A Nigerian national was arrested by the police for possession of illegal drugs and a gun at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Barangay Ligid-Tipas, Taguig. The unnamed Nigerian was found in possession of 3.83 grams of cocaine, 2.8 grams of dried marijuana leaves, a gun and...
DAVAO CITY – Netizens here disputed the findings of the TomTom Traffic Index that traffic in this city is heavier than in Manila. TRAFFIC in Davao City during Christmas in 2022. (Keith Bacongco) They admitted traffic congestion here but asserted that it is significantly lighter than the...
CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police nabbed a man wanted for rape in San Pedro City, Laguna on Thursday, Jan. 16. The suspect was identified as Alexander. Alexander was arrested on a warrant issued by San Pedro City Regional Trial Court Branch 169 Presiding Judge Nida C....
A 48-year-old man, tagged by the police as the No. 7 most wanted person in Muntinlupa, was arrested on Jan. 16. The Muntinlupa Police Warrant and Subpoena Unit conducted an operation and arrested alias Edwin in Barangay Poblacion. He was nabbed based on a warrant of arrest issued by...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod warned the public about a fake missionary priest from the Chaplaincy of the Holy Trinity in Bago City, Negros Occidental. In an advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Diocese said that a certain Rev. Fr. Mario D. Divina is not an authorized priest of...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities intercepted smuggled cigarettes valued at P9.8 million in a checkpoint here on Jan. 16. AUTHORITIES inspect smuggled cigarettes seized in a checkpoint in Davao City on Jan. 16. (PNP) The Police Regional Office-11 said authorities flagged down a wing van with...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man was accused of repeatedly raping his two grandchildren in Lapu-Lapu City. The victims were sexually abused for the past six years and it was only last week that the siblings aged 14 and 17 had the courage to report their suffering to authorities. The victims...
Artist’s conceptual rendering Villar Group and US-headquartered Curley-Wagner Golf Design have officially signed an agreement for the design of the first tournament golf course to rise within the sprawling 3,500-hectare Villar City. The signing, held on January 11, 2025, at Brittany Hotel Villar...
TV host and actor Vic Sotto and director Darryl Yap faced each other in a Muntinlupa court on Jan. 17 over a case related to a teaser video of the controversial film “The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma.” Sotto and Yap appeared before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch (RTC) 205, which...
BACOLOD CITY – The Office of Civil Defense is eyeing Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental as pilot tent city for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. MAYOR Raymund Tongson (right) inspects tents being set up in Sitio Bingig, Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City...
The girl vendor being ejected by the security guard from the mall. The Mandaluyong City Police on Friday, Jan. 17, belied claims that the young female sampaguita vendor who went viral on social media after being ejected from a mall by a security guard is a member of a crime syndicate. The police...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and eight assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Cleveland Cavaliers, 134-114, on Thursday night, Jan. 16, in a matchup of teams with the best records in the NBA. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai...
