Nasser Amil, the brother of Vidzfar Amil, Commission on Elections-Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, after sustaining a bullet wound in the head in an ambush in Zamboanga City. Vidzfar, who was also in the vehicle and believed to be the target of the suspects,...
CEBU CITY - A 29-year-old drug pusher tagged as a high-value individual was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Friday night, Dec. 20. Police recovered 4.5 kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P30.6 million from Kent Kirk Calonge Ponsica, who was arrested on M....
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) died while saving his 12-year-old son from drowning in the sea of Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 20. A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker drowned while saving his 12-year-old son in the sea of Barangay 2,...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer expressed confidence that the third impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte will prosper. VICE President Sara Duterte (FB) Cebu-based lawyer Armando Virgil Ligutan said they invoked grounds for impeachment in the complaint. “The impeachment complaint...
BACOLOD CITY – The Riverside College-Bacolod awarded cash incentives to its topnotchers in the December 2024 Radiologic Technologists Licensure Examination. Queensyl Joy Nimes Lapno ranked sixth with a 91.80 percent rating, Marjorie Erellana Balontong seventh with a 91.60 percent rating, and...
A fine-dining restaurant’s version of batchoy, the noodle-based soup synonymous with Iloilo City, the country’s first United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Creative City of Gastronomy, has sparked an online debate among Ilonggos. THE deconstructed batchoy by Hapag...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections in Sulu province escaped death and his brother was wounded in an ambush here on Saturday, Dec. 21. A COMMISSION on Elections official in Sulu cheated death in an ambush in Zamboanga City on Dec. 21. Photo...
A total of 118 couples got married under the Muntinlupa City government’s Kasalang Bayan program. Mayor Ruffy Biazon officiated the wedding of the couples held at the Muntinlupa Sports Center in Barangay Tunasan. The program was spearheaded by the Community Affairs & Development...
By Kate Patricia Garcia Christmas is indeed freedom, and it is free for those who have the liberty to celebrate it outside of their norms. For children, Christmas is the freedom to receive countless gifts; for students, it is their way to stay away from academic duties; and for adults, it is the...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club on Dec. 20 signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Mayor Benjamin Magalong and the City Environment and Parks Management Office to develop a picnic grove in Burnham Park here. MEDIAMEN and Baguio City officials led by Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago Public Market in Barangay Maquiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental officially opened on Wednesday, Dec. 18, after a two-year rehabilitation. THE NEW Bago Public Market in Barangay Maquiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental was unveiled on Wednesday, Dec. 18. (Photo courtesy...
DAGUPAN CITY – The construction of a P1.8-billion bridge that will cross the Calmay River here is under way after almost 90 years. REP. Christopher de Venecia and former Rep. Gina de Venecia grace the groundbreaking ceremony of the Calmay Bridge in Dagupan City. A groundbreaking ceremony...
