CEBU CITY – A real estate company has threatened to take legal action against officials of Badian town, southern Cebu for allegedly failing to stop the construction of beach houses in one of the town’s coastal barangays. Redwood Heritage Landholdings Inc. urged Badian Mayor Carmencita Lumain and...
CEBU CITY – One day after a brawl involving some Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players broke out in Carmen town, northern Cebu, another melee also erupted following a basketball game in the municipality of Moalboal, southern Cebu. A BRAWL erupted between players of the University of Cebu...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – A soldier drowned on a river while on a mission against the New People’s Army in Gattaran, Cagayan on Thursday, April 20. Major Rigor Pamittan, spokesperson of the Army 5th Infantry Division, identified the victim as Private Raymund Mones, 23, of Barangay...
DIFFUN, Quirino – A 22-year-old student was nabbed and yielded suspected marijuana worth P722,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Andres Bonifacio here on Saturday, April 22. Authorities identified the suspect as “Ryan,” a resident of Barangay Lutuad, this town. Seized from the suspect, a...
CEBU CITY – Two 12-year-old Grade 6 students drowned while swimming in a pond in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Thursday afternoon, April 20. ONLOOKERS gather around the pond where two young girls drowned while swimming on Thursday afternoon, April 20, in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – A former barangay councilor was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Baliwagan, Balamban town, Cebu early Saturday morning, April 22. Alfonso Jun Boot Jr. died on the spot due to bullet wounds. The victim’s wife told police that her husband left their house past 5...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Joint operatives from the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) uprooted 7,995 fully-grown Marijuana plants in six locations with a total land area of 1,055-square meters in Sitio Upper Bas-ungan, Sapdaan, Santol, La Union on Friday, April 21....
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) joined the local government units (LGUs) of Sadanga, Mountain Province, and Tinglayan, Kalinga, in asking the feuding tribes to keep sobriety and calmness following the killing of a hunter from...
LUCBAN, Quezon – Police recovered bomb-making components from a suspected New People’s Army (NPA) bomber who managed to escape along with his two companions during the implementation of a warrant of arrest on Thursday morning, April 20, in Barangay Kilib here. The Quezon Provincial Mobile...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City – One of the suspects in the ambush-slay of Aparri, Cagayan Vice Mayor Rommel G. Alameda and five other victims was charged at the Provincial Prosecution Office in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. ALAMEDA Report said that six counts of murder, obstruction of...
CAGAYAN – More than 5,000 Cagayanos joined a prayer rally led by Prayer for Peace Cagayan Movement at Rizal Park in Tuguegarao City on Monday, April 17. The Cagayanos joined the prayer rally to voice out their strong opposition to Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA sites in Cagayan....
CEBU CITY – The officer-in-charge of the Tabuelan Police Station in northern Cebu is willing to appear before the Senate to clear his name after he was linked to the camp of suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves. Police Col. Allen June Germodo denied that he was close to Teves who was...
