BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Cordillera logged 63 forest fires which destroyed 322 hectares of forests here and the province of Benguet from January 1 to February 23. An estimated 20 hectares of forest were affected by a fire in the Philippine Military Academy area in...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policeman allegedly shot and killed a 19-year-old fisherman during an altercation in a videoke bar in Barangay Calumpang, this city, on Wednesday, February 21. Police identified the victim as Marvin Bahian. The suspect, Police Corporal Ekinne Semilla, 34, assigned to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-one families were displaced and 43 houses and establishments were razed by a fire in a residential area in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday night, February 22. MAP of Leyte with Ormoc City highlighted A man, Ivan Caliwan, was injured in the blaze that...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Police arrested the most wanted person in this city in Barangay Burgos-Padlan here on Thursday, February 22. DELA Cruz mugshot The suspect was identified as Marlon Brando Cardinez dela Cruz, 44. Dela Cruz was a suspected member of the newly identified Delos...
A total of 70 houses were destroyed when a fire hit a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa on Feb. 23. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the blaze displaced about 250 families or about 1,000 individuals. The fire started from a house on Rizal Aplaya at about...
BATANGAS CITY – A 73-year-old woman died in a fire that gutted her house in Purok 6, Barangay Calicanto, this city, on Thursday morning, February 22. Arson investigators identified the victim as Ludivina Espiritu. The fire started at 6:30 a.m. in Espiritu’s kitchen and also affected her...
A man who is facing six criminal cases all related to rape was arrested by authorities in Taguig on Feb. 23. The accused was identified by the police as alias Elwood, 29, truck driver, who is also the No. 2 top most wanted person in the Southern Police District (SPD), based on a report...
BACOLOD CITY – The Fiber Infrastructure and Network Services Inc. (FINSI) said that the five persons allegedly involved in a cable robbery incident here last week are not affiliated with the company. FINSI denies that five individuals arrested for stealing cable wires in Bacolod City are...
DAVAO CITY – The Eco-1 Tennis Center Inc. thanked Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte here for helping refurbish their tennis court in this city. “On behalf of the Eco-1 Tennis Center, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the office of Congressman Paolo Duterte for the much-appreciated support....
Motorists and residents in Muntinlupa are praising the opening of an access road between two villages , saying it drastically cut travel time and saved them money for gas. The passageway between Katarungan Village, a government housing project of the Department of Justice (DOJ), and South...
President Marcos believes there is "great potential" in enhancing Philippine-Hawaii cooperation, especially in trade. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. welcomes the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu and Honolulu City Council Trade Mission during their courtesy call at the...
The Malabon City government, in partnership with the Office of the Senior Citizens Affair (OSCA) and the Nagkaisang Samahan ng mga Senior Citizens cooperative, distributed 19 sacks of rice to 37 senior citizens in the city on Thursday, February 22. In Photo: Mayor Jeannie Sandoval (C) together with...
