“Doctor Cha,” the hit drama starring Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin and Min Woo-hyuk, emerged as No. 1 among favorite TV and over-the-top (OTT) programs in South Korea in May. Since January 2013, polling firm Gallup Korea has been conducting its monthly survey to pick the favorite...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, May 24, that it was saddened upon learning the reported death of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat that capsized off the Indian Ocean last week. (Photo by whatarethe7continents.com via PCG) Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 capsized last...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police arrested a farmer for illegal drugs during the implementation of a search warrant in her house in Barangay Lacnog East here on Sunday, May 7. Suspect Marcelina Laguinday Eugenio, alias “Salen,” was listed as a high-value individual (HVI) drug personality and was...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 44-year-old man who was the subject of a search warrant for violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Act died in a shootout with police early Saturday morning, May 6, in Barangay Concepcion Banahaw in this town. Sariaya police identified the fatality as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have rescued 85 commercial ferry boat passengers, including five babies, off Maigo, Lanao del Norte, the local PCG station said on Friday, April 21. In a statement, PCG-Maigo Station said passengers aboard MV Filipinas Cebu were rescued...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – Police arrested a 59-year-old farmer and seized gun, ammunition, and shabu during the implementation of a search warrant on Easter Sunday in Barangay Santa Maria Dao here. Seized from the suspect Apolinario Sipocot were eight heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets of...
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...
ILOILO CITY – Secretary Benhur Abalos of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Black Saturday joined a dive team conducting a follow-up search operation for the missing Ati leader who fell off a fishing boat off the coast of world-famous Boracay Island. DILG Secretary...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The search and retrieval operations on the wreckage of the ill-fated M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, ended on Saturday, April 1. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Around 20 personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Lal-lo in Cagayan underwent a three-day water search and rescue (WASAR) training. The Cagayan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDDRMO) said they were taught basic rope rescue, high...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...