COPENHAGEN (AFP) -- Pep Guardiola hailed Kevin De Bruyne's form "extraordinary" after the Belgian was involved in all three goals as Manchester City beat FC Copenhagen, 3-1, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, to close in on the Champions League quarterfinals. (Left to right) FC Copenhagen's Danish defender Elias...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, February 12, that the Diocese of Bacolod has temporarily stopped the restoration and repair of the San Sebastian Cathedral here pending the approval of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). MAYOR...
CEBU CITY – Valentine’s Day came a day early as 30 couples in Dapitan City tied the knot in a mass church wedding dubbed “Kasalan ng Bayan” on Tuesday, February 13. COUPLES pose after a mass church wedding at the Saint James the Greater Church in Dapitan City on Tuesday, February 13....
ILOILO CITY – A jealous man stabbed his wife to death in this city on Monday, February 12, just three days before Valentine’s Day. Police identified the suspect as Domingo Lasa, 55. Lasa admitted to police that he stabbed his 56-year-old wife Emilyn with a pair of scissors on Monday morning and...
Four persons were arrested by authorities in a buy-bust operation that resulted in the seizure of suspected shabu in Taguig on Feb. 13. The joint operation was conducted by the Southern Police District (SPD) Drug Enforcement Unit , District Intelligence Division, District Mobile Force...
The Muntinlupa City government bagged the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) award given by the National Nutrition Council (NCC). Mayor Ruffy Biazon received the CROWN award and a cash incentive of P500,000 during the National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony on Feb. 12....
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A bomb threat disrupted operations of a Social Security System (SSS) branch here on Monday afternoon, February 11. Police said the branch manager, Sherlie Calusin, received an emailed bomb threat from an anonymous sender at around 4 p.m. Security immediately evacuated...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was shot dead by his younger brother during a drinking spree in Purok Sunshine, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, February 11. A POLICE officer gathers details about a shooting incident in which a man was shot dead by his younger...
Three public schools in Taguig received bomb threats on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the police confirmed. According to the Taguig Police, these are the University of Makati (UMAK), West Rembo Elementary School, and Fort Bonifacio Elementary School. The University of Makati (UMAK) in Taguig (Photo...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices in the adjoining local government units of Taguig and Pateros have signed up a total of 1,017 persons on the first day of voter registration on Feb. 12. The Comelec-Taguig office was swamped with people who wanted to register as a voter for the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-9 and police seized five kilos of shabu from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mercedes here on Monday, February 12. FIVE kilos of shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga City on...
A total of eight families consisting of 33 individuals were affected by a fire in Barangay Upper Bicutan, Taguig. The fire hit a residential area in Phase 1, Raja Sumakwel Street in the barangay at about 6:14 a.m. on Feb. 11. Mayor Lani Cayetano visited the affected families on Feb. 12....
