The word war between Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba and Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez Jr., officer in charge of the Department of National Defense (DND), is heating up as the two officials clashed over the establishment of four additional sites for the expansion of the Enhanced Defense...
INFANTA, Quezon – A 48-year-old construction worker was strangled to death by a drinking buddy during a heated argument on Monday night, April 10, in Sitio New Little Baguio, Barangay Magsaysay, this town. Witness Alvin Quitoriano told police that he and the victim, Alex Resgonio, and suspects...
CAGAYAN – Gov. Manuel Mamba has urged the Cagayanos to have their voice and united stand against having an Enhanced Defense Cooperative Agreement (EDCA) site in the province. The governor had already announced publicly that he is opposing any sites in Cagayan. That was the governor’s reaction...
The provincial government of Rizal and the local government unit of Taytay have assured continuing assistance to the victims of two recent fire incidents. The office of Mayor Allan de Leon said the provincial government and the municipal government of Taytay are now processing the financial and...
CEBU CITY – Two siblings died after they fell into a septic tank in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, southern Cebu on Easter Sunday. Police identified the fatalities as Mark Emman Llamedo, 6, and Nathaniel Llamedo, 7. Police Corporal Clifford Lerio, investigator-on-case, said that the...
ALABAT, Quezon – Four persons were rescued from a boat that capsized in Lamon Bay in Atimonan, Quezon on Easter Sunday. The Alabat police identified them as Godfrey Almojar, 45, boat captain; and boat crew Rolly Onoya, 20, single, and Mark Aron Mafe, 18, single, residents of Barangay 3...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – A tricycle driver and his six passengers were injured in a collision with a sports motorcycle on Easter Sunday on Abuyon National Road in Barangay Lacdayan here. The victims were identified as Edgar Capio, 34, driver; Mayrene Capio, 33; Harold Pedido Capio, 13, student;...
CEBU CITY – A group of students was rescued after the motor banca they were riding stalled off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Eighteen students from the University of Cebu (UC)-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue Campus contracted the motor banca for island-hopping on Easter Sunday. A GROUP of students is...
CEBU CITY – The observance of Holy Week in the province of Cebu was generally peaceful, the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said on Monday, April 10. Col. Rommel Ochave, CPPO chief, said measures taken like increasing police visibility in churches contributed to the peaceful observance of the...
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A New People’s Army supporter surrendered to the police in Lasam, this province, on Black Saturday. The surrender of alias “Rico,” 59, a farmer, was facilitated by the Lasam police station together with the 3rd Mobile Force Platoon and 2nd...
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...
