A civil society coalition on Saturday, Dec. 27, rejected China’s claim that it rescued a Filipino fisherman in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), calling it a “deceptive, self-serving, and propaganda-driven public relations campaign” meant to sanitize the numerous abuses committed by Chinese...
The 33rd Asia Pacific Region (APR) Scout Jamboree successfully concluded on Saturday, Dec. 20, in Botolan, Zambales. Delegates from 19 countries thanked the Philippines, particularly Zambales, for hosting the region 's biggest scouting event. Foreign scout masters cited organizers for...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A security guard who allegedly shot and killed a fellow security guard and a construction worker during a drinking session in a mechanic school in Iba Airport, Barangay Lipay-Dingin-Panibuatan, Iba town, Zambales province on Sunday, Dec. 14, has surrendered. The suspect, of...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The 33rd Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree is underway in San Juan, Botolan town, Zambales province. More than 1,000 security personnel have been deployed to implement heightened security during the event from Dec. 14 to 21 , the Police Regional Office-3 said....
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Police arrested a security guard who allegedly robbed a bank manager in Iba town, Zambales province. Police Regional Office-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones said the suspect Ger robbed the victim Lopez on Monday, Nov. 17, of P670,070 at gunpoint. Ger fled on...
Progressive fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has called on Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Raphael Lotilla to revoke Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 13, series of 2019, which it said authorized massive...
An official of Zambales on Tuesday said Filipinos are working in dredging operations in the province. Provincial Consultant on Engineering and Infrastructure Development Domingo Mariano, in a statement, said no Chinese or foreign company is involved in the river restoration program or dredging...
Fishing communities and stakeholders in Zambales on Saturday cited the ongoing river restoration program in the province. A provincial government consultant said the program on the shoreline and the mouth of a major river system is a product of intensive and comprehensive flood control study. “A...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Zambales at 2:09 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 10 kilometers northwest of Masinloc, Zambales, at a depth of 30 kilometers. Its instruments measured the quake...
The magnitude 5 earthquake that struck Zambales on Saturday evening, Oct. 11, was possibly caused by the movement along the Manila Trench, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. This means the recent earthquakes in Cebu, La Union, and Davao are not connected, as...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested two suspects in the brutal killing of two women in Palauig, Zambales on Thursday during a hot-pursuit operation in Caloocan City on Saturday. The suspects – Jinky, 30, female, jobless, and Benedict, 34, male, mechanic, residents of Masinloc, Zambales – were...
Police are investigating the possible link between the P802-million suspected “shabu” or crystal meth found inside sacks of chicken feed in Mariveles, Bataan on Thursday, Aug. 14, and the P10-billion drug haul of the Philippine Navy (PN) in Masinloc, Zambales in June. Police Brig. Gen. Ponce...
