The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has conducted a full-scale search for a small aircraft which went missing on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 25, in the province of Isabela. CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the Cessna 206, a single engine with registry number RP-C 1174, was...
Search continues for the missing plane that left the Cauayan City Airport but did not arrive in the coastal town of Maconacon, Isabela on Tuesday, Jan. 24. On Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) with the Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 2 of...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a thorough investigation into the allegation of two development workers that policemen tried to abduct them on Jan. 10 in a port in Cebu. Azurin said he had already tasked Brig Gen. Jeary Bearis, director of the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A foreign national was found dead on Thursday, Jan. 12, three days after he was reported missing, in Barangay Sampinit, Bago City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the foreign national as Laszlo Matyas, 63, of England. Senior Master Sgt. Job Ogares, chief investigator of Bago...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The body of the 12-year-old boy who went missing after he allegedly drowned in a creek in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Quezon City on Friday, Jan. 6, was recovered by rescuers on the said waterway on Sunday, Jan. 8. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) La Loma Police Station said...
Filipino movies, surprise us in 2023! With the movie audience inching their way back to the cinemas during the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), we hope to see more people patronize local films. We hope to see young, maverick filmmakers cross over and successfully transition to the entertainment...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy went missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Barangay Sangat in San Fernando town, southern Cebu province on New Year’s Day. Stephen Pagcaliwagan, information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG-7), said 24 residents of Barangay...
Six people died in a fire that hit a residential area in Quiapo, Manila on Thursday, Dec, 29, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. In a report, the BFP said four people were also reported injured. Based on the report, the fire started at 2:34 a.m. and reached third alarm in around 15 minutes....
DAVAO CITY – Three persons were reported missing in a landslide in Barangay Don Salvador Lopez in Mati City, Davao Oriental on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Authorities identified the missing as Jethro Paglanson Quilat, 14-years-old; Roberto Pelaez Ampo, 52-years-old; and John Gel Paglanson Casaligan,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Nine fishermen went missing while fishing in the sea of Catanduanes province, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol reported on Christmas Day. Gremil Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, identified the missing fishermen as Noel Zafe, 41; Dante David; Arnel Araojo, 43;...
CEBU CITY – Four fishermen went missing while fishing in the sea of Kinatarcan Island in Sta. Fe town, northern Cebu province on Friday, Dec. 23. They were identified as Gilbert Pepito, 37; Gaspar Yassi, 45; Louie Lubitos, 34, and Redol Yassi, 42. The Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas...
Authorities have conducted a search and rescue (SAR) operation to find four fishermen who, two days before Christmas, went missing while venturing at sea in Cebu while the province was being battered by gale force winds due to northeast monsoon. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) The missing fishermen...
