SAN ANDRES, Quezon – A housewife was stabbed dead and her daughter was injured by a drunken neighbor in Barangay Tala here on April 1. Police identified the fatality as Leonor Absalon, 56. The suspect, Garry, 36, arrived at the victim’s house and suddenly stabbed Leonor. Her daughter, Rosalie,...
BACOLOD CITY – A mall in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental has been robbed, police said on Easter Sunday. Mall operations were temporarily halted on Black Saturday as a result. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said management decided to close the mall for a day pending...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela – A 36-year-old farmer drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Minanga here on Black Saturday. Police identified the victim as Richard Bular, a resident of Barangay Old San Mariano, this town. Investigation said the victim and his family were having a picnic on the...
SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan – A 27-year-old man drowned while swimming in a dam here on Good Friday. The victim was identified as Daniel, a resident of Lupao, Nueva Ecija. A MAN from Nueva Ecija drowned while swimming in a dam in Pangasinan on Good Friday. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Sensational San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to help the Spurs withstand a stunning 61-point performance from New York's Jalen Brunson in a 130-126 NBA overtime victory over the Knicks on Friday, March 29. Victor Wembanyama of the...
WORD ALIVE In the vigil service of Holy Saturday tonight, Christians await the Lord as He comes forth from the tomb. The paschal candle symbolizes the Risen Christ dispelling the darkness of sin and death. This is dramatically enacted as the church, with all the lights switched off, is enveloped in...
SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan – A man drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Nibaliw West here on Good Friday. A MAN drowned in San Fabian, Pangasinan on Good Friday. Police identified the victim as Ronillo, 59, from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. Officer-on-case Police Staff Sgt. Richard Soquila...
CAMP Lt. Rosauro Toda Jr., City of Ilagan, Isabela – A man allegedly shot his minor nephew in Barangay Binguang, San Pablo, Isabela, on Maundy Thursday. SUSPECT Arman Investigation said the victim was playing in their kitchen at around 7:30 p.m. when he was shot in the left thigh. He was...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (AFP) – Catholic zealots in the Philippines re-enacting the last moments of Jesus Christ were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped themselves bloody in extreme displays of religious devotion on Good Friday. AN ACTOR portrays Jesus Christ in a ‘senakulo’...
WORD ALIVE There is a true story about a Russian general, the governor of a province in one of the former Soviet Republics. Concerned with the outbreak of a rash of petty crimes, he issued an edict that anyone caught and convicted would receive one hundred lashes. As fate would have it, the first...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The two environmental defenders reported missing on March 24 have surfaced, police said on Maundy Thursday. Francisco "Eco" Dangla III and Joxielle "Jak" Tiong were allegedly forcibly taken by unidentified persons onboard a pick-up truck at about 7 p.m. in Barangay Polo,...
The city government of San Fernando, Pampanga is all set for this year’s Maleldo (Holy Week) rites on Good Friday, March 29. CARPENTER Ruben Enaje being nailed to the cross on Good Friday. (Ruben Enaje FB) The three participating barangays in the annual reenactment of the crucifixion of...
