BOLINAO, Pangasinan — Hundreds of people trooped to Patar Beach here to relax on Black Saturday. Authorities reported increased vehicle volume on major roads leading to the beach, resulting in heavy traffic and limited parking. People began arriving as early as dawn to secure cottages and...
Generally fair to partly cloudy weather will prevail across most parts of the country on Black Saturday, April 4, with no tropical cyclone expected in the next two to three days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. According to the...
Several houses were razed in a fire that struck Del Pilar Street in Barangay 882, Santa Ana, Manila, on Saturday, April 4. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at around 8:31 a.m. and was quickly raised to the second alarm at 8:34 a.m. Firefighters said most of the...
Two men drowned in resorts in Batangas on Black Saturday. Police identified the victims as Aldrin del Rosario and Michael Pacheco. Investigation said Del Rosario and cousin Isaac Corocoto jumped together into a pool in a resort in Barangay Matabungkay, Lian, and drowned. They were found unconscious...
BACOLOD CITY – Nineteen houses were razed by a fire in Talaba-an, Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 19. NINETEEN houses were razed by a fire in Talaba-an, Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 19. (Screengrab from Ramil...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 34-year-old driver and his companion were killed when their vehicle collided head-on with a passenger bus on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Madlandungan, this town, on Black Saturday. Police identified one of the fatalities as James, married, of Makati City. His companion...
CEBU CITY – A beach outing turned tragic when a motor banca capsized, killing two of four passengers in Badian, Cebu, on Black Saturday`. RESCUERS apply first aid to a passenger of a motor banca that sank off Badian town, Cebu province on Saturday, April 19. (Contributed photo) The...
ILOILO CITY — Thirty eight people were injured on Black Saturday, April 19, after an overloaded jeep flipped on its side in Miag-ao town, Iloilo province. The private jeep with 58 people (57 passengers and a driver) was on its way to a beach resort in San Joaquin town from Anilao town when the...
Black Saturday is the quietest day in the Christian liturgical calendar. Falling between the sorrow of Good Friday and the triumph of Easter Sunday, it is often passed over with little fanfare. Yet this day of silence and stillness holds profound spiritual meaning—a sacred pause that...
BACOLOD CITY – A beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was razed in a fire at past midnight on Black Saturday. A FIRE razes a beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Andrea Soliguen) Senior...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P21 million were seized and 16 suspected smugglers were arrested in Glan, Sarangani on Black Saturday. Police Brig. Gen. Percival Placer, Police Regional Office-12 chief, said lawmen found the smuggled cigarettes unloaded from a fishing...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned on a river in Linaw Bubong, Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. MAP of La Carlota, Negros Occidental. Police said the victim, along with his father and older siblings, went to the river bank to feed their...
