OATH-TAKING -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong administered the oath of office to 1,024 barangay officials in Baguio City at the City Hall grounds on Nov. 20. (Photo by Zaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – "You have nothing to thank the politicians for your victory, but you were elected by your...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 2 has completed a farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in this city. A farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in the City of...
MARIJUANA BRICKS -- Police make an inventory of the 49 bricks of dried marijuana leaves, weighing around 49,000 grams, with an estimated value of P5,880,000, which were recovered at the vicinity of Sitio Jangayoy, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga on Nov. 20. (Photo from PNP...
TACLOBAN CITY - The shear line-induced heavy rains have caused flooding in Northern and Eastern Samar provinces on Tuesday, Nov. 21. A source from the local government unit said all 55 barangays in the municipality of Catarman, the capital of Northern Samar, remained flooded as of this...
Residents and their farm animals wade in floodwater in Masbate. LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - A total of 175 families or 489 persons from six villages in Masbate province were evacuated due to flooding brought by incessant rains triggered by the shear line, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)...
INFANTA, Quezon- Two Dumagat tribesmen died while eight others were injured, including two foreign pastors and three children, after their owner-type jeepney fell off a deep cliff on Sunday, Nov. 19, in Barangay Magsaysay, this town. Photo shows the jeepney that fell off a cliff in Infanta,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Amid the rains being experienced in some parts of Eastern Visayas due to the shear line, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake was felt in Calbiga, Samar, on Monday, Nov. 20. Photo from Phivolcs-DOST Intensity V was felt in Catbalogan City, Samar, while Intensity IV was reported...
CARRANGLAN, Nueva Ecija – A man and a woman were gunned down inside a provincial bus in this town on Wednesday afternoon, November 15. SCREENSHOT from a dashcam video shows a man shooting two passengers of a bus bound for Manila on Wednesday afternoon, November 15. (Via Liezle...
BUTUAN CITY – A bomb threat abruptly suspended work at the Agusan del Norte provincial capitol here on Tuesday, October 3. Agusan del Norte Community Affairs Officer (CAO) Edgar M. Palarca Jr. said work was suspended at 10 a.m. “Our police authorities have taken swift action to ensure the...
Giant lanterns in Pampanga (Wikipedia) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading Monday night, Sept. 18 a bill declaring the province of Pampanga as the Philippines' "Christmas Capital". The measure, House Bill (HB)...
Another feather was added to the cap of Bulacan Gov. Daniel R. Fernando as he was awarded the Outstanding Local Chief Executive of the Philippines - Provincial Governor Category for Luzon Island by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines,...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A Laguna Provincial Jail guard was gunned down by an inmate on Wednesday morning, August 2. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Buenviaje, 50. Investigation said the victim was working at Dormitory 1 when the suspect, Romnick Estadilla, 32, approached him from behind...
