ILOILO CITY – Police here have stepped up the campaign against illegal drugs two weeks before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SHABU valued at P1.36 million was seized in Iloilo City on Jan. 9. (PNP/ICPO) The Iloilo City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team and the ICPO-Police...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected gunrunner was killed and a civilian and three policemen were wounded in a buy-bust operation on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Pido Extension, Barangay East Awang, Calbayog City, Samar. Police identified the suspect as Ricardo Dealagdon, alias Edgar Nayanga, a member of the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police on Friday, Jan. 10, filed murder charges against the principal suspect in the killing of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mervin Guarte on Jan. 7. THE Philippine Air Force will pay tribute to slain Southeast Asian gold medalist Mervin Guarte in a...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police have formed two tracker teams to capture the suspect in the murder of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mervin M. Guarte here on Tuesday, Jan. 7. THE city government of Calapan led by Mayor Malou Morillo recognized Mervin Guarte’s achievement in...
CEBU CITY – The legal debacles of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes continue to pile up after he received another unfavorable ruling, this time from the Court of Appeals (CA). CORTES (FB) The CA has denied Cortes’ plea for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and Writ of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two persons were killed in a fire that razed a house in Barangay Rawis here on Friday, Jan. 10. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the victims as Princess Ysabelle, 21, a nursing student, and Melvin Sabado, 42, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Peace and Order Council chaired by Mayor John Dalipe has approved a P200,000 incentive to Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano who neutralized two lawless elements here on New Year's Eve. The incentive was approved during the City Peace and Order Council meeting...
President Marcos has signed laws establishing the Baguio City Sports High School and Baguio City High School for the Arts. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) Under Republic Act No. 12119, the government shall establish the Baguio City Sports High School that shall offer...
ILOILO CITY – This city logged the second highest inflation rate in the country last month with 5.4 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said Iloilo City is next to Cagayan, with 5.7 percent, among 100 provinces and highly urbanized cities with high inflation rate in December. A VIEW...
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – The Police Regional Office-10 said on Friday, Jan. 10, that the Traslacion during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in this city on Thursday, Jan. 9, was generally peaceful. PRO-10 headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City. “No untoward incidents reported within the...
The SM Foundation and SM Prime turned over on Dec. 18 a newly built two-story school building to the Santa Barbara Central Elementary School in Zamboanga City, which was heavily ravaged during the Zamboanga City siege in 2013. SM Foundation Executive Director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde, SM...
Mayor Marcy Teodoro The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the name of Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro still remains on the ballot as a candidate for congressman in the city's First District for the upcoming May 2025 elections amid the agency's 1st Division's decision to cancel his...
