BUTUAN CITY – The military seized high-powered firearms, bullets, and medical paraphernalia following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tubuhon, Barangay Bugsukan, this city, on Wednesday, May 3. Also captured by the 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion was a makeshift camp of...
BACOLOD CITY – Some residents in two barangays in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental were evacuated following a clash between the New People’s Army rebels and the government troops. DISPLACED residents in an evacuation center in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
New lights are continuously being installed in the streets and other secluded areas in Marikina City for the residents’ safety, protection, and peace of mind, the local government said. On Wednesday night, May 3, Marikina Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro, his wife Congresswoman Marjorie Ann...
Pasay police arrested a man and his live-in partner tagged in the police's drug watch list as street-level individuals (SLI) during a buy-bust operation on Tuesday night, May 2. According to the Southern Police District (SPD), Pasay City Police chief Col. Froilan Uy identified the suspects as Joel...
Some 100 vaccination teams were fielded by the City Health Office for the Measles, Rubella, and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) in Zamboanga City from May 1 to 31. A HEALTH worker administers the measles-rubella vaccine to a toddler during an immunization activity...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez joined the team of City Health Office (CHO) in administering vaccines to day care students as part of the Department of Health (DOH)'s “Chikiting Ligtas” program against polio, rubella and measles. Mayor Eric Olivarez administers the measles-rubella vaccine to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested 42-year-old man for 27 counts of rape in Barangay La Paz, here, on Tuesday, May 2. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the suspect as Dennis Francisco Esolana. Esolana, tagged as this city’s most wanted person,...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Thursday, May 4, that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was an eye-opener for the country’s public health system. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the opening ceremony of the 49th Midyear Convention of the Philippine College of Surgeons held at SMX...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez urged residents to receive vaccines against Covid-19 after the City Health Office (CHO) recorded 39 active cases on Wednesday, May 3. Olivarez said the city government recorded a total of 40 active cases of Covid-19 on May 1 and 36 on May 2. He said that since...
A man and his live-in partner were arrested for robbery, illegal possession of firearms, and violation of the Anti-Fencing Law in an operation conducted by the Quezon City City Police District (QCPD) personnel in Caloocan City on Wednesday, May 3. Lt. Col. Robert Amoranto, QCPD Kamuning Station (PS...
Bacolod City is set to welcome a Chinese-made electric jeepney prototype as it heads towards road modernization. Developed by the Korean-invested Chinese company Jiangsu Fengchuen New Energy Power Technology Co. Ltd. (Fengchuen), the prototyp is already on its way to the Philippines. It will then be...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Police arrested two rape suspects in this city on May 3, Wednesday. A WARRANT of arrest is served by the police on a rape suspect on May 3 in Tanauan City, Batangas. (Photo via Danny Estacio) In a report to Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito...
