CEBU CITY – Heritage preservation and protecting natural resources are a top priority in Tagbilaran City, the capital of the province of Bohol. YAP (Photo via Calvin Cordova) Tagbilaran Mayor Jane Yap pointed this out amid the controversy surrounding the construction of a resort within the...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – Four persons of interest have been identified in the killing of a Japanese citizen and her Filipino mother, the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG)-Motegi said on Tuesday, March 19. READ:...
ILOILO CITY – The lawyer known as “Pinoy Aquaman” brought his marine protection advocacy after a 10.8-kilometer swim to Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province. LAWYER Ingemar Macarine, dubbed the ‘Pinoy Aquaman,’ swims to the shore of Roxas City from the island-barangay of Olotayan on...
ILOILO CITY — Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief here, said there is no reason to be alarmed over the big haul of shabu in this city recently. CORONICA (Tara Yap) “We have to consider that Iloilo City is only a transshipment point and not mainly for consumption in the city,” said...
BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old pharmacy student of Riverside College here was crowned this year’s Sinigayan Queen during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on March 17. ROCHELLE Cabanyog was crowned Sinigayan Queen 2024 during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City,...
ILOILO CITY – More than P7.1-million worth of shabu was seized by the anti-drug unit of the Police Regional Office-6 in a buy-bust operation here on Monday, March 18. SUSPECTED shabu worth P7.1 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on March 18. (PRO-6/RPDEU-6) The PRO-6...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe turned over 15 brand-new motorcycles to the police in a ceremony at the City Hall grounds on Monday, March 18. FR. Filmore Kalibo blesses brand-new motorcycles as Mayor John Dalipe looks on. (Mayor John Dalipe photo) Dalipe handed over the keys to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An old woman and her son were killed after they were rammed and crushed by a truck here on Sunday, March 17. A MOTHER and her son were killed when a ten-wheel truck rammed their motorcycle from behind in Zamboanga City on March 17. Police identified the victims as...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader surrendered to the 79th Infantry Battalion in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The rebel returnee was a vice squad leader or intelligence officer of Squad 1, SDG Platoon...
CEBU CITY – Two charges will be filed against a Cebuano rapper who admitted shooting and wounding an American during an argument outside a bar in Barangay Lahug here on Sunday morning, March 17. CEBUANO rapper Jed Andrew Salera poses for a mugshot after he was arrested for shooting an American...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with Paul Ahljay San Miguel, chief of Public Information Office and Las Piñas Tourism and Cultural Office (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO) The Las Piñas City government cited the accomplishments and outstanding contributions of some key city officials during its...
CEBU CITY – This year’s Saulog Festival in Tagbilaran City, Bohol will be bigger and grander. TAGBILARAN City Mayor Jane Yap (second from left), Tagbilaran Vice Mayor Adam Jala, and Bohol Provincial Administrator Aster Caberte (left), who represented Gov. Aris Aumentado, led the relaunching of...
