CEBU CITY – Olympic weightlifters Elreen Ann Ando and John Febuar Ceniza received a rousing welcome in their return to their alma mater – the University of Cebu (UC) – here on Thursday, August 29. The school gave Ando and Ceniza a hero’s welcome as well as two other students who...
The Philippines ranked first at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) final round held from Aug. 23 to 26. The HKIMO on-site competition was participated in by 700 students, while 1,600 students participated online from 13 countries and regions: Australia, Bulgaria,...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda here refuted allegations made by Mayor Jerry Treñas that she did nothing when then President Rodrigo Duterte tagged the city as the most “shabulized" locality in the country. REP. Julienne 'Jamjam' Baronda and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City....
Some cyclists in the City of Marikina expressed their gratitude to the local government and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) following the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of active transport infrastructure and the opening of end-of-trip cycling facilities in the city on Thursday,...
A Muntinlupa court denied the motion for reconsideration filed by government prosecutors aiming to overturn the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima in her last drug case filed in 2017 during the Duterte administration. In a decision dated Aug. 7, Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the ...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was arrested and 315 grams of suspected shabu valued at P2.1 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Langis, Barangay Banago here on Wednesday night, August 28. Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., head of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), identified...
BUTUAN CITY – Six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte on Wednesday, August 28. Brig. Gen. Adonis Ariel G. Orio, commanding general of the Army 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade based here, said they turned over four M16 Armalite rifles, one AK47 rifle,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard arrested a 39-year-old man after suspected shabu was found in his possession on Wednesday, August 28, in the seaport of Barangay Aguit-itan, Calbayog City. A specialized narcotics dog detected that the suspect had illegal drugs in his possession...
The police arrested a man for possession of suspected shabu in Barangay Bambang, Taguig on Aug. 28. The suspect, identified by the police as alias Bungal, 40, was nabbed after authorities implemented a search warrant. Operatives from the Taguig Police’s Ususan SubStation 4, in...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon - A three-year-old boy drowned in a water container near a construction site in Barangay Ibaba Palale, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 28. Police identified the victim as Gabriel, a resident of Barangay Gumihan, Infanta, Quezon. The victim was found lifeless, head...
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Five-thousand farmers, fishermen, and families from 15 municipalities and one city in this province received cash assistance from the Office of the President on Monday, August 26, at the Capitol Compound in Barangay Amas here. FIVE-thousand farmers, fishermen, and...
DAVAO CITY – The Police Regional Office-11 belied on Wednesday, August 28, a news report by Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) that the Philippine National Police (PNP) would bomb the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) Cathedral within two hours if the KOJC members do not surrender Pastor...
