ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City government placed this city under a state of calamity due to water shortage. The Iloilo City Council approved the recommendation of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) during a special session on Monday, April 22. THE...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Command and the Australia Defense Force have wrapped up their latest joint military training aimed towards enhancing the knowledge and skills of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. PARTICIPANTS of the Joint Operations Planning Course attend one of the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dumantay here on April 20. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the Batangas City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit seized P340,000 worth of suspected...
A fire hit a vape shop in Barangay South Cembo, Taguig, affecting five families. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the blaze razed the Darzen Vape Shop at the corner of Gen. Luna and P. Gomez Streets at about 10:51 p.m. on April 20. A fireman extinguishing the fire at a vape...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is calling for the reduction of pork importation as many areas in the country are still recovering from the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF). AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (left) partakes of a ‘lechon’ or roasted pig at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Athletic Association (ZPRAA) Meet kicked off at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex here on Sunday, April 21. MAYOR John Dalipe lights the cauldron during the opening program to start the ZPRAA Games in Zamboanga City. (Photo via...
BAGUIO CITY – The Mangan Taku (Let’s Eat) Festival featuring indigenous food and wine from the Cordillera region will be held by the Department of Tourism at the Rose Garden of the Burnham Park here from April 25 to 30. DOT-Cordillera Regional Director Jovi Ganongan said Mangan Taku is...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized suspected shabu valued at P904,400 in buy-bust operations here over the weekend. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and P884,000 worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City on Sunday, April...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities intercepted suspected shabu worth more than P2 million and apprehended five drug pushers in buy-bust operations here and Angeles City, this province, on Saturday, April 20. Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr., Police Regional Office-3 chief,...
ILOILO CITY – A police officer and a fireman were among those arrested in this city for illegal gambling. Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., chief of the Iloilo City Police Office-City Intelligence Unit (ICPO-CIU), said they were among the 29 arrested during an anti-gambling operation on...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo “Albee” Benitez of Bacolod City have publicly backed the sentiments of First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos against Vice President Sara Duterte. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and Mayor Jerry Treñas during the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said this city is far from being a “shabulized” – a word created by then President Rodrigo Duterte referring to shabu. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos joins the Buhay Ingatan,...
