Seven persons died, including two kids, and more than 60 families were left homeless in a fire incident in Barangay San Juan in Taytay, Rizal on Saturday night, April 8. A report from the Office of Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Col. Dominic Baccay showed that at least seven...
CEBU CITY – At least P31-million worth of suspected shabu were seized from two women who were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue on Black Saturday, April 8. In Lapu-Lapu, Pamila Legaspo, 43, was arrested in Barangay Mactan and more than three kilos of...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P7.4 million from an ex-convict in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulacao, Talisay City, Cebu on Black Saturday. AN ex-convict, Patrick Abing Igoy (left), yielded a kilo of suspected shabu worth P7.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Talisay...
LUCBAN, Quezon – Thousands of people visited the Kamay ni Hesus healing church in Barangay Tinamnan, this town, this Holy Week, starting on Holy Monday and peaking on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. PEOPLE visit the 50-foot statue of the Risen Christ at the Kamay ni Jesus healing church in...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned over six newly constructed buildings to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cagayan in March. These are the Police Non-Commissioned Officers quarters in Santo Niño, Lasam, Ballesteros, Claveria, and Abulog and the multi-purpose building...
DOLORES, Quezon – A drug pusher was shot and wounded by the police after he allegedly resisted arrest and attacked them with a bolo during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday morning, March 5, in Sitio Bangkong Kahoy, Barangay Kinabuhayan, this town. Police effected the arrest of the suspect,...
CEBU CITY – The management of the Capitol-run north and south bus terminals expressed readiness for the influx of passengers for the observance of Holy Week and the upcoming long weekend. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia inspects one of mini-buses at the Cebu South Bus Terminal when she visited the facility...
CEBU CITY – The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines Inc. (ProPork) has urged the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) to review and consider the protocols that the provincial government of Cebu are taking to manage African Swine Fever (ASF). ProPork also expressed...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – The Buhay na Kubol Festival here is under way this Holy Week. Buhay na Kubol are various structures in different locations that showcase the 14 Stations of the Cross. Mayor Matt Erwin Florido said that each structure has local talents performing to bring the event into life....
BAGGAO, Cagayan – The military discovered a New People’s Army arms cache here on Monday, April 3, through information provided by two former communist guerrillas. Unearthed were two Bushmaster and two M16A1 rifles which are now in the custody of the headquarters of the 501st Infantry Brigade in...
CEBU CITY – A boxing judge was arrested after he assaulted an official of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office on Saturday night, April 2, in Lapu-Lapu City. JIMMY Donton, officer-in-charge of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office, is bloodied when he reported to a...
