LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- A leader of a drug group was arrested, with the operatives seizing some P108,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, August 10, at Purok Matahimik Isla, Barangay Cotta in this city. The police identified the suspect as Alfredo Querijero alias Jetox, 58, a...
SENIOR BYAHERO By Joseph Bautista During my university years, I envied my classmates who traveled long distance just to study in Manila. Especially a classmate who came from Bicol, and he would tell stories of coming to Manila on a train that took almost a day. He would tell us stories of trains...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 70-year-old foreman shot the live-in partner of his youngest daughter dead over a family row in Barangay Domoit, this city, Wednesday, July 27. Police Senior Master Sgt. Wilbar Schramn Apoli, officer-on-case, identified the victim as Marc Erick Fajardo Naval, 45. The...
QUEZON -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a cease-and-desist order against an alleged illegal quarrying operation at Purok Pagkakaisa, Barangay Gulang-gulang in Lucena City. MGB Regional Director Dondi Sarmiento ordered...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A senior citizen’s body was torn apart when he was ran over by a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train in Purok Maligaya Curva, Barangay Ibabang Iyam, here Friday, July 22. The victim was identified through his senior citizen identification card as Noel Ligaya de Los...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Milk products and cash amounting to almost P20,000 were reportedly taken from two drugstores on Old Maharlika Highway in Barangay Isabang here Thursday, July 7. The Generics Pharmacy, represented by Sheyne Mansilungan, 28, health care provider, and Dau Pharmacy,...
President Duterte on Saturday urged the next administration to continue the government's program in the railway system to give Filipinos better opportunities through mobility and connectivity across the country. RTVM Live Duterte made the appeal as he led the opening of the Philippine National...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade today, Saturday, June 25, re-opened the Philippine National Railways (PNR)'s Lucena-San Pablo commuter line mothballed for the past nine years. 90198 Aside from being a passenger line, the Lucena-San Pablo...
RESCUERS respond to a June 10 road accident in New Lucena, Iloilo in which a father and his two sons were killed. (IPPO) ILOILO CITY – A father and his two sons died while three others were injured when the tricycle they were riding in was rammed by a truck Friday, June 10, in New Lucena,...
Travel around Luzon Island is now faster with the operation of several expressways that connect Metro Manila to many parts of the north, east, west, and south of the island. From the country’s first expressways – the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) built in...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) Lucena-San Pablo line is set to reopen before the Duterte administration steps down in June, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. In a statement, Tuesday, May 10, DOTr said that PNR Lucena-San Pablo line is vital in restoring the PNR Bicol...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—Vice President Leni Robredo had a friendly banter with her supporters here on Thursday, April 28, after she joked with them about possibly winning on May 9. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VPLR Media Bureau) As her supporters in this City cheered her while on...
