BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) died in a fire that gutted his house in Sitio Bunga-Bunga, Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon, February 26. ONLY galvanized iron sheets are left of a house razed by a fire in an upland area in San...
SAN JOSE, Batangas – A 56-year-old legislative officer of the municipal government was critically wounded in a shooting incident here on Monday morning, February 26. AFRITADO'S bullet-riddled SUV (Photo via Danny Estacio) Police identified the victim as Ronald Afritado, Local...
San Miguel Aerocity Inc. (SMAI), a subsidiary of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC), has inaugurated its Saribuhay sa Dampalit project in Barangay Pamarawan, Malolos, Bulacan. In a statement, SMC said this pioneering initiative marks the launch of the Philippines’ first...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two barangay officials and a tanod were shot dead in Barangay Daja Diot, San Isidro, Leyte by four gunmen on Saturday night, February 24. MAP of San Isidro, Leyte San Isidro police chief Police Major Reymund Quinagutan identified the fatalities as Elizalde Tabon, 55, chairman;...
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur – Three persons were killed and six were injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and van before dawn on Sunday, February 25, in Barangay Gogongong, this town. FLAMES consume a van burns as police tend to victims of a three-vehicle collision in San...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – The body of a private tutor with multiple stab wounds was found in this town on Friday, February 23. THE body of an LGBTQ member was found in Sitio Tipaz Sulok, Barangay Tipaz, San Juan, Batangas on February 23. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Police identified the victim...
WORD ALIVE When I did a post-graduate study at the University of Leicester in England, there was a British lady personnel named Joan with whom I occasionally talked about religion. “I find it hard to believe there’s someone up there,” she said. “What I’ve gone through cannot make me...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Police arrested the most wanted person in this city in Barangay Burgos-Padlan here on Thursday, February 22. DELA Cruz mugshot The suspect was identified as Marlon Brando Cardinez dela Cruz, 44. Dela Cruz was a suspected member of the newly identified Delos...
SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested five individuals and dismantled a makeshift drug den in a raid in Barangay Magpapalayoc here on Monday, February 19. FIVE drug suspects were arrested in a raid of a suspected drug den in San Leonardo, Nueva...
Former San Miguel Beer import Ivan Aska may not be at the Big Dome when the Beermen seized the 2023-’24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup title but he was given huge credit by head coach Jorge Gallent for turning the corner in the team’s title run. Former San Miguel import Ivan Aska gets his share of...
Expect an improved travel experience at the country’s main airport, as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the private-sector-led rehabilitation will lead to reduced wait times and fewer flight delays. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the launch of the P170.6...
WORD ALIVE There’s a young man who was constantly bedeviled by sensual thoughts. Feeling guilty, he consulted a priest-friend. “Don’t worry,” the priest assured him, “these thoughts popped out in our minds. They’re not sinful but only enticements. But the moment you start...
