MAUBAN, Quezon – A 23-year-old delivery rider drowned in the sea in Sitio Bulawagin, Barangay Cagsiay 1, here on Sunday morning, August 20. Police identified the victim as Fernando Bandalaria of Camarin, Caloocan City. The victim’s friend, Jeffrey Pelesigas, told police that Bandalaria left...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Sen. Imee Marcos personally distributed educational assistance to 1,000 students in Mountain Province at the Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School here on August 20. The assistance is under the Makabasa Latta! educational support program for victims...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The police and military unearthed a New People's Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) and the 59th Infantry Battalion...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 is underway at Megaworld Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. ROASTED pig or 'lechon' is the star of the Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. (Juan Carlo de Vela) Over 10 skilled “lechoneros” gathered for the three-day annual event...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Eleven people were rescued from a motor boat that capsized after it was battered by strong winds and big waves in the sea off Panukulan, Polillo Island, this province, on Friday afternoon, August 18. The Panukulan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – Two New People's Army rebels and a supporter surrendered in Catanauan, this province, on August 16. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte identified the surrenderers as communist rebels “Jayson” and “Lea” and NPA supporter Danilo Marilao. Their...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Mayor Matt Erwin Florido here was named Outstanding Municipal Mayor in the Philippines in the field of social services by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines (ALSWDOPI) on August 15 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Four fishermen were rescued by members of the Bantay Dagat after a tornado overturned their fishing boat in Tayabas Bay in this town on Monday afternoon, August 14. Edwin Frias, head of the Sariaya Bantay Dagat, said the fishing boat was hit by the tornado at around 3 p.m....
CEBU CITY — A mother and her son died after the motorcycle they were riding in collided with a passenger bus early Tuesday morning, August 15, in Barili town, Cebu province. A MOTHER and her son died after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a passenger bus on Tuesday morning,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- An 11-year-old boy died in a lightning strike while swimming at Tayabas Bay, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on Monday afternoon, August 14. Police identified the victim as John Alexander Ballon, a Grade 5 student, of Barangay Dalahican. The victim’s mother told police her...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A tourist was arrested after he yielded P722,640 worth of marijuana bricks in a checkpoint in Poblacion here on August 11. The suspect was identified as Raymart Flogio Mendoza, 30, a resident of Tondo, Manila. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera...
SARIAYA, Quezon -- The body of a man believed to be a "salvage" or summary execution victim was found in Sitio Sinturisan, Barangay Manggalang Bantilan, here, on Sunday afternoon, August 13. Police Major Romar Pacis, Sariaya police chief, said that a resident found the remains floating on a creek...
