The Upper Wawa Dam, the second phase of the Wawa Bulk Water Supply, is on course to begin operations by the end of 2025 with its progress currently over 70 percent. The project led by Prime Infra’s WawaJVCo Inc. will provide a water capacity of over 700 million liters per day (MLD) and benefit...
CEBU CITY – Two brothers with special needs died in a fire that hit their house in Barangay Poblacion, Sibonga town, southern Cebu, on Tuesday, December 26. Brothers Kyle Geronimo, 25, and Fernando Geronimo Jr., 26, were sleeping in their room when the fire broke out around 1:50 a.m. Police...
CEBU CITY – Authorities launched a search and retrieval operation after a 21-year-old man went missing while spear fishing off Santander town, southern Cebu. As of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local disaster risk reduction and management...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – A woman died in a fire that destroyed her house on Paulino St., Barangay VII-D, this city, on Christmas Day. The Bureau of Fire Protection-San Pablo City identified the victim as Rowena. A WOMAN died in a fire that hit her house on Christmas Day in San Pablo City, Laguna....
PLARIDEL, Quezon – A laborer was stabbed dead while pacifying his co-worker on Christmas Eve during a drinking spree in Barangay Concepcion here. Police identified the victim as Robert Tolentino, 32, single, of Barangay Concepcion. Investigation said the victim and the suspect, “Daniel,” 42,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six persons were killed and four were injured in a collision between a tricycle and public utility bus on Christmas Eve in Barangay Matobato, Calbayog City, Samar. The tricycle with 10 on board driven by James Castila maneuvered to the opposite lane to avoid the early warning...
PLARIDEL, Quezon – Ten individuals, including four minors, were injured in a collision between two vehicles on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Tanauan here on Saturday morning, December 23. RESCUERS assist victims of a vehicular accident on the Maharlika Highway, Barangay Tanauan, Plaridel,...
GUMACA, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured after a passenger van crashed into a truck parked on the road shoulder in Barangay Casasahan Ilaya here on Saturday afternoon, December 23. One of the passengers, Radel Rada, 37, of Catanauan, this province, sustained injuries and is in critical...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A pack of suspected cocaine valued at P2.6 million was found by a resident in Sitio Malazur, Barangay San Lorenzo, Mauban, Quezon on Friday, December 22. The Police Regional Office 4-A said that Emilio Geriba, a resident of Sitio Malazur, saw a large transparent...
CEBU CITY – Another family in Bohol province received a newly constructed house from the Libreng Alagad ug Balay (LAB) project of the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO). BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (second from left) leads the turnover of a newly constructed house to a couple in Barangay Imelda,...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian visited the area in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City where at least 500 houses were razed by a fire on December 12. Gatchalian inspected Ground Zero in Sitio Santa Maria on Thursday morning, December 21, and distributed sacks of rice to the more than 1,500...
CALAUAG, Quezon – Seven persons were injured after their van plunged into a ravine on the Maharlika Highway, Barangay Bagong Silang, here, on Wednesday morning, December 20. Police identified the victims as Naprel Santiago, 32, driver, and passengers Jocelyn Ervas, 61; Marlyn Marangot, 61;...
