MULANAY, Quezon – Two fishermen went missing in the sea of Barangay Santo Niño here on Thursday, Dec. 19. Police identified them as Brences Profugo, 23, and Edrian Drio, 16, residents of Barangay Cambuga, this town. Carmelita Profugo, mother of Brences, told police that her son and Drio...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The Quezon Police Provincial Office has intensified measures to ensure the safety of the people this holiday season. The QPPO deployed on Wednesday, Dec. 18, motorcycle patrol and personnel on the Maharlika Highway. THE Quezon Police Provincial Office has...
LOPEZ, Quezon – The Sangguniang Barangay of Matinik here has declared a state of calamity after a ground rupture affected 15 houses and displaced around 51 families or 124 individuals on Sunday. The Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee said that two classrooms at Matinik...
REAL, Quezon – A 19-year-old working student drowned in the sea of Purok 1, Barangay Tignoan, this town, on Dec. 11. Police identified the victim as Reymond Jeorge de Leon, single, from Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. Investigation said the De Leon was swimming alone when he struggled...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Troops arrested two suspected civilian New People’s Army supporters in an encounter here on Thursday, Dec. 12. The two individuals were identified as Ronilo and Genero. The 85th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was patrolling Barangay Guinhalinan when it engaged...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon - A 62-year-old fisherman was hacked to death by three farmers while watching a basketball game in Sitio Centro, Barangay Don Juan Vercelos, this town, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 10. Police identified the victim as Eufemio Picoro Buquil, married. Buquil was watching a...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – One-thousand college, senior high, and junior high school students here received educational assistance from the city government on Friday, Dec. 6. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso distributes financial aid to students on Friday, Dec. 6. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
TIAONG, Quezon – This town ushered in the Yuletide season with the lighting of the Christmas display at the municipal hall on Friday, Dec. 6. Hundreds of people witnessed the event led by Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea. THE town of Tiaong in Quezon kicked off the Yuletide season with the lighting of the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A suspected drug pusher and his live-in partner were arrested and shabu valued at P6 million was seized in a drug buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Police identified the suspect as Joel, 33. He was listed as a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade by...
GUMACA, Quezon – An 84-year-old woman drowned and her body was caught in a fish trap or “baklad” in the shoreline in Barangay Villa Padua here on Monday morning, Dec. 2. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office identified the victim as Nelda W. Caballero, a resident of Barangay...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) held a medical and dental mission here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. PCSO Director Imelda Papin (third from left), with Mayor George Suayan (second from right), leads a medical and dental mission in Candelaria, Quezon on Dec....
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A 39-year-old collector was killed and his two back riders were injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a passenger bus in Barangay Malinao Ilaya, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1. Atimonan police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida identified the fatality as...
