Two persons were injured when a fire razed a house in Barangay Hagonoy, Taguig on June 5. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire started at about 7:20 p.m. at No. 139 M.L. Quezon St. in the barangay. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 7:07 p.m. before it was put under...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is looking into the controversial claim made in the name of an elected youth official in this city. Kim Cyril Sina-on Siacon, a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or youth councilor from Barangay Sooc, Arevalo District, was...
Mayor Lani Cayetano said she will not allow the establishment of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Taguig. “A POGO refers to an entity that offers and participates in offshore gaming services by providing games to players, taking bets, and paying the winning players. The...
DAVAO CITY – Volunteers are the lifeline of many non-profit groups that operate with limited resources. Among them is the Philippine Eagle Foundation that relies on grants and donations to sustain its conservation efforts to keep the national bird, the Philippine Eagle, away from extinction. Dr....
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here hopes that Philippine Airlines commercial flights from Baguio to Cebu and vice versa will resume after the rainy season. A PHILIPPINE Airlines aircraft at Loakan Airport in Baguio City. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The flag carrier had earlier announced...
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela – Police are conducting intensified manhunt operations against a retired policeman who allegedly killed a barangay tanod over irrigation water in Barangay Nabbuan here on Monday night. READ:...
CEBU CITY – Six persons were killed and six others were rescued after a fishing boat caught fire in the sea of Naga City, southern Cebu on Wednesday night, June 5. RESCUERS from Coast Guard-Central Visayas unload the bodies of two fishermen who were among the six persons who perished after a...
The suspects in the killing of Barangay Buli Chairman Ronaldo “Kaok” Loresca were charged with murder by the police. Loresca, 48, was shot by two unidentified men at about 10:16 p.m. on May 22 in front of Sole So Blessed Sneakers and Apparel at No. 195 Manuel L Quezon Street, Barangay...
The Muntinlupa City government is encouraging residents in different barangays to join clean-up drives to prevent the spread of dengue. “Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that is endemic to the Philippines. It affects people of all ages. Its severe form, dengue hemorrhagic...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 105 grams of suspected shabu worth P714,000 from a couple in a buy-bust operation in Barangay III (Poblacion), La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 4. A COUPLE was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay III (Poblacion), La...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 has ordered former Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chairperson Maria Belen Sunga-Acosta and her lawyer to clarify their statements online and provide reasons that will prevent them from being held in contempt of court. ...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has sent at least 100 policemen to Canlaon City in Negros Oriental to help maintain peace and order following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Monday night, June 3. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 chief...
