TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these areas, the Bureau of Fisheries Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday, October 6. These bays are Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Fifty grams of shabu worth more than P1 million was seized and two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Bagong Silang, Barangay Cotta, this city, on Thursday, October 5. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte identified the suspects...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of incumbent and former officials of Patnongon town in Antique and a private individual in the irregular transfer of ownership of the municipality's P9.9 million rice mill in 2007 and 2008. Denied were the motions for reconsideration filed by...
CAPAS, Tarlac – The Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) recently marked its fifth decade of spreading the Gospel throughout the world with a grand display of thanksgiving and celebration at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium. PMCC looked back on its roots and eagerly awaited a...
LA PAZ, Tarlac – Seven drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation in a makeshift drug den in Barangay Sierra here on Wednesday night, October 4. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-3 identified the suspects as Marvin Manuel, Jaworsky Enderez, Gilbert Tolentino, Saturnino Manuel,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Six former lawmen tagged in the killing of 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar in Navotas City on August 2 surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Quezon Provincial Field Unit in Camp Nakar, Lucena City, Quezon on Wednesday, October 4. SIX former...
CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
CEBU CITY – More than 100 policemen in Cebu with relatives running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 have been transferred to another assignment. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said moving the 104 police officers...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 47-year-old farmer fell and drowned in a water tank in Barangay Malonoy, Villareal, Samar, on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Vicente Tordillos Jr. Initial investigation said the victim was on his way home from a drinking spree and suddenly climbed on top...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has arrested more than 200 persons as part of the strict enforcement of the election gun ban. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of CPPO, said the operations against loose firearms have been relentless as part of their preparation for the...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) charged three hunters for capturing and killing a wild boar or “baboy ramo” or the Philippine Warty Pig in the protected area of Mount...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairwoman was wounded in an ambush in Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Susan Sumulong, 50, of Barangay Calocnayan, Seven Hills, Calbayog City. Initial investigation said Sumulong was on board a pedicab around noon...
