CAVITE – Two sisters were injured in a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank explosion inside their house in Tanza on Sunday, July 13. A report from the Provincial Regional Office identified the victims as alias Ana, 20, and alias Carie, 18, both students. Investigator-on-case Staff Sergeant...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) strongly denounced the “inappropriate” use of the Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) for political campaigning by some candidates in the upcoming elections. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the...
MAUBAN, Quezon – Authorities arrested four fishermen for blast fishing in the sea of this municipality on August 27. Danilo Larita Jr. of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 4-A-Fisheries Protection Law Enforcement Group Western Seaboard said Tanggol Kalikasan received information from...
CAVITE – A hand grenade explosion killed three and wounded four others, including the suspect, in Cavite City Tuesday night, Jan. 25. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as Arjay Camacho, 18, and alias Daniel, a minor. Police said two groups of male teenagers...
An anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels exploded in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, July 19, killing a soldier and injuring five others who were on a community support program (CSP) that was supposed to bring development to a remote barangay. (File photo)...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. strongly condemned on Wednesday, July 6, the landmine blast allegedly perpetrated by communist rebels in Mapanas, Northern Samar which injured seven soldiers. Personnel od the 20th Infantry Battalion, 8th Infantry Division of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fisherman was killed while two others were injured while allegedly blast fishing in the sea of Sitio Salvacion, Barangay Ilijan, Sto. Niño, Samar last Tuesday, June 7. The fatality was identified as Emiliano Davila, 40, a resident of the barangay. Injured were Rolan Davila, 28,...
View of the ruins of the Saratoga Hotel, following an explosion on the eve, in Havana, on May 7, 2022. Rescuers combed through what remained of a luxury Havana hotel Saturday, as the death toll after a powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak climbed to 26, authorities said. YAMIL LAGE / AFP...
The support base of UniTeam tandem of former senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte just received a "blast from the past". Senator Francis Tolentino (center) leads a "unity pose" with his fellow UNIDO members at the Manila Yacht Club on April 23, 2022 (Photo from Senator Francis...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma In January 1991, President Corazon Aquino convened a multisectoral workshop that would craft a contingency plan for coping with the effects of the Iraq-Kuwait War. Recall that in August 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait and declared its...
Senatorial aspirant and former congressman Teddy Baguilat Jr. is the latest opposition figure to get inspired by presidential hopeful Vice President Leni Robredo’s TikTok gimmick wherein she was seen doing imaginary energy blast attacks. A screenshot of senatorial aspirant Teddy Baguilat Jr. who...
Reelectionist Senator Leila De Lima is now seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported sale and use of text blast machines for probable partisan political activities. De Lima said such activity is abusive and dangerous as it hijacks emergency protocol systems to “spam” people with...
