TACLOBAN CITY – Police are still in pursuit of a man who yielded over P2-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation here recently. A total of 300 grams of shabu were purchased from the suspected drug pushers, Arnold Lanonte Froilan, 26, a resident of Barangay 71, this city; and...
The Quezon City People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) has recognized the police official who led members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) during the Mamasapano Law Enforcement Operation in Maguindanao on Jan. 25, 2015, that resulted in the death of a known...
The 10 family members killed in a fire incident that gutted down a residence in Muntinlupa City died of ‘asphyxia by suffocation’, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) City Fire Marshal supt. Eugene Briones said Monday, Dec. 19. Asphyxia is a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen,...
Couple Virgilio Ladia, 68, and Clarita Ladia, 65, just arrived in the Philippines from the US one week ago to spend Christmas with their family. Bruger5B A fire engulfing a house in Bruger Subdivision, Putatan, Muntinlupa on Dec. 18 (Muntinlupa City Fire Station) But their lives were cut short when...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Zamboanga City barangays started to light up their respective Christmas villages for the holidays. Ten barangays were awarded on Friday, Dec. 16, in this year’s Inter-Barangay Christmas Village Competition. The Christmas Village of Barangay Bunguiao in Zamboanga City lights up...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto shared on Sunday, Dec. 18, that the local government will rename its primary rainforest park, and will aim to further incorporate green spaces in its infrastructure projects come 2023. RAVE Rainforest Park in Pasig City. Sotto announced that the current “Rainforest...
ILOILO CITY – When will a flyover built on the boundaries of this city and the municipality of Pravia town at a staggering P680 million budget ever become passable? The big question came from no less than Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. and was addressed to...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "WES" Gatchalian announced on Saturday, Dec. 17, that single motorcycles will be allowed to pass through the city’s bike lane starting Dec. 25. Under City Ordinance No. 1064, Series of 2022, single motorcycles are authorized to utilize the bike...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led on Saturday, Dec. 17, the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated “Bahay Kanlungan” which serves as a temporary shelter for women, children and members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) commuity who were victims of...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has lifted the 12 midnight limit on public sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in this city. TRENAS Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas issued Executive Order No. 49-B over the weekend scrapping EO 49-A he issued last Dec. 6 after two groups of young men were...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) confiscated almost P200,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes following the arrest of three people in an entrapment operation in Iligan City. Nabbed were Joharei Ambaco Mangutara, 22; Abdul Jalil Ambaco Mangutara, 29; and Mansawi Lumna...
At least nine people were reported to have died in a fire that hit a two-storey house in Muntinlupa City on Sunday morning, Dec. 18. Muntinlupa City fire marshall Supt. Eugene Briones said the fatalities were found on the ground floor of the house in Barangay Putatan. At least one person remains...
