Around 34 percent of Filipinos believed that their quality of life got worse compared to a year ago, the first quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed on Thursday, June 16. Commuters wait for their ride along Riverside, Commonwealth Avenue, on June 7 2022. This is the same...
The P3-billion Unified Grand Central Station, also known as “common station” in North EDSA, Quezon City, will be completed this June after eight years of delays. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) issued the statement Thursday, June 16, with the remainder of the project now in full,...
CEBU CITY – About 100 stalls were razed in a fire that hit the Danao City public market in northern Cebu Thursday, June 2. The Danao Fire Station reported that P52-million worth of property was damaged as the damaged structures comprised 80 percent of the market’s total stalls. The fire started...
A fire burned down 25 houses in Barangay Sucat, Muntinlupa on May 8. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started from the second floor of a three-story residential structure in Sitio Aplaya, Purok 6 in Sucat at 1:27 a.m. Firefighters putting out the fire in Sucat, Muntinlupa on...
Photo via Liezle Basa Inigo TAYUG, Pangasinan – A fire hit the PNP station here on Saturday afternoon and destroyed the Police Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs) quarter, the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office reported. The fire struck on the 3rd floor of Tayug Police, particularly inside the...
BACOOR, Cavite – A man was arrested for tampering with a sweepstake ticket in an attempt to claim a P15,000 prize on Thursday, August 28. Bacoor City Police Station's report said suspect Diego Lotero took an altered ScratchIt Go Bananas Instant Sweepstakes card to a Philippine Charity...
Adult joblessness slightly fell in the country, constituting 24.7 percent of the labor force, results of the most recent quarterly national survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed on Thursday, April 28. Manila Bulletin file photo The nationwide survey done face-to-face from...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), on Thursday, April 21, said that it recently established its first seismic station in the province of Iloilo. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The said station, which is also the 115th seismic station in the country, is...
A human torso was found floating in Polo River in Barangay Santulan, Malabon City on Thursday afternoon, April 21. According to the Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) report, the trunk was already in an advanced state of decomposition when spotted at around 12:30 p.m. by a concerned citizen who...
Police confiscated close to P1 million worth of alleged shabu and arrested a female drug suspect and her two customers in a buy-bust operation conducted in Caloocan City on Sunday, April 10. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) identified the suspects as Regina Joan...
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "firm global response" Friday after a missile strike killed 52 people at a train station in eastern Ukraine where civilians had gathered to flee a feared Russian offensive. "This is another Russian war crime for which...
Re-electionist Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano continues to be the preferred choice for mayor by voters in the city, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations Inc. (SWS) on Feb.19 to 22. The survey results indicated that 83 percent preferred Rubiano over Edward Togonon...
