TACLOBAN CITY – An alleged gun-for-hire and his companion were gunned down in Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday, January 17. Police identified the victims as Archee Fernando, 39, a suspected assassin, and his companion, Ronald Mainit, both residents of Barangay Campocpoc, Tabango, Leyte. A...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey won't face charges after a police investigation into allegations he had an improper relationship with an underage girl, police in Newport Beach, California, said on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey...
A centenarian in one of the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays, which are now part of Taguig, received a P100,000 birthday cash gift from the city government. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano and Councilor Raul Aquino personally visited Eufemia Fabillar in Barangay Cembo to give her a check...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa Wednesday night, Jan. 17, affecting about 50 families. In a report by the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at 7B Ilaya Street in Alabang at about 7:03 p.m. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 7:10 p.m....
CAVITE – A total of 11 families or 46 individuals lost their homes in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Barangay Medicion II-B in Imus City on Wednesday, Jan. 17. A fire broke out in Barangay Medicion II-B in Imus City on Wednesday, Jan. 17 (Photo from the City Government...
BACOLOD CITY – A group of traditional jeepney drivers here staged a protest against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program on Tuesday, January 16. TRADITIONAL jeepney drivers oppose the PUVMP during a rally in front of the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City on Tuesday, January 16....
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P2.5 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok 6, Barangay Calanan, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, January 17. THE Kalinga police headquarters in Tabuk City. (FB) Police Capt. Ruff...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has spent P257 million to beautify plazas here. “The plazas are being restored by the city because we want to make public spaces available to our constituents which are very important as it gives people a place to rethink and recharge,” said Mayor Jerry...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Permits and Licensing Division Office (BPLO) has processed more than 25,000 business registrations in 2023. THE Business Permits and Licensing Office of the Bacolod City Hall reported an increase in business registrations in 2023. (FB) It is eight percent higher...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas arrested seven persons, including an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), during a raid of a suspected drug den in Barangay Duljo Fatima here on Tuesday afternoon, January 17. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Residents of a relocation site here have sought assistance from the city government over three Antipolo trees which they deem as unsafe to them and their properties. ONE of the Antipolo trees that residents perceive as unsafe. (Photo courtesy of John Paul Barsopia)...
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-11 (Davao region) donated on Wednesday, January 17, a commercial fishing vessel and other fishing equipment worth around P8 million to a fisherfolk association in Mati City, Davao Oriental at the Mati City Fishport Complex. A...
