The local government units of the cities of Navotas, Caloocan, Malabon, and Quezon have announced that face-to-face classes will resume on Thursday, March 9, after the transport strike staged by public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators ended on Wednesday. The Quezon City government said...
Davao City First Congressional District Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte distributed on Thursday, March 2, reusable bags to attendees and spectators of the MICE Conference (MICECON) at SMX Lanang Premier in Davao City. MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions, and exhibitions) is a Philippine event...
The F. Mercado Street and J. P. Rizal Street in Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s birthplace of Calamba City may soon be a heritage zone after the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 6, approved a proposed measure for it. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) During the...
Behind this weekend’s successful hosting of Micecon 2023 are some very clever, resourceful, and strong-willed women WANDER WOMEN Behind the phenomenal success of Micecon 2023 are teams led mostly by women, such as Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco (third from left), Vice...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 24-year-old man was apprehended after he yielded marijuana concealed in a glass jar while entering the venue of a concert here on Saturday night, March 4. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Dalwampo, a newly identified drug personality, of Barangay Ibabang Iyam...
Members of the Pasay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested a woman in a buy-bust operation that led to the confiscation of P38,000 worth of shabu on Friday, March 3. Col. Froilan Uy identified the suspect as Rowena Bonador, 45, included in the list of Top 10 drug personalities...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hazing victim John Matthew Salilig was laid to rest in a cemetery here on Saturday, March 4. THE remains of hazing victim John Matthew Salilig are laid to rest along with that of his grandfather Romulo in Zamboanga City on Saturday, March 4. (Liza Abubakar-Jocson) Family members...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixty-five ambulant vendors from Visayas who were apprehended for illegal peddling during the Panagbenga Grand Parade here on Feb. 25 have been sent home to the Visayas. They were provided assistance by the city government through the Office of the City Social Welfare and...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P120,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here before dawn on Friday, March 3. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said the suspect was a street-level individual and pinpointed by the Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered a military explosive in a junk shop in Pagadian City on Monday, Feb. 20. The Bomb Squad swooped down on the junk shop owned by Necario Alcano after receiving reports that an explosive was in the area. The explosive later identified as a CTG 60mm was...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Authorities arrested two drug pushers and 130 grams of suspected shabu worth P884,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, March 1. The identities of the suspects were temporarily withheld pending the arrest of their suppliers and their...
ILOILO CITY – An express delivery company in Jaro District here was robbed of P623,000 by three men on Wednesday night, March 1. Police have identified two suspects in the robbery of J&T. “We have identified two of the three suspects,” said Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the...
