At the Santa Filomena Central School (SFCS) in Iligan City, teachers and students have carried the weight of a challenge too familiar: Not enough classrooms for its learners. SFCS School Guidance Designate Helen Diez explained that the school only has 38 usable classrooms, while more are needed to...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday to take more decisive action against corruption. Duterte said if the President is serious about corruption, he must immediately file cases against corrupt legislators. Former...
The Malabon City government on Wednesday, Sept. 17, deployed twelve vehicles to ferry stranded commuters during the transport strike. The “Libreng sakay” vehicles - 3 APV units, 3 Travis. 1 L300, 3 troop carriers, and 2 tow trucks - will be deployed until Saturday, Sept. 19. “Magkaroon...
Police apprehended a 46-year-old man in Barangay Tanza Uno, Navotas City, on Sunday, Sept. 14, after he was found wearing a Philippine National Police (PNP) uniform and carrying an unlicensed firearm. Patrolling officers noticed the man sitting in an alley wearing a green camouflage police shirt...
BATANGAS CITY – Authorities intercepted suspected shabu valued at P272 million during an inspection at Batangas Port here on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The contraband was concealed inside four audio speakers unloaded from a private vehicle driven by a 30-year-old a resident of Cotabato City that had...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A scion of a well-known family and vice president of a local university was shot by still unidentified gunman near his residence here on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Police identified the victim as 33-year-old Alfredo Solis Eustaquio, vice president of Universidad de Zamboanga. Eustaquio...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced that the city will soon be home to the largest Kadiwa Market in the Philippines which is expected to strengthen trade activities in the city. According to Olivarez, the largest Kadiwa Market, dubbed as the “Baclaran Gateway Market,” occupying a...
Three cats and a dog were trapped and killed after a fire broke out in five-adjacent apartment units on Violet Street, Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, on Wednesday, September 17. According to arson probers, the fire started at around 2 a.m. and was raised to the first alarm as thick smoke...
Members of transport group Manibela staged simultaneous protests on Wednesday, Sept. 17, marking the start of a three-day transport strike to denounce alleged massive corruption amid the ongoing investigation into the alleged anomalies in flood control projects. In Quezon City, drivers and...
BACOLOD CITY – Following a devastating fire that left nearly 1,000 residents homeless in Barangay 27 in this highly-urbanized city, Mayor Greg Gasataya is asking the national government for assistance in resolving the property’s ownership status. In a press briefing on Monday, Sept. 15,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police caught three suspected gunrunners in a buy-bust operation here Monday afternoon, Sept. 15. Quezon police director Police Col. Romulo Albacea identified the suspects as brothers John Paulo, 29; Jestoni, 33, and CJ, 18, residents of Sariaya, Quezon. The suspects were...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities resumed search and retrieval operations on Tuesday, Sept. 16, for missing individuals in a flash flood at Mini Asik-Asik Falls in Barangay Carmen, Baguio District, this city. Police Major Lisandro Bernardo, commander of the Baguio Police Station, said operations resumed...
