DAVAO CITY – The City of Tacurong in Sultan Kudarat province is set to hold a two-day bird festival on May 10 to 11 to raise awareness on the conservation of the local bird sanctuary. STUDENTS visit the Baras Bird Sanctuary in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat. (Tacurong City Tourism Office)...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Seventeen colorful hot air balloons took centerstage as the first-ever Bicol Loco festival kicked off on Friday, May 3, in this city. A SKYDIVER with a Philippine flag descends from an airplane during the opening of Bicol Loco Festival in Legazpi City, Albay on Friday, May...
Model Deniece Cornejo spent her first night at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong on May 2 after she was convicted for serious illegal detention in a case filed by TV host and comedian Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro. In a decision on May 2 , the Taguig Regional Trial...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – An oil mill here was destroyed in a fire on Thursday, May 2. Lucena-Bureau of Fire Protection head Fire Supt. Rodel Nota reported that fire at the Holy Oil Mill started at around 4:25 a.m. The fire reached the fourth alarm, prompting firemen from Tayabas City, Sariaya,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a retired fireman in a buy-bust operation in Crossing Dungon, Barangay Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 1. A FIREMAN was arrested in a drug sting in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. (Himamaylan police station) Police Lt....
TV host and comedian Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro thanked the Taguig Regional Trial Court Branch 153 for upholding justice after he won the serious illegal detention case he filed against businessman Cedric Lee, model Deniece Cornejo and others. Vhong Navarro talking about the decision on...
CEBU CITY – The humid weather failed to stop thousands of people from watching the street-dancing competition and grand ritual showdown of Saulog Festival in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Wednesday, May 1. NATIVE dancers perform during the street-dancing competition of the Saulog Festival in...
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano's Executive Order (Photo courtesy of Pasay PIO) The city government of Pasay has started implementing Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) Resolution No. 24-08 on the adjusted working hours from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on May 2 until June 30. Mayor Emi...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine National Police has appointed a new Police Regional Office-11 chief following the retirement of Police Brig. Gen. Alden Delvo recently. Police Brig. Gen. Aligre Lamsen Martinez, during his inauguration on April 26, vowed to uphold the strategic directives set by...
BACOLOD CITY – Four individuals, including a couple, were arrested in buy-bust operations here this week. Seized from the suspects were P840,344 worth of suspected shabu. POLICE arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City on Tuesday, April 30....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of jobseekers flocked to a job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment here during the 122nd Labor Day celebration on May 1 with the theme “Sa Bagong Pilipinas: Manggagawang Pilipino, Kabalikat at Kasama sa Pag-asenso.” A total of 4,200...
A Taguig court convicted businessman Cedric Lee, model Deniece Cornejo and two others in a case for serious illegal detention for ransom filed by TV host and comedian Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro. (From left) Deniece Cornejo, Vhong Navarro in a hospital in 2014, and Cedric Lee (Jonathan...
