ILOILO CITY – Independent drivers and operators in this city and province of Iloilo are still not giving up the fight against the jeepney phase out to pave the way for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The No to PUV Phaseout Coalition-Panay has been holding rallies at the...
The Muntinlupa police and the traffic management bureau have seized 1,151 firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, and apprehended 86 drivers of motorcycles with open pipes and mufflers as the New Year’s Eve celebration neared. The sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices are...
Business tycoon Alfredo Yao’s The Kitchen City has teamed up with the Figaro Coffee Group Inc. (FCG) to open the Lobby Café in World Trade Center, Pasay City. The World Trade Center Metro Manila (WTCMM) is the venue of major exhibitions and trade shows participated by foreign delegations and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 263 families lost their homes in a fire that razed more than 200 houses in Barangay Tugbungan, this city, on Wednesday, December 27. Zamboanga District Fire Marshall Supt. Christopher Morales said estimated damage to property has reached P1.5 million. FIREMEN...
A man was arrested by authorities while he was applying for a police clearance in Muntinlupa on Dec. 27. The man, only identified by the Southern Police District (SPD) by his alias, Alfredo, 55, was nabbed at the police clearance office at Ayala Malls South Park in Barangay Alabang,...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a resort in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day. Police withheld the name of the victim, a resident of Kabankalan City. Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of the Himamaylan City Police...
ILIGAN CITY – The 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division has identified seven out of the ten New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter with the 403rd Infantry Brigade in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Christmas Day. NEW People's Army equipment captured following a Christmas Day encounter with the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – House Majority Leader Zamboanga City Rep. Mannix Dalipe and Mayor John Dalipe here turned over 12 brand new pick-up trucks to the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) at the City Hall grounds on Wednesday, December 27. REP. Mannix Dalipe and Mayor John Dalipe, together with...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-nine families or 117 individuals lost their homes in fire in a residential area on Mabini-Luzuriaga St., Purok Paghidaet, Barangay 29, this city, on Tuesday, December 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said that seven houses were destroyed and six...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died after he was run over by a garbage truck on Araneta Ave. in Barangay Tangub here on Christmas Eve. A 29-year-old motorcycle rider died in a road accident in Bacolod City on Christmas Eve. (Police Station 8 photo) Police identified the victim as Jessie...
ILOILO CITY – Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, was named as one of the country’s “Tastiest Travel Destinations” by travel booking website Agoda. Dubbed as the “Seafood Capital,” Agoda picked Roxas due to its fresh oysters and squid as well as a wide selection of dried fish....
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The Oklahoma City Thunder, fueled by 34 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocked off Western Conference leaders Minnesota 129-106 on Tuesday, Dec. 26, as Detroit's 27th defeat saddled them with an unwelcome piece of NBA history. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (left) of the Oklahoma...
