CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police have formed two tracker teams to capture the suspect in the murder of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mervin M. Guarte here on Tuesday, Jan. 7. THE city government of Calapan led by Mayor Malou Morillo recognized Mervin Guarte’s achievement in...
CEBU CITY – The legal debacles of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes continue to pile up after he received another unfavorable ruling, this time from the Court of Appeals (CA). CORTES (FB) The CA has denied Cortes’ plea for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and Writ of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two persons were killed in a fire that razed a house in Barangay Rawis here on Friday, Jan. 10. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the victims as Princess Ysabelle, 21, a nursing student, and Melvin Sabado, 42, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Peace and Order Council chaired by Mayor John Dalipe has approved a P200,000 incentive to Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano who neutralized two lawless elements here on New Year's Eve. The incentive was approved during the City Peace and Order Council meeting...
President Marcos has signed laws establishing the Baguio City Sports High School and Baguio City High School for the Arts. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) Under Republic Act No. 12119, the government shall establish the Baguio City Sports High School that shall offer...
ILOILO CITY – This city logged the second highest inflation rate in the country last month with 5.4 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said Iloilo City is next to Cagayan, with 5.7 percent, among 100 provinces and highly urbanized cities with high inflation rate in December. A VIEW...
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – The Police Regional Office-10 said on Friday, Jan. 10, that the Traslacion during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in this city on Thursday, Jan. 9, was generally peaceful. PRO-10 headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City. “No untoward incidents reported within the...
The SM Foundation and SM Prime turned over on Dec. 18 a newly built two-story school building to the Santa Barbara Central Elementary School in Zamboanga City, which was heavily ravaged during the Zamboanga City siege in 2013. SM Foundation Executive Director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde, SM...
Mayor Marcy Teodoro The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the name of Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro still remains on the ballot as a candidate for congressman in the city's First District for the upcoming May 2025 elections amid the agency's 1st Division's decision to cancel his...
Director Darryl Yap defended the teaser video of his upcoming film “The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma” after TV host and actor Vic Sotto filed a cyber libel complaint against him. Sotto’s name was mentioned in the movie trailer, which became the basis for the 19 counts of cyber libel that he...
The city government announced on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, that face-to-face classes on levels in Davao City are suspended on Jan. 13 due to the National Rally for Peace by the Iglesia ni Cristo. The city government issued Proclamation No. 1, Series of 2025, suspending classes and mandating a...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office announced that 333 personnel from the Station Drugs Enforcement Unit and Intelligence Section tested negative for illegal drugs in a random drug test conducted by the Police Regional Office-11 on Jan. 2. Acting DCPO chief Police Col. Hansel...
