CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 41-year-old employee was gunned down on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Malabanban Norte, this town, on Saturday morning, September 28. A HOSPITAL employee was shot dead in Barangay Malabanban Norte, Candelaria, Quezon on September 28. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
SADANGA, Mountain Province – Police discovered six sacks of dried marijuana stalks in a vacant shanty while on patrol in Mount Balitoc, Barangay Saclit, this town, on Friday, September 27. Col. Sibly Dawiguey, Mountain Province police chief, said the contraband weighed a total of 500 kilos...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways-6 (Western Visayas) chief Sanny Boy Oropel said that the sinking flyover connecting this city to Pavia town, Iloilo will fully reopen on Christmas Day as accelerated repairs are ongoing. PROTESTERS flock to the sinking Ungka Flyover that...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from right, in black) distributing assistance during the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in Cavite (Speaker's Office) Fuel by the commitment that “no one will be left behind”, House Speaker...
CEBU CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman in Tuburan town, Cebu was arrested after he was caught stealing cash in the mayor’s office. The theft was caught on CCTV (closed-circuit television), police said. MATTHEW John Barangan, the 21-year-old SK chairman of Barangay Bakyawan,...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Rep. Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon has been named as the regional chairperson of the country’s most dominant political party, the Lakas-CMD, in Central Visayas. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) raise the hands of...
CEBU CITY – A Cebuano lawmaker has filed a bill that, if turned into law, will only require the public to present one valid identification card in private and public transactions. Cebu third district Rep. Pablo John “PJ” Garcia filed House Bill (HB) No. 10973 or the “One Valid ID” bill...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in Calinog town, Iloilo province, after more than a year of surveillance. The Calinog Municipal Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team nabbed the suspect, alias “Nejo,” in a buy-bust operation on Friday, September 27, in Barangay Dalid. A...
ALAMINOS, Laguna – Mayor Glenn Flores announced on Thursday, September 26, the construction of a new government center in Barangay San Agustin here. Flores said the facility will centralize vital public services and administrative functions and make governance more efficient and accessible...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government has partnered with Singapore in its bid to come up with sustainable infrastructure projects and boost the province’s economy. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Singaporean Ambassador to the Philippines Constance See, Lavan Thiru, executive director of...
More than 1.6 million trees have been planted and 537 community gardens have been built by the provincial government of Rizal through its Ynares Eco-System (YES) to Green program. Photos from Gov. Nina Ynares Rizal Governor Nina Ynares stated on Thursday, September 26, during the celebration...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 30 individuals reportedly suffered from red tide poisoning, also known as paralytic shellfish poisoning, after consuming contaminated tahong or green mussels in Barangay Parasan, Daram, Samar, on Wednesday, September 25. The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance...
