ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine National Police transferred the Sulu Provincial Police Office from the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) to the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) in a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 15, at the SPPO headquarters in Barangay Asturias, Jolo,...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Eastern Samar at 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 12 kilometers northwest of General Macarthur, Eastern Samar, at a depth of 21 kilometers. The tremor was...
The southwest monsoon (habagat) will continue to bring rains to several parts of the Philippines on Saturday, August 9, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) while a tropical storm, still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility...
A 15-year-old Grade 9 student was saved from being raped by a 26-year-old man in Barangay Malanday, Marikina City, on Sunday, July 27, the Marikina City Police reported. According to Marikina City Police officer-in-charge Col. Geoffrey Gonzales, the victim and the suspect met through an online...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Eleazar Pepito Matta was appointed as director of the Police Regional Office-9 based on a unit reassignment order from the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame, Quezon City on July 11. Matta was reassigned to his new post...