CEBU CITY – More than 1,350 families were displaced in a fire that hit Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. A FIRE hits Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. (Contributed photo by Nagiel Bañacia) Around 600 houses were razed in the fire that fire broke out...
A woman tagged as the Taguig police’s No. 7 top most wanted person for the fourth quarter of 2023 was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The police identified the suspect as Eloisa Pamero, 49, who was nabbed by personnel from the Taguig police’s Warrant and Subpoena Unit on Camachile Street,...
MARAWI CITY – Hundreds of students held a peace walk inside the Mindanao State University main campus here on Monday, December 11, more than a week after the explosion that killed four persons and injured at least 40 on December 3. Protesters carried placards rejecting the resumption of in-person...
BACOLOD CITY – A pair of twins, both cum laude graduates, from Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental, passed the 2023 Licensure Examination for Teachers conducted last September. The journey of Donabelle and Donnajean Tubal Fernandez was difficult and challenging but they said it was well...
BACOLOD CITY – MassKara Festival dancers here have received invitations to perform abroad next year. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, December 11, that three countries would like to see them perform. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that MassKara dancers from...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man and his 18-year-old daughter were killed when a man went on a stabbing spree in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday morning, December 12. Zorovavel Tapao Edoloverio, 48, and his daughter Zyphaniah succumbed to multiple stab wounds. Her lover, Gerley Vertucio Navarro,...
The Taguig police seized suspected shabu and marijuana from three men in Barangay Bagong Tanyag on Tuesday, Dec. 12. According to the police, the suspects were only identified by their aliases Drew, 21; Bryan, 24; and Tim, 23. They were allegedly caught in possession of shabu and marijuana...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Secretary Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed land titles to 2,143 farmers from Panay and Guimaras Islands in a ceremony in Passi City, Iloilo on Monday, December 11. A TOTAL of 2,143 farmers from Panay...
Officials and employees of the Muntinlupa City government will get a performance-based bonus (PBB) as an extra Christmas treat. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro announced on Dec. 11 that the Muntinlupa City Council passed a resolution on first reading granting the bonus for the fiscal year...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. opened the 18th National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) in Passi City, Iloilo province on Monday, December 11. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (center) takes his oath as Chief Boy Scout of the Philippines during the opening of...
DAVAO CITY – A Canada-based Filipino entrepreneur has launched an online membership platform that offers benefits, privileges, and savings to all Filipinos residing in North America. JOCELYN Alabata-Hansen (second from left) with colleagues. (Photo via Keith Bacongco) A native of Koronadal City,...
Two suspects were arrested by the Taguig police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay New Lower Bicutan on Dec. 10. The police identified the suspects only by their aliases, Taliban, 47, and Eugene, 48, who were nabbed on MRT Street at about 11:15 p.m. for alleged violation of Republic Act 9165...
