Quezon City recorded an 80-percent decline in families in evacuation centers amid the intensified southwest monsoon or “habagat,” compared with the number during its onset last year. As of Aug. 11, the city recorded 2,146 affected families or 8,220 individuals in evacuation centers, down...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla led the distribution of 50 emergency 911 motorcycles on Tuesday (August 11) at the Regional Headquarters of the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) in Palo, Leyte. The scooters are intended for tourist police units...
Malacañang has hit attempts to take credit for the People’s Ville housing project in Davao City, presenting proof that it was an initiative planned and implemented under President Marcos. In a Palace briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 11, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire...
DAGUPAN CITY — The southwest monsoon or "habagat" continued to trigger flooding across several parts of the Ilocos Region, affecting 152 barangays and displacing more than 4,000 individuals, according to the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO 1) under PBGen. Jovencio Badua Jr., Regional Director. As...
CEBU CITY–The human head that was recovered from a grassy area in Talisay City, Cebu last July 11 belonged to the woman who had been reported missing for more than a month. This was disclosed by Talisay City Police Station Chief Lt. Col. Homobuno Sayon, who said DNA samples taken from the...
The long-delayed ₱2.5-billion information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure project in New Clark City may have found new life, as Converge ICT Solutions Inc. looks to participate in the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) hub. Converge Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
Following the announcement that Marikina City was already flood-free on Tuesday, Aug. 11, Mayor Maan Teodoro went door-to-door to distribute vitamins and anti-leptospirosis medicine to residents affected by flooding brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat). Teodoro was accompanied by doctors and...
Police arrested two men armed with improvised firearms late Monday night, Aug. 10, after a concerned citizen reported them sowing fear in Barangay San Jose, Quezon City. The suspects, alias “Dudong,” 48, and alias “Totong,” 56, both residents of the barangay, were arrested by La Loma...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in coordination with the Parañaque City government, are continuing to clear garbage and debris from the Baclaran‑Redemptorist Water Channel following heavy rains brought by the typhoon....
Five drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation that yielded P850,000 worth of suspected shabu in Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City, early Tuesday, Aug. 11. Parañaque City Police chief Col. Nicolas Piñon identified the suspects as alias Mar, 51, listed as a High-Value Individual...
AMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The No. 1 most wanted person in Caraga region was arrested in Purok 10, Barangay Poblacion, Esperanza town, Agusan del Sur province, on Sunday, Aug. 9. "The fugitive was arrested during a law enforcement operation conducted by government authorities,"...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has forged a partnership with a private sector employer to provide job opportunities to qualified senior citizens in the city. The agreement was signed on Aug. 10 as part of the city government’s continuing efforts to give Pasayeño senior citizens...
