DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A 17-year-old male died after a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV collapsed Tuesday night, July 26. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the victim as John Michael P. Beltran. Photo from Cavite PPO (MANILA BULLETIN)...
ABUCAY, Bataan (PNA) – A woman was killed after a landslide buried their house at the height of heavy rains here Saturday, July 9. Police Major Dennis Bautista Duran, Abucay police chief, identified the victim as Roselyn dela Cruz, 27, a caretaker of a resort here. Duran said rescuers found the...
RESCUERS retrieve Wednesday, July 6, the body of boxer Robert ‘Toto’ Landero on the Tabla River in Barangay Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Cris Gonzales Gelasan) BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old boxer drowned while crossing the Tabla River between the boundaries of...
AUTHORITIES conduct an inventory of suspected shabu seized from high-value drug personality Christopher Sad-ang Ampal in Baguio City. BAGUIO CITY – A high-value drug personality was arrested during the surprise implementation of a search warrant in his home at East Quirino Hill here which...
On June 12, 1898, a public reading of the Philippine Declaration of Independence in Cavite el Viejo (modern-day Kawit) proclaimed the archipelago a sovereign nation. This revolutionary event was followed by the first public performance of “Lupang Hinirang” (“Chosen Land”), the Philippine...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the Philippine Army (PA) conducted capability enhancement trainings while utilizing their modern equipment in Ilocos Norte and Taguig City recently. Philippine Marine Corps personnel conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rapid infiltration...
What was supposed to be a fun swimming event turned out tragic as five children went missing in Balete, Batangas on Tuesday, May 3. In an incident report, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the children took a dip at the vicinity waters off Barangay Looc that is part of Taal Lake when they went...
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan appealed to voters to turn their Google clicks into actual votes on May 9 as he and presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo became the most-searched candidates on the popular search engine. Vice President Leni Robredo and...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In March, Meralco cautioned that the surge in crude oil prices globally could lead to an increase in the generation charge. In fact, just this month, the distributor already announced an increase in the per kilowatt-hour (kWh) charge. Surely, this has since resulted...
BAYBAY CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense Region 8 has ordered the search, rescue and retrieval operation stopped in two barangays here on Tuesday due to geological and health hazards. OCD-8 Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion said the search and rescue operations in Barangays Bunga...
Search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operations were officially concluded in at least three landslide-hit areas in Leyte province despite the fact that majority of the 110 missing persons due to Typhoon “Agaton” were recorded in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon...
