Intensified nighttime operations by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) resulted in the apprehension and citation of 355 individuals for city ordinance and traffic violations. Conducted on April 15 under Oplan Bulabog/Galugad, the QCPD carried out 26 simultaneous operations across Quezon City...
Transport group Manilbela ended its three-day strike with a march to Mendiola, Manila, on Friday, April 17, renewing calls for the suspension of fuel taxes and a rollback in oil prices to ease the burden on drivers and commuters. Hundreds of jeepney drivers and operators gathered at Welcome...
The Quezon City government led the country’s first Urban Heat and Drought Summit to advance coordinated, science-based action against extreme temperatures in urban areas. The initiative was driven by heat indices reaching up to 46°C in the city in 2024 and 2025, underscoring growing risks to...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is hunting down the suspect in a hit-and-run incident that killed a 21-year-old jeepney driver while he was changing a flat tire along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City early Monday, April 13. Police said the victim was fixing a flat tire of his passenger...
Seven wanted persons, including a rape suspect, were arrested in coordinated “Warrant Day” operations conducted by the Northern Police District (NPD) in Valenzuela City and Malabon City. NPD director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Dela Cruz said the operations resulted in the arrest of one...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso is inviting both members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community to take part in the Manila Summer Pride 2026 parade, emphasizing that the celebration is open to all. Set on April 25, the parade will assemble at Quirino Grandstand and make its way to...
Eleven police officers were injured Wednesday morning, April 15, during a dispersal of protesters from the urban poor group Kadamay at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office in Quezon City. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the incident occurred at...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lauded Manila on Thursday, April 16, as the capital led the roll out of the national government’s “Biyayang Bigas” program, commending its swift and efficient implementation. Joining Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso at SM City Manila, Marcos...
The Navotas City government has extended relief assistance to around 3,000 families in Obando, Bulacan affected by smoke from the Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility (NSFL) fire. Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco said the city government provided 3,000 sacks of rice for families in four barangays in...
Four individuals sustained minor injuries while around 300 families were displaced after a fire hit a residential area in Barangay 121, Tondo, Manila, on Wednesday evening, April 15. Four individuals were reported injured, including a 67-year-old woman who sustained a first-degree burn on her left...
Prime Infrastructure has deployed two firefighting tugboats to help contain the blaze at the Navotas sanitary landfill, as local authorities continue efforts to extinguish a deep-seated fire that broke out on April 10. In a press briefing on Wednesday, April 15, Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco...
What began as a neighborhood dispute that allegedly started on a a basketball court ended in a fatal shooting inside a computer shop in Tondo, Manila, on the morning of April 13. The two suspects now claim they acted in self-defense. The suspects, a father and son who surrendered to the...
