quickly spread to adjacent houses made of light materials. The fire was declared out at 9:04...
The Muntinlupa City government recorded 22 cases of dengue in more than a month this year. The 22 dengue cases in Muntinlupa were recorded from Jan. to Feb. 8 this year. From Jan 1 to June 3 last year, the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) recorded 80 dengue cases. According to the...
BACOLOD CITY – An 81-year-old woman and her son were fatally shot in Sitio Lower Lauyan, Barangay Dian-ay, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 15. A MOTHER and her son were gunned down in Barangay Dian-ay, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 15. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes clarified that he remains loyal to One Cebu, an influential political party headed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia. FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte endorses the reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes. (FB) Cortes issued the...
CEBU CITY – Two female siblings were rescued from online human trafficking allegedly orchestrated by their 33-year-old mother in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu province. POLICE arrest a mother for trafficking her two daughters online in Lapu-Lapu City. (Contributed photo) Their mother...
An obstetrician-gynecologist was found dead with a bullet wound in the head inside a car in Naga City on Sunday, Feb. 16. The victim was identified as 36-year-old Dr. Rajean Monette Romualdez of the Bicol Medical Center in Naga City. A bystander found the victim’s body and reported the discovery...
By Jinggoy I. Salvador A dozen years later, I’m back in the city that doesn’t sleep. Hello again NYC! What was it like this time around? Bright lights all the way from uptown Manhattan all the way down to The Battery. It wasn’t so on the 2012 visit with Sandy’s “knockout” presence...
D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc. (PSE: DMW) proudly announces that several of its key developments have achieved the prestigious WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The WELL Health-Safety Rating is an evidence-based, third-party verified standard...
BUTUAN CITY – Police apprehended 16 wanted persons during a Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation here over the weekend. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said two were most wanted persons – Mae, 32, and Ange,...
(Photo from Rep. Maan Teodoro) The Marikina City local government has launched a series of programs and initiatives for better healthcare services to Marikeños. Led by Marikina 1st District Rep. Maan Teodoro and Mayor Marcy Teodoro, the local government recently conducted medical missions in 16...
The Department of Education Schools Division Office of Taguig and Pateros (DepEd TAPAT) denied reports and social media posts that public school students were abducted or kidnapped by persons in white vans. “DepEd Taguig City and Pateros issues this statement concerning the alleged...
