A drug peddler died in a shootout with members of the Quezon City Police DIstrict (QCPD) Galas Station (PS 11) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Damayang Lagi, Quezon City on Wednesday evening, Jan. 11. Lt Col. Richard Ian Ang, PS 11 commander, identified the suspect as Jordan Cedie Balana,...
A woman was arrested by the Makati City Police for sextortion after blackmailing a man whom she met on social media that she would not release his sensitive photos and videos to the public in exchange for money in a hotel in Poblacion, Makati. The police identified the suspect as Anna Marie Nucom,...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Three-hundred thirty-two olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings were released back to the sea here by the Bantay Dagat on Jan. 9 and 10. Jay Lim of Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) said Sherwin Rosales, a staff of the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), reported that they were released...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Classes on all levels and work in the city government remain suspended on Thursday, Jan. 12, due to inclement weather from the shear line and low-pressure area. MAYOR John Dalipe (left) leads the distribution of relief packs to flood victims in a Zamboanga City evacuation center...
ILOILO CITY – Mobile phone signal will be shut down in selected areas for the two-day Dinagyang Festival here next weekend. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background in the Dagyang sa Calle Real event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
ILIGAN CITY – The Iligan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council through chairman Mayor Frederick W. Siao suspended classes here on Thursday, Jan. 12, due to bad weather caused by the shear line and low-pressure area. Siao cancelled classes from nursery to Grade 12, including...
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama shot down the ‘signal shutdown’ that the police planned to impose during the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, Jan. 15. Rama lamented that the city government was not consulted when the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) requested the National...
Muntinlupa City Mayor Ruffy Biazon received a lotto and small town lottery (STL) check worth P488 thousand from Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Mel Robles on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Courtesy of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office This was the lotto and STL shares of the...
ONLY the rooftop of a house in Barangay Tumaga in Zamboanga City can be seen after rising water level from a river caused severe flooding in the area. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 residents were forced to evacuate to safer grounds as strong rains battered this...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old online cockfighting or e-sabong worker in San Fernando town, southern Cebu on Monday, Jan. 9. The suspect, Donn Caezar Aquino, was arrested during a cockpit raid in Barangay Bugho, a mountain village, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, chief of the Police...
MAGALONG BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has directed the Baguio City Police Office to provide assistance to the Loakan Airport Security Committee during temporary closure of the national highway at the end of Runway 27 to ensure safety during flight arrival and departure. He assured that...
QUEZON Rep. David C. Suarez, DOLE provincial director Edwin Hernandez, and board member Ferdinand Talabong with DOLE-TUPAD beneficiaries during the payout in Lucena City. (Danny Estacio) LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Some 1,000 beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-TUPAD program...
