LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A fetus was found inside a chapel by residents on Monday afternoon, August 21, in Barangay Kanlurang Mayao, this city. The discovery was reported to the Women and Children’s Protection Desk. The fetus was placed in a box and was blessed at the Saint Ferdinand Cathedral in...
CEBU CITY – Police expressed alarm that minors were used by a suspected drug group in its illegal activities in Balamban town, western Cebu. Lawmen discovered this after they arrested four persons following a shootout on Saturday night, August 19. Police Lt. Col. Glenn Hife, chief of the Balamban...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) declared five barangays in this province as drug-free on Monday, August 21. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte said that the declaration underwent a thorough...
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,...
