CEBU CITY – The driver of the vehicle that figured in a fatal hit-and-run here was finally arrested more than two months after the tragic incident. Operatives of the Abellana Police Station arrested Aaron Karl Tan past 2 p.m. on Monday, May 6. Police identified Tan as the driver of the Mazda CX7...
DAVAO CITY – Every day, 38-year-old Angelito Ducosaring wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare food for his two children before going to school. DUCOSARING at work. (Keith Bacongco) Two hours later, he boards a jeep from Matina District here for a nine-kilometer ride to his mobile phone...
DAVAO CITY – Davao comics artist Ren Galeno was among the finalists of this year's prestigious Pulitzer Prize under Illustrated Reporting and Commentary category for her works published in the Washington Post last year. ARTIST Ren Galeno at work in her home in Davao City on Tuesday, May 7....
A fire destroyed a home in Muntinlupa on May 7, causing P1.2 million in property damage. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at 7:45 a.m. at a three-storey house on Rosal Bergado Taas Compound in Summitville 2 in Barangay Putatan. The fire affected 18...
The Muntinlupa City government passed an ordinance setting the minimum fare for all tricycles with franchise. Ordinance No. 2024-171 increased the minimum tricycle fare to P12 from P10 based on the request of the Muntinlupa Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association, Inc.(FEDMUNTODAI). ...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is preparing for the Philippine Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Games 2024 Visayas Regional Qualifying Leg from May 26 to June 1. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez and Sen. Francis Tolentino pose during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 59 grams of suspected shabu valued at P401,000 from a woman and her nephew in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3 here on Sunday, May 5. A WOMAN and her nephew were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Bacolod City on Sunday, May 5. (Photo courtesy...
The list of candidates who will vie for the Mutya ng Taguig 2024 has been released. “This year’s set of Taguigeñas, battling it out for the coveted title, represents the very best that our Probinsyudad has to offer: diverse, beautiful, empowered, and proud of their roots,” the Taguig...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Justice's (DOJ) request for a change of venue in Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's cases from...
ILOILO CITY – Electric distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and major property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) have inked an agreement for stable power supply in this city. The signing of the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) last week was in response to the warning...
CEBU CITY – Criminal charges were filed against the mayor of Mandaue City, Cebu for allegedly approving the cutting of mangroves in one of the barangays in the city. CHARGES were filed against Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes and two other city officials for the cutting of mangrove trees in...
CELLPHONE technician Angelito Ducosaring repairs a mobile phone in his makeshift shop on Magsaysay Ave. in Davao City on Monday, May 6, 2024. The 38-year-old technician has been repairing electronic gadgets for the past 13 years despite his disability. (Keith Bacongco)
