DAGUPAN CITY -- A fisherman died, six others were rescued, and seven others are missing when their fishing boat capsized in the sea of Barangay San Vicente, Santa Ana, Cagayan at the height of super typhoon "Nando" on Monday. Coast Guard Station Santa Ana responded to a distress incident involving...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Forty-eight houses were damaged by tornadoes spawned by super typhoon ‘’Nando’’ here on Monday. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Arwin Vendiola said the tornadoes that started in the sea struck at 11 a.m. and affected Barangays Nagsayaoan,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The deputy chief of police of Santa Margarita town, Samar province was found dead in his quarters on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The body of Police Lt. Vitaliano Galban was discovered in a pool of blood when he was called for dinner by his colleague. His service firearm was on his chest...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region recognized the bravery and dedication of a policeman injured in the eye while arresting a 35-year-old man who stabbed a woman in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sept. 3. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director,...
Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the Philippines’ leading infrastructure investments company, has appointed former Philippine Airlines President Gilbert Gabriel F. Santa Maria as the new President and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), effective Sept. 1, 2025. Santa...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was seriously injured when he was stabbed in the eye while responding to a stabbing incident in Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, Sept. 3. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region said the police officer was arresting the...
More than 200 Grade 6 students of Santa Filomena Central School (SFCS) in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte will now be able to attend whole-day classes following the turnover of a new two-story, four-classroom building on Aug. 27. The building, donated by SM Prime through SM Foundation, addresses...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A man was killed in a gun battle with police after he shot and killed his long-time foe and a peacemaker on Sunday morning, Aug. 31, in Barangay Labas, this city. Investigation said the victim Victor was standing when the suspect Nestor armed with a .38 caliber gun...
CEBU CITY – An engineer was shot and wounded on a highway in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27. The victim was identified as Engr. Angelito Uy Mendoza, a 58-year-old resident of Barangay Manalongon, Santa Catalina. Police said the victim was a contractor...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown on Friday formally declared the historic and miraculous Our Lady of the Assumption Church here as minor basilica during a Mass celebrating the Feast of the Saint Mary the Assumption. With Brown were Nueva...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A businessman and his wife were killed when a provincial bus crashed into their canteen before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 13, on the Santa Rosa-Tarlac Road in Barangay Santo Rosario, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija. Police identified the victims as canteen owner Eddie and wife...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 15-year-old girl shot by her ex-boyfriend in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija has passed away, police said. Police said Lea died on Tuesday, Aug. 12, five days after she was shot by her ex-boyfriend, Leo, in a public school classroom on Thursday, Aug. 7. Lea succumbed to a bullet wound...
