The Southern Police District (SPD) warned the public of a resurgence of an old social media post about an alleged “chop-chop” syndicate involving police officers. The Facebook post made public on Feb. 17, 2024 about the alleged "chop-chop syndicate" involving police officers (Screenshot...
BAGUIO CITY – Float No. 8 with the theme Welcome to Baguio City topped the Panagbenga Festival Fluvial Parade 2024 at Burnham Park Lake here on February 18. BURNHAM Park Lake in Baguio City was the site of the Panagbenga Festival Fluvial Parade 2024. (Zaldy Comanda) It won the grand...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a suspected drug pusher and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, on Friday, February 16. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested four...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas showcased the environmental programs of this city at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (right) at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Mayor Jerry Treñas FB) “I shared the Tree...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – The body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered in Barangay Janopol Oriental here on Saturday, February 17. A group of mango pickers found the body wrapped in a sack, naked, and his feet and hands tied at the back with a tie wire while...
A witness has identified the two suspects in the shooting and killing of a female street sweeper in Taguig. At about 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 16, street sweeper Jonna Liza Mendoza, 39, was having a conversation with a coworker in front of the Rizal Community Complex across from a 7-Eleven...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Football star Travis Kelce is helping survivors of the shooting that marred the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade, after his world-famous girlfriend Taylor Swift did the same, NBC news reported on Saturday, Feb. 17. Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and his girlfriend...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested five persons for stealing underground copper cable wires owned by a telecommunications firm worth P750,000 in Barangay Mansilingan here before dawn on Saturday, February 17. FIVE persons were arrested for stealing telecommunications cable wires worth P750,000...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental distributed cash gift amounting to P1.2 million to 41 nonagenarians and centenarians on Valentine’s Day. CENTENARIAN Estelita Alimpolos from Barangay Sicaba (seated on a wheelchair) was awarded P100,000 by the city government of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Families affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth here on February 15 have appealed for financial aid or construction materials to enable them to rebuild their houses. FAMILIES affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City temporarily stay in tents at the...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will develop a new relocation site for informal settlers following the ratification of the City Council on Wednesday, February 14, of the deed of absolute sale of a 17-hectare lot in Barangay Granada here. BENITEZ (FB) Lawyer Karol Joseph Chiu, Secretary...
CEBU CITY – An ex-convict was arrested with a kilo of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mantuyong, Mandaue City, Cebu past midnight on Friday, February 16. PACKS of suspected shabu were seized from an ex-convict in Barangay Mantuyong, Mandaue City on...
