PITOGO, Quezon – Police arrested a barangay councilor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabulihan here on Thursday afternoon, September 21. The suspect was identified as Cezar Generale, 42, councilor of Barangay Cabulihan and considered a high-value individual (HVI). Generale yielded three...
TACLOBAN CITY – Bothered by his conscience, a tricycle driver admitted to killing his live-in partner and their two children in a farm in Barangay Pupua, Catbalogan City, Samar, almost a month after the incident on August 30. Suspect Edito Candiz, 42, said he and his common-law wife,...
CEBU CITY – In the wrong place at the wrong time. Such was the case for two persons who were killed in freak accidents in separate areas in Cebu. In Sogod, a 16-year-old boy was killed when a trunk of a coconut tree fell on him on Wednesday night, September 20. The victim was identified as...
CEBU CITY – Over 2,000 Information Technology-related jobs are up for grabs in a job fair hosted by Danao City in northern Cebu on Friday, September 22. The job fair at the Cebu Technological University-Danao Campus will be participated in by at least 13 Information Technology and Business...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Two farmers were wounded in a shooting incident in Sitio Kansamyo, Barangay San Vicente, here, on Wednesday night, September 20. Police identified the victims as Lonelyboy Nasayao, 45, and Floriecelle Abella, 40, residents of Sitio Kansamyo. Initial investigation said...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – A 59-year-old pastor and four others were injured in a collision between a tricycle and a Toyota Innova on the national highway in Barangay Calwit here on Tuesday night, September 19. Police identified the injured as Ricky Madera Samson, 27, tricycle driver; Tony...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) asked the public to observe proper sanitation in food preparation after 11 pupils fell ill after eating homemade candies in Asturias, Cebu on Friday, September 15. The victims were taken to a hospital for suspected food poisoning and...
CEBU CITY – Officials of an elementary school in Barili, Cebu were shocked when they found out that one of their teachers was arrested for illegal drugs. Sheila Ares, principal of Mantalongon Elementary School, said they didn’t hear any reports or notice that 39-year-old teacher Glenn Pacaldo...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – This town has signed an agreement for the implementation of a Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Mayor Matt Erwin Florido here said that the final draft of the FLUP was prepared by the Technical Working Group (TWG)...
MULANAY, Quezon – A 45-year-old farmer died and his nephew was injured after they were electrocuted in Barangay Mangahan, this town, on Monday afternoon, September 18. Police identified the fatality as Edwin Pereyra and the injured as Angelo Gacula, also a farmer, and residents of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police nabbed a senior citizen and a 28-year-old man for gun and drugs in Padre Burgos and Candelaria, this province, on Saturday, September 16. The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) identified the suspects as Roberto Fajardo Jr., 60, of Sitio Pogspak, Barangay...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – The body of a 53-year-old man who drowned on September 4 on the Agos River in Sitio Old Laiban, Barangay Laiban, Tanay, Rizal was found floating 30 kilometers away in Sitio Neo, Barangay Pagsangahan, this town, on Saturday afternoon, September 17. General Nakar...