A working student lost her cellphone and thousands of pesos in class funds after a man took the device while it was charging inside a store in Barangay Bignay, Valenzuela City, on Sunday, Jan. 11. According to the Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) and barangay officials, the incident occurred...
CEBU CITY – The regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has asked the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas to investigate the legal officer of the City Traffic Management System (CTMS) and an associate city prosecutor in Lapu-Lapu City. DOLE-7 chief Roy...
Senator Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the compliance of sanitary landfills with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, as well as other applicable laws. This was after the deadly collapse of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill in...
An overheated fryer is being eyed as the cause of a fire that hit a convenience store in Barangay 655, Intramuros, Manila, early Monday morning, Jan. 12, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Based on the initial report, the crew of the convenience store were changing the fryer 's oil when...
CEBU CITY – Nine bodies have been recovered from the collapsed building that was buried by a pile of garbage when a dumpsite caved in last week in Barangay Binaliw here. Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairman of the City Council Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee, said the last fatality...
The Philippine Navy (PN) on Monday said the Naval Forces Central (NFC), the naval command responsible for Visayas, has deployed a search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) team to help in the ongoing rescue mission following the landslide at the landfill in Barangay Binaliw in Cebu City last Jan. 8. In a...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong and officials of the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc. (BFFFI) on Monday unveiled at the Baguio City Hall the calendar of activities for the month-long celebration of the 30th Panagbenga or Baguio Flower Festival. The...
A total of 21,651 preschoolers in Manila will receive free milk courtesy of the city government under the “Yormilk: Kaagapay ng Batang Maynila sa Paglaki” program of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso aimed at curbing malnutrition and foster the growth of children enrolled in public...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – An eight-year-old Grade 3 pupil was brutally murdered in Barangay Santiago 2, this city, on Friday, Jan. 9. Police identified the victim as Gianni Rick Nodero. Investigation said Nodero was waiting for his father to take him to school when he suddenly disappeared. The...
Residents of Barangay Mambugan in Antipolo City, Rizal, were horrified when a dump truck loaded with soil crashed into two houses along Sumulong Highway on Sunday, Jan. 11. Based on the police report, the truck driver was probably speeding before losing the truck 's brakes, subsequently losing...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City councilor is set to file an ordinance seeking to protect delivery riders from abuse and unfair treatment. Councilor Danny Dayanghirang, chairman of the Committee on Finance, Ways and Means, stated that the proposed measure will encompass two categories of delivery...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte cautioned his colleagues in the House of Representatives against endorsing what he described as a pre-determined impeachment effort against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, Jan. 11, ahead...
