ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain who went missing for a week was found dead in Barangay Tacayan, Tapaz, Capiz. The body of Wennie Dimas of Barangay Aglupacan, Tapaz was found floating on a river by a barangay tanod (watchman). THE body of Wennie Dimas, a barangay captain, was found floating on a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three-hundred families lost their homes in a four-hour fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Arena Blanco here on Monday, September 18. SOME 100 homes were lost in a four-hour fire in Barangay Arena Blanco, Zamboanga City, on Monday, September 18. (City Hall...
Barangay Ginebra added a potent weapon to its backcourt rotation after signing guard Maverick Ahanmisi to a three-year deal. Maverick Ahanmisi agrees to a three-year deal with Ginebra. (PBA Images) With their backcourt saddled by manpower woes following the injury of Jeremiah Gray and the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) candidates to remember their responsibility once they are elected into office. Go stressed such importance as the 2023 barangay and SK elections draws near, underscoring the crucial role of public trust...
CEBU CITY – Criminal charges were filed against a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) official of Barangay Apas here. Lloyd Genon Yosoya, 28, was charged for alleged violation of Republic Act (RA) 11648 or an Act Promoting for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Yosoya, who...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – A candidate for the village council of Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Tuesday afternoon, September 11, in President Quirino town of this province. In a report on Wednesday, September 12, Major Davis Dulawan, President Quirino town...
BATANGAS CITY – Two barangay tanods or watchmen died and 10 others were injured when their patrol jeep rammed into a tree on Sunday morning, September 10, in Sitio Tanlayag, Barangay San Miguel here. The Batangas Police Provincial Office identified the fatalities as Teodoro Guico, 59, and...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested two wanted persons on September 7 in checkpoints in line with the barangay elections in the province of Aurora next month. The suspects were identified as Eleuterio Areola and Nazer Lozano. Areola was apprehended in Dingalan for...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested two men for allegedly violating the barangay election gun ban in Famy and Calamba City, this province, on Friday, September 8. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspects as Noej de Leon and Jerwin Retusto. De Leon was involved in a...
CITY of San Fernando, La Union – Eight candidates, including an incumbent barangay chairman, here have withdrawn from the barangay elections in October. Lawyer Reddy Ceralde Balarbar, Commission on Elections-Region 1 (Ilocos) assistant regional election supervisor and acting city election...
BATANGAS CITY – Two suspects in the killing of a reelectionist barangay chairman in Taal, Batangas were arrested in a follow-up operation hours after the incident on Tuesday, September 5. The Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) headed by Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay councilor running for barangay chairman in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month was shot and wounded in Sitio Naga, Barangay Consuegra, Leyte, Leyte on Thursday, September 7. Police Capt. Rush Alvarado, Leyte, Leyte municipal police station...
