CEBU CITY – Residents in some towns in northern Cebu have been advised to refrain from eating shellfish due to red tide. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has raised a red tide alert over the Bogo-Medellin Bay. The red tide alert was raised after samples of...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Five persons were killed in a landslide in Sitio Angelo, Barangay Umiray, this town, on Tuesday night, October 24. RESCUERS conduct retrieval operations for landslide victims in General Nakar, Quezon on Wednesday, October 25. According to Mayor Eliseo Ruzol here, the...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad or councilor and two others were arrested during a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den in Barangay Capaya 2 here on Sunday, October 22. A SANGGUNIANG Kabataan kagawad or councilor was arrested in a buy-bust...
Renewable power pioneer and publicly listed Alternergy Holdings Corp. said it will develop a wind farm on the island of Alabat, Quezon. In a statement, Alternergy said the Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Quezon Province approved the construction of Alabat Wind Power, a renewable project....
CEBU CITY – Two-hundred passengers were rescued from a passenger vessel that ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu on Monday, October 23. PASSENGERS of M/V Filipinas Butuan transfer to motor bancas after their ship ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu en route to Iloilo City on Monday morning, October 23....
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police seized shabu worth P306,800 from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Saturday night, October 21, in Pirok Dama de Noche, Barangay Domoit, this city. The suspect was identified as “Ryan,” 38, a resident of Purok Pansol, Barangay Bocohan, here. Police...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized shabu worth P15 million from a suspected big-time drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Saturday, October 21, in Barangay Ilayang Iyam in Lucena City, Quezon. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, quoting a report from...
CEBU CITY – High-powered firearms were recovered from the house of a man in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday night, October 17. The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Cebu City Field Unit (CIDG-CCFU) raided the house of Ferid Joseph Libre Baena on the strength of a...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 apprehended three suspected drug peddlers and confiscated shabu with an estimated street value of P2,074,000 in buy-bust operations on Tuesday, October 17. Two drug pushers were arrested in Iba, Zambales. Seized...
BANGUED, Abra – A candidate for kagawad or barangay councilor in Barangay Bangbangcag, Bucay, Abra, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Sitio Nagpasingan, Barangay Bangbangcag, Bucay on Tuesday, October 17. MAP of Bucay, Abra. Police Corporal Vicsyd D. Manuel, Bucay police investigator,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested a wanted New People’s Army rebel in an encounter in Barangay Tonggohin in Infanta, Quezon on Tuesday, October 17. WANTED communist fighter 'Ka Rico' (seated). Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas identified the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Quezon Rep. David “Jayjay” C. Suarez on Tuesday, October 17, urged residents here to elect the right candidates in the October 30 barangay elections. Suarez said choosing the right leaders is necessary because the barangay is a very important unit of the local...
