The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, delivered 200 hygiene kits and 400 jerry cans to Barangay Puro, Caoayan in Ilocos Sur on Aug. 2. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) Located in a coastal area, PRC said that volunteers needed to...
Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), wants all policemen to actively engage all barangay officials in strengthening the peace and order down at the community level. Azurin said the engagement will include planning and implementation of peace and order...
TUAO, Cagayan – A former barangay councilor was gunned down by two men riding a motorcycle on NIA Road, Purok 6, Barangay Bulagao here Wednesday, August 3. Cagayan police identified the victim as Fernando Masam, 61, of Barangay Macapil, Piat, this province. Investigation showed that Masam...
The PBA cracked the whip on Ginebra players LA Tenorio and Prince Caperal and Meralco guard Franky Johnson due to separate incidents that transpired during the heated quarterfinals series between their teams in the PBA Philippine Cup. Tenorio is slapped with a P20,000 fine for his comments deemed...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 2, a drug suspect and seized P3.4 million worth of shabu in an operation conducted in Quezon City . The PDEA agents passed through several crowded alleys of the depressed area along NIA Road in Barangay Pinyahan at...
Tapping into the therapeutic effects of art to mental health, the council of Barangay San Antonio (BSA) in Pasig City launched on Saturday, July 30, a free monthly art program to strengthen ties between communities and curb pandemic-driven woes. BSA Chairman Raymond U. Lising oversees the launching...
Meralco put an end to the series of playoff nightmares at the hands of Barangay Ginebra, this time escaping with a nail-biting 106-104 victory in Game 3 of their best-of-three quarterfinals duel in the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Sunday, July 31. Photo from PBA The Bolts...
UMINGAN, Pangasinan – A barangay councilor here was arrested after authorities found a fragmentation grenade in his house in Barangay Del Rosario here Friday, July 29. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of Pangasinan and the local police implemented a search warrant against the...
Ten suspected drug pushers were arrested during three separate drug operations in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Friday, July 28. In the first operation, anti-narcotics authorities collared six suspects identified as Marjun Duron, 34; Ponciano Alcantara, 43; Morris Mendoza, 34; Ronald Sevilla, 22;...
QUEZON -- A 63-year-old former barangay chairman was shot dead by an unidentified assailant on Friday noon at Barangay Pahinga Norte in Candelaria town. Dead-on-the-spot was Eduardo De Chavez Raymundo, businessman and former barangay chief of Pahinga Norte, according to a police report. Around 1:30...
CEBU CITY – A barangay councilor and three others were arrested for playing mahjong in public Tuesday, July 26, in Jagna, Bohol. Arrested were Rowel Baja Ortiz, 49, a barangay councilor of Pagina, Jagna; Michel Salaum Sajulga, 43; Casimiro Sajulga Cagas, 39, and Elaine Estoque Arellano, 51....
The missing participant in a fluvial parade marking the Taguig River Festival and fiesta of Barangay Sta. Ana was found dead on Wednesday, July 27. The fluvial parade in the Tuktukan River in Barangay Tuktukan, Taguig turned into tragedy when two boats collided, leaving six persons injured. The...
