A 72-year-old man, tagged as Rizal Province 's most wanted person for attempted murder, was finally arrested by the police after six years of hiding, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO chief Col. Felipe Maraggun identified the suspect as “Teodulo,” a resident of...
A 19-year-old man wanted for the crime of frustrated murder will spend more time in prison after police officers recovered more than P1.3 million worth of illegal drugs from him following his arrest in Morong, Rizal on June 2. The police identified the suspect as "Jon," a resident of Sitio Talaga,...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported that no significant damage was recorded after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck General Nakar, Quezon Province, which was felt in surrounding areas, including Metro Manila, on Tuesday, May 27. In a statement, the OCD said residents in the affected...
LOPEZ, Quezon – Police arrested a 37-year-old man for extorting P200,000 from an Overseas Filipino Worker in exchange for non-disclosure of her alleged affair with another man here on Wednesday afternoon, April 30. Police identified the suspect as Christopher, single. Investigation said...
CAVITE – A woman accused of qualified theft and one of Region IVA’s most wanted persons was collared in Bacoor City on Tuesday, April 29. A statement from the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Anna. Bacoor Component City Police Station (CCPS) personnel, along...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A vice mayoral candidate in Plaridel town, this province, was shot and wounded in Barangay Ibabang Dupay here on Tuesday night, April 29. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Wilfredo Magbuhos, 52, cockpit operator, and a resident of Barangay Wakas,...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Myrna Causing-Tupas, the matriarch of the Tupas political clan of Iloilo province, has died at the age of 77. THE late Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. and his wife Myrna Causing-Tupas. In separate Facebook posts, the politician-children of Causing-Tupas confirmed that she...
Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia acknowledged her suspension on Tuesday in a social media post. GOV. Garcia (FB) “The Office of the Ombudsman has placed me under preventive suspension,” Garcia said. “I respect the processes of the law, but I must respectfully disagree with both the basis and the...
ILOILO CITY—First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos launched the “Lab for All” medical outreach program of the Marcos administration in New Lucena town, Iloilo province on Tuesday, April 29. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (second from right) graces the ‘Lab for All’...
PAKIL, Laguna – The contractor of a bridge here said on Tuesday that they were not blacklisted by the Department of Public Works and Highways after the infrastructure collapsed in 2019. Curlee Discaya, chief executive officer of Saint Gerrard Construction, issued the statement after...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government is targeting to initially implement the P20 per kilo rice program of the Marcos administration to families with undernourished children in Iloilo. ILOILO Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. holds a copy of his executive order on food security, including...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police apprehended several Aetas on April 18 near the Mount Pinatubo crater in Capas, Tarlac for alleged violations of local ordinances and national laws, including obstruction of public passage and unauthorized entry into an environmentally protected...
