ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P7.95 million from two major drug pushers in this city. SHABU worth P7.9 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in Iloilo City. (PNP RPDEU-6) Suspects “Pirot” and “Erwin” yielded 1.1 kilos of shabu during a buy-bust...
CEBU CITY – The 459th Fiesta Señor celebration here kicked off on Thursday, January 11, with the Penitential Walk with Jesus, a dawn foot procession, participated in by thousands of devotees. The religious procession started at 4 a.m. at Fuente Osmeña and ended at around 5:30 a.m. at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One-hundred sixty-three housing units were turned over to fire victims in Zamboanga City by the National Housing Authority and Mayor John Dalipe on Wednesday, January 10. MAYOR John Dalipe (seventh from left) leads the turnover of more than 100 housing units for fire victims in...
CEBU CITY – Dapitan City and Siquijor province are partnering for a project to boost the economy and tourism of the two local government units (LGUs). Almost a year after forging a sisterhood agreement, the two LGUs will inaugurate the Dapitan-Siquijor Tourism Connectivity on January 14 at the...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has recorded 2,199 cases of acute gastroenteritis as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 11. Mayor Benjamin Magalong declared an outbreak after 1,609 acute gastroenteritis incidents were recorded here on Wednesday, January 10. Magalong said that he...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A fire razed the public wet market in Barangay Ilocanos Sur here on Thursday, January 11. SMOKE rises from the wet market in San Fernando City, La Union destroyed in a fire on Thursday, January 11. (City government of San Fernando, La Union FB) Fire Chief Insp. Jun...
CAMP Aquino, Tarlac City – Fifty-four farmers who are members of a communist-affiliated mass organization in Barangay Balete here withdrew support to the New People’s Army on Wednesday, January 10. The event was witnessed by the Philippine Army 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 702nd...
BUTUAN CITY – All roads lead to Barangay Libertad here as the week-long Kahimunan Festival this year kicks off on Friday, January 12. “We are expecting more visitors to come here to witness again our Kahimunan Festival,” Barangay Chairman Vincent Rizal C. Rosario said. Among the activities...
DAVAO CITY – Fifty-nine students from private universities and colleges in the Davao region received cash grants for their tuition from Rep. Paolo Duterte here and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, January 10. CHED-Davao chief administrative officer Maria Bonjeavem Alger...
A suspect in a shooting incident was arrested and yielded a hand grenade in Taguig on Jan. 9. The Taguig Police identified the suspect as alias Datu Malik, 29, who was nabbed at about 8:30 p.m. on Zamboanga Street in Barangay Maharlika. The hand grenade seized from the suspect (Photo...
CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor facilitated the transfer of the first batch of informal settler families from Barangay Sinbanali to a new resettlement site in Barangay Molino II on Tuesday, January 9. Photo from City Government of Bacoor (MANILA BULLETIN) Through...
The Department of Health (DOH), in collaboration with its Epidemiology Bureau (EB) and the Center for Health Development Cordillera Administrative Region (CHD CAR), said on Thursday, Jan. 11, that a total of 308 diarrhea cases have been reported in Baguio City between Dec. 21 and Jan. 7. (Pixabay)...
