ROSARIO, La Union – A motorcycle driver and his back rider died while a Grade 11 student was injured in a collision on the national highway in Barangay Poblacion West here on Tuesday night, May 23. Police identified the victims as Jeric Rocapor, 31, of San Fernando City, this province,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the police in Laguna and Quezon on Tuesday, May 23. Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces identified the surrenderers as Restituto Prado, alias “Nicole,” a member of the Bagong...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The decomposing body of a woman was found in a vacant lot in Barangay Annafunan East here on Tuesday, May 23. Police identified the victim as Jasmin Grace Casale, 21, of Barangay Atulayan Norte, this city. According to Police Capt. Rosemarie Taguiam, city police...
CEBU CITY – His stint with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) may have ended already but Filipino basketball Ramon Fernandez is not stopping with his quest to help aspiring talents to make it big not just nationally but also in the international scene. RAMON Fernandez (left), wife Karla, and...
ABULUG, Cagayan – A seaman was arrested in a buy-bust operation here, a report said on Monday, May 22. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Regional Office 2-Batanes Provincial Office and Abulug police identified the suspect as Denis Tagoc Viloria, 39, of Pamplona, Cagayan. Viloria yielded...
LUCENA City, Quezon – The Quezon Provincial Health Office has recorded an increase in the number of active Covid cases in the province. The Quezon Provincial Health Office (QPHO) said that from only one on April 10, cases suddenly surged on May 3, more than double the daily average of new...
CEBU CITY – At least 13 passengers were injured when a fast craft ferry collided with a cargo vessel at the Mactan Channel in Mandaue City on Sunday afternoon, May 21. M/V Saint Jhudiel is damaged after it collided with a cargo vessel at the Mactan Channel in Cebu on Sunday afternoon, May 21....
MULANAY, Quezon – A bomb threat posted on social media of four schools in this town forced the municipal government to suspend the classes on Monday, May 22. Authorities, however, found the bomb threat to be negative after searching the areas where the four schools were located. The four schools...
GUMACA, Quezon – The municipal government is set to undertake a low-cost housing project, Mayor Webster Letargo announced on Saturday, May 20. LETARGO (Danny Estacio) Letargo said some 500 to 600 employees of the municipal government are on a priority list to acquire low-cost housing units set to...
CEBU CITY – The reopening of a United States (US) consulate in Cebu is not possible in the near future because of budget constraints, US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said. CARLSON (center). (US Embassy Manila FB) Carlson said the reopening of a US consulate in the province “is...
ENRILE, Cagayan – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed a bridge-widening project here that will give motorists a safer and more convenient travel. LIWAN Bridge (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) DPWH-Cagayan Third District Engineering Office (CTDEO) District Engineer...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested an online teacher on Friday, May 19, in Pugo, La Union for allegedly raping a minor. The Baguio City Police Office identified as the suspect as John Paul Lubin Ecom, 29. Ecom was tagged as Top 3 Most Wanted Person on the city level in Baguio and the the BCPO...
