ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fourteen houses were destroyed by a fire in Sitio Baliwasan Grande, Barangay Baliwasan, this city, on Sunday, Aug. 2. A total of 16 families were displaced by the blaze that broke out at around 2 p.m. Arson investigators are probing possible short circuit from a house as cause of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 21-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) was killed in a fire that destroyed his house in Purok 3-A, Bagong Sibol, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on Sunday morning, Aug. 2. The victim was identified as Jay Jay. Arson investigators said the fire which also razed five other...
A 12-year-old boy was injured after being dragged several meters by a company service pickup truck inside a church parking lot in Barangay E. Rodriguez, Quezon City, on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. The Grade 7 student had been playing in the rain with other children in the vacant lot when the...
Quezon City has institutionalized long-term support for cooperatives through a comprehensive Cooperative Code, making it the first local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila to adopt a unified policy framework for cooperative development. Through Ordinance No. SP-3526, S-2026, or the Quezon City...
The SM Group’s leisure and gaming unit Belle Corp. posted a 22-percent increase in net income to ₱976.8 million in the first half of 2026 from ₱801 million in the same period last year, driven by a recovery in casino revenues and real estate sales. According to the firm’s financial...
Seven passengers and two crew members of a motor banca were rescued after their boat sank in the sea of Zamboanga City on Sunday, Aug. 2. FB Haikar was among a convoy of four boats carrying a group of teachers, reservists from the Philippine Air Force, and volunteers to Pasilmanta Island for a...
Commuters can expect more accessible and cost-free travel as the Quezon City Government strengthened its Q City Bus Service, rolling out updated routes, improved schedules, and upgraded units to better serve thousands of daily passengers. The city government on July 30 said the libreng sakay...
An operation meant to arrest a lone drug suspect ended with two men in custody after another allegedly arrived to obtain illegal drugs during a buy‑bust in Makati City, where police seized P542,160 worth of shabu and ketamine. Operatives of the Makati City Police Station conducted the operation...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A man with warrants of arrest for murder, carnapping, and robbery was killed in a gunfight with police in Purok 1, Barangay Magsaysay, this city, on Friday night, July 31. Police identified the suspect as Roger, a regional most wanted person of the Police Regional Office...
Taguig police arrested a 28-year-old Chinese national for shouting offensive and insulting remarks at a driver and passenger in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) on July 31. Police identified the suspect as alias Xiangjie, 28, a Chinese national, key account specialist, and resident of a condominium in...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – The Office of the Ombudsman on July 31 suspended acting Mayor Justin Colago here for six months over a complaint filed by suspended Mayor Arcadio Gapangada Jr. on April 27. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will implement the order against Colago...
A Chinese national on Pasay City’s most wanted list was arrested Friday, July 31, in a manhunt operation for violating the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspect only by his surname, Lin, 30. He was arrested at about...
