CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million were seized from a public utility jeepney (PUJ) driver in a buy-bust operation here at dawn on Monday, July 1. SUSPECTED shabu worth P6.8 million was seized from a public utility jeepney driver in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City at dawn on...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma opposed the bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. PALMA (Archdiocese of Cebu FB) Palma appealed to the faithful to shun House Bill (HB) No. 9349 or the An Act Reinstituting Absolute Divorce as an Alternative Mode for the Dissolution of...
BURAUEN, Leyte – Last June 28, a pair of Philippine Eagles was reintroduced in the forest of Barangay Kagbana here. PHILIPPINE Eagles ‘Uswag’ and ‘Carlito’ inside their holding cages prior to their release. (Keith Bacongco) But this significant milestone was not just an overnight...
ILOILO CITY – A coalition of environmental groups has urged the Iloilo City government to scrutinize the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) project by incineration deemed toxic both to people and the environment. “We call on the Iloilo City government to reconsider the construction of a WTE...
Malacañang has declared July 2, 2024, a special non-working holiday in Pasig City for the commemoration of the 451st Araw ng Pasig on Tuesday. The Palace released a copy of Proclamation No. 612 on Monday, a day before the holiday takes place. The proclamation was signed by Executive Secretary...
The Manila Water’s pipe-laying project in Taguig will last until July next year and is expected to cause traffic congestion. This was the advice of the Taguig City government and Manila Water about the Long Term East 3 Cayetano Boulevard Line Pipe-laying Project. The advisories of the...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A 46-year-old businessman was robbed of more than P600,000 by four armed men who introduced themselves as agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Saturday night, June 29, in Barangay Sinalhan, this city. Police identified the victim as Nino Arni Amoranto...
BAGUIO CITY – Baguio Midland Courier, a prominent newspaper in this city and the oldest in the Cordillera region, will close on July 22 after 77 years in circulation. The weekly BMC founded by Sinai Hamada published its first issue on April 28,1947. Newsmen and newsstands were caught by...
ILOILO CITY – Ten houses were damaged in a fire on Sunday afternoon, June 30, in Barangay Maria Cristina in Jaro District. A FIRE damaged 10 houses in Iloilo City on Sunday, June 30. (MORE Power) The Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office said that nine out of 10 houses were...
The Muntinlupa City government’s Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) received a perfect 100 percent rating for functionality. The rating was given by the Regional Inter-Agency Monitoring Task Force (RIMTF) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government-National...
CEBU CITY – Developing better chemistry was something that the San Beda Red Lions and the Adamson University Soaring Falcons wanted to achieve when they decided to compete in the Mayor Kirk Asis Open Invitational in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur. THE San Beda Red Lions and the Adamson University...
BACOLOD CITY – Eight indigent children with complex heart conditions here and Negros Occidental underwent cardiovascular surgery through a partnership between the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) and the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) based in this city. THE CLMMRH in...
