More than 90 families were homeless in a fire that reached third alarm at Bitik Medina Extension, General T. De Leon, Valenzuela City on Saturday, Jan. 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the first alarm was declared at 12:16 p.m. The blaze was placed under control at 1:15 p.m....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) gave the Quezon City government perfect scores in its implementation of measures against human trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC). In a letter, DILG-NCR Regional Director Maria Lourdes...
A total of 27,992 dogs and cats in Caloocan City have been given free anti-rabies shots through the community-based vaccination program, said Caloocan City Veterinary Department (CVD) in its accomplishment report on Friday, Jan. 13. The community-based vaccination is a program initiated by the...
Operatives from the Northern Police District (NPD)-District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) confiscated P544,000 worth of suspected shabu from a man in Barangay 139, Caloocan City early Friday morning, Jan. 13. The DDEU said the suspect, Jeremy Laboza, 19, of Balintawak, Quezon City, was arrested in a...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) –The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has welcomed a Supreme Court (SC) decision that dismissed a petition questioning the result of the 2019 plebiscite that included Cotabato City into the region. "We are elated to receive the decision of the SC...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto warned establishments to comply with the city’s environmental policies to help reduce water pollution and ensure the health and safety of their employees and customers. On his social media page, Sotto shared that the local government closed the branch of a fast-food...
The Quezon City government opened on Thursday, Jan. 12, the newly renovated "Alley 44" walkway in Barangay UP Village in the city. According to the city government, the 54-meter long walkway will connect the streets of Maginhawa and Malinis Streets. The walkway is one of the alleys the city...
NEWLY promoted policemen in Negros Occidental take their oath in a virtual ceremony at the Kanlaon Hall at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) headquarters in Bacolod City on Tuesday, Jan. 10. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Occidental police) BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
The San Juan City local government officially launched on Thursday, Jan. 12, the Kadiwa Truck as part of the national government’s efforts in bringing cheap, quality produce to the public amid the rising prices of basic commodities. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora led the launch of the program...
The Valenzuela City government on Wednesday, Jan. 11, reminded the motorists in the city to obey traffic rules and to properly communicate with traffic enforcers in case they are asked to stop while on the road. The reminder followed an incident on Nov. 23, 2022 where a delivery truck driver hit...
BACOLOD CITY – A former police trainee who is wanted for pending cases in a court in Iloilo City was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Barangay Handumanan here. Major Richard Fajarito, head of Police Station 10, identified the suspect as former Patrolman Glenn Garbosa, 33, of Barangay 35...
