Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro on Monday, Aug. 4, announced that the city government will start to enforce a no parking rule on its main roads as part of its efforts in alleviating traffic congestion in the city. Teodoro made the statement following the joint meeting between the Metro Manila...
The city government of Pasay conducted a cleaning and disinfection drive at the city’s public market to ensure cleanliness and public safety on Sunday, August 3. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the operation aimed to remove waste, unclog the drainage system, and disinfect the...
A nine-year-old girl who had been reported missing was found dead at a vacant lot in Barangay Santa Lucia, Novaliches, Quezon City, on Sunday afternoon, August 3. Barangay officials said the child was discovered lifeless and unclothed inside a compound in the area at around 5:00 p.m. Her father,...
A 45-year-old jeepney driver was arrested by the Marikina City Police for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl, the Eastern Police District (EPD) said on Sunday, Aug. 3. Police identified the suspect as alias Ian, a resident of Barangay Fortune, Marikina City. Based on the police report, Ian...
The Dr. Filemon C. Aguilar Memorial College of Las Piñas (DFCAMCLP), a city-run college, produced a total of 141 students who graduated with Latin honors during its 23rd commencement exercises last August 1. Las Piñas City Mayor April Aguilar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DFCAMCLP, and...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora led the official blessing and ceremonial turnover of 83 new service vehicles to various departments and offices of the city government on Monday, Aug. 4. During the ceremony, Zamora said the new vehicles are part of the city government 's expanded vehicle...
A 64-year-old senior citizen and his accomplice were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal on August 2. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the suspects as alias Babeng, 64, tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) for illegal drugs, and alias...
Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro urged Marikeños to strictly follow the curfew hours for minors being implemented in the city as part of the city government 's expanded efforts to ensure their welfare and safety. In her advisory, Teodoro said individuals 18 years old and below are strictly...
BOGOTA, Colombia — The bodies of all five miners trapped in a collapsed shaft in the world 's biggest underground copper mine for three days have been found and identified, an official said Sunday. Aquiles Cubillos, the lead prosecutor in Chile 's O 'Higgins region, said the body...
NINOSHIMA, Japan — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions. Many of the victims had their...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Taguig has processed more than 3,000 applications for voter registration in three days in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections. The Comelec has set the voter registration for the Dec. 1 Barangay and SK Elections from...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator who has been charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations. Nenel Cassy was arrested on Saturday while he was at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district of the capital, Port-au Prince,...
