A 35-year-old woman was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Parañaque City, Sunday night, Jan. 21. Col. Renato Ocampo, city police chief, identified the victim as Manilyn Acuesta Guinto, a resident of Bagong Ilog St., Barangay Baclaran, Parañaque City. Ocampo said Guinto died on the...
Classes in an elementary school in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City were suspended following an alleged bomb threat that alarmed teachers and students on Monday morning, Jan. 23. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) deployed operatives to New Era Elementary School after the principal, Mrs. Chelma...
Police seized smuggled red onions worth almost P2.6 million in the sea of Zamboanga City on Sunday, Jan. 22. SMUGGLED red onions seized by authorities from a wooden boat in Zamboanga City. (2nd Mobile Force Company) The 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company, together with Customs and police...
A bishop was hurt during a fire that hit an Aglipayan church and several houses on Sampaguita 1 Street in Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City on Monday morning. The Quezon City fire District (QCFD) said the victim, Bishop Slavador Gallester, 58, sustained minor burns on both arms. The QCFD said...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A 41-year-old Chinese National listed as high-value individual was arrested during an anti-illegal drug operation here on Saturday, Jan. 21. The anti-illegal drug operation conducted by operatives of Angeles City Police in Brgy. Balibago, Angeles City resulted in the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY –- Police authorities have remained clueless on the cause of the death of a grade 10 student whose decomposing body was found on Jan. 18 at a vacant lot in Barangay San Isidro, this city. Colonel Joemar Alexis Yap, city police director, said probers have yet to determine...
DAVAO CITY – The 5.013-billion yen or P2.052-billion donation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2018 for the construction of a waste-to-energy project in Davao City is still available, First District Councilor Temujin “Tek” Ocampo said. In an interview, Ocampo said that...
As part of its goal to ramp up the mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration and to make the process more convenient for the benefit of Filipinos, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), together with public telecommunication entities (PTEs), mounted...
To culminate the month-long festivities of the 22nd Grand Bambino Festival in Pasig City, a Bambino Exhibit was formally opened on Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral Formation Center. Devotees of the Bambino or the Sto. Niño witnessed the launch, graced by Pasig City Lone...
An unidentified motorcycle-riding man died in a shoot-out with operatives from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) early morning on Sunday, Jan. 22. The QCPD said that the armed encounter happened at around 12:55 a.m. on Sunday when members of the Galas Station (PS 11) who were conducting...
Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian has extended the deadline of business permit renewal for entrepreneurs in the city until Jan. 31. “Due to public demand, marami pong nakikiusap ho pahabol pa no sa pagbabayad ng kanilang mga requirements at permits, kaya po nadesisiyunan po ng...
GARCIA (FB) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog sa Carmen in Carmen town, northern Cebu should not be treated as a competition of the Sinulog Festival here. Gov. Gwen Garcia pointed this out amid insinuations that the Sinulog sa Carmen is being pitted against the Sinulog Festival. Garcia also clarified that...
