BACOLOD CITY – Three soldiers and a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) Active Auxiliary (CAA) member were wounded in encounters in Sitio Mansulao, Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on February 21 and 22. TROOPS seize high-powered firearms, subversive documents,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc., the city government, and the police are ready for the street dance and flower float parade of the 28th Panagbenga Festival from February 24 to 25. EXECUTIVE Chairman Anthony de Leon (right) of the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc....
ILOILO CITY – After a recent trip to the United Arab Emirates, Mayor Jerry Treñas has renewed plans for land reclamation to boost growth and development here. THE proposal of Marikudo Real Estate Development Corp. for the reclamation project in Iloilo City in 2017. (MREDC) “I hope it can...
The Taguig Police arrested three people, including a tricycle driver listed under a drug watchlist, for possession of suspected shabu worth P281,656 in two operations on Feb. 21. In Barangay Central Bicutan, personnel from the Taguig Police’s Maharlika Substation implemented a search...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Facebook) Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez hailed the humble and hardworking fishermen of Navotas, whom he called the city's "true treasure". Rep. Romualdez, wife of House...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with government forces in Sitio Mansulao, Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, February 21. MAP of Escalante City Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, spokesperson of the Army 3rd...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered the Office of the Building Official (OBO), the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), and the Boarding House Commission to step up the inspection of boarding houses following a fire here that killed two persons here recently. AN aerial photo of...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested three persons in a drug den raid in Barangay Calamba here on Tuesday night, February 20. Arrested were Eduardo Talingting, 51; Edlin Caballes, 41, and Constantino Bunal III, 38. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, said Talingting...
BACOLOD CITY – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu worth P210,800 was seized in buy-bust operations in Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. A WAITER was arrested and P108,800 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A group of artists headed by Paul Eric Roca, a cartoonist of the Manila Bulletin, will hold an art summit dubbed Kamalayan Artist's Initiative Art Summit from Thursday, February 22, to Saturday, February 24, in a popular mall here. Roca said that the event aims to bring...
The connecting road between two villages in Muntinlupa was opened on Feb. 20 to ease traffic and provide easy access to motorists. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon led the blessing and opening of the access road located between R. Pamatian Street in Katarungan Village and Rosemary Street in...
Two women, one of them a senior citizen, who are both wanted for four counts of bouncing checks and nine counts of estafa and illegal recruitment, were arrested upon their arrival in the country on February 20 and 21 in Pasay City. City Police Chief Col. Mario Mayames identified the suspects as...
