BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported an 11.77 percent increase in total crime incidents in 2025, up 149 cases from 1,265 in 2024 to 1,414 in 2025. Index crimes or crimes against person or property rose by seven incidents or 3.76 percent from 186 cases in 2024 to 193 in...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were confirmed dead and 12 were rescued from the collapsed dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here. As of 5 p.m., Jan. 9, 35 individuals remained missing, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Cebu City. With several persons still missing, Mayor Nestor Archival has...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fire of still unknown origin razed two wooden vessels here on Thursday, Jan. 8. Three people were treated for burns and smoke inhalation. The two vessels were totally razed in the fire that started at 7:46 p.m. Strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly and engulfed both...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A male infant was found in a grassy lot in Barangay Manicahan here on Thursday, Jan. 8. Erolyn Jade Perez Barredo, Barangay Manicahan chairperson, said the baby was inside a cardboard box when he was found by a passerby. The passerby, whose identity was withheld, said he was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police shot a laborer suspected to be under the influence of drugs after he went berserk and stabbed a cousin and a policeman here last Thursday, Jan. 8. Police said that 34-year-old Guilmar Bello, who works in a small-scale mining site, appeared to be paranoid after setting foot...
Search and rescue teams were deployed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cebu City following a landslide at a landfill that killed at least one individual while 38 others were still missing, a ranking official disclosed Friday, Jan. 9. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., acting PNP...
Eight luxury cars allegedly owned by former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, who is tagged in the alleged corruption of flood control funds, were seized by joint law enforcement teams during a raid at a condominium building in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City on Thursday, Jan. 8, the...
An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings in a landfill in Cebu City, killing one person, injuring a dozen, and leaving 38 others missing, officials said Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still...
Personnel from the Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)–Valenzuela rescued a 16-year-old boy who was found in distress on the roof deck of a mall in Barangay Bignay on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Authorities said the minor, a Valenzuela City resident, climbed onto...
A total of 77 individuals were given urgent medical care by emergency responders during the start of this year 's Traslacion as of 4 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, according to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). In this number, 55 patients were helped by deployed PRC medical teams across the Traslacion...
Hundreds of thousands of devotees attended the 12 a.m. Misa Mayor for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno held at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Friday, Jan. 9. According to the Manila Police District (MPD) and Innovation Integrated GIS and Data Hub of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
CEBU CITY – Ten persons were arrested and two minors were rescued in two suspected drug dens raided by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas here on Wednesday, Jan. 7. One of the suspected drug dens was discovered in Barangay Sambag 1 where the two minors were rescued. Arrested...
