ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities said Friday that they have apprehended a suspected member of the extremist Islamic State group who was planning attacks on New Year 's celebrations. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that Ibrahim Burtakucin was captured in a joint operation carried out by...
A man was wounded in a shooting incident in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Wednesday, Dec. 25 According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), the incident occurred at around 3:00 a.m. in front of a motorcycle shop on IBP Road, where a group had gathered to celebrate Christmas. Police...
Bulacan police arrested a man in Barangay Bagumbayan, Bulakan, on Thursday, Dec. 25, after residents reported he was wielding a firearm and allegedly harming his children. Bulakan police chief Lt. Col. Rodelisa P. San Buenaventura said residents heard the children screaming and immediately...
A total of ten families were left homeless after a fire hit several houses along Bataan corner Mindanao Street in Sampaloc, Manila, early Friday morning, Dec. 26. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around 3:23 a.m. and was extinguished at around 4 a.m. Manila Fire...
To carry out necessary maintenance and upgrading works on various Meralco distribution facilities, electric service will be temporarily interrupted on the following dates and places: Meralco exerts all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled. However, there are instances when due to...
A 10-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man were injured by firecrackers on Dec. 25 and 26 amid a total ban on the use of such devices in Muntinlupa. Muntinlupa City Ordinance 14-092 prohibits “the manufacture, display, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices...
A construction worker was arrested for four counts of statutory rape after allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter for a year in Pasig City. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspect as “Onyok,” 57, listed as the No. 1 most wanted person. He was nabbed following a joint...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has arrested the gunman in the murder of two security guards inside a car dealership showroom along Commonwealth Ave. in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City (QC), on Christmas Eve. The police identified the suspect as "Charren," 24, and a native of Cagayan de...
Two fires hit residential areas in two barangays that left families homeless in Taguig on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that at about 7:43 p.m., a fire razed a house on Tahimik Street in Barangay Sta. Ana, Taguig. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 7:50 p.m....
Public Employment Service Office (PESO) acting manager John Hiroshi Umeda Jr. on Tuesday, December 23, filed criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman accusing several former Manila city officials of plunder, malversation, graft, falsification, and other offenses...
The Parañaque Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) reminded business owners of its temporary closure on Dec. 29 and Jan. 2, in observance of the holidays, in accordance with Memorandum Circular No. 111 issued by the Office of the President. Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said that...
Authorities from the Parañaque City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEI) conducted a buy-bust operation that led to the arrest of a drug suspect and in the confiscation of P714,000 worth of shabu on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as John, 23, a...
