ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized smuggled cigarettes with an estimated market value of P5.4 million here and Cotabato City on Wednesday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, reported that the seizure occurred at about 3:30 a.m. in Isla Berde, Chonga...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Tuesday, April 14, ordered the closure of a snack house here which was hit by an explosion and later turned out to be an illegal gambling den. Fourteen persons were injured in the explosion from an improvised explosive device thrown by a 32-year-old male...
Prime Infrastructure has deployed two firefighting tugboats to help contain the blaze at the Navotas sanitary landfill, as local authorities continue efforts to extinguish a deep-seated fire that broke out on April 10. In a press briefing on Wednesday, April 15, Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco...
BACOLOD CITY – The City of Silay and the town of Isabela in Negros Occidental were hailed grand champions in this year’s Best of Festival Dances during the 30th Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan here. Kansilay Festival of Silay City, tagged as...
The Pasay City government has announced that a dry run of a two-way traffic scheme will be implemented at the Nichols Interchange starting Monday, April 20. According to Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, the Traffic and Parking Management Office (TPMO), headed by Ferdinand Lee, will conduct the...
Police arrested two men who were found carrying firearms and a hand grenade during a late-night operation in Barangay 73, Caloocan City, on Tuesday, April 14. Operatives of the Warrant and Subpoena Section (WSS) of the Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) responded after receiving information about...
DAVAO CITY – The completion of vital big ticket infrastructure projects here may be delayed due to funding constraints, a report from the Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC) in Davao region said. The RPMC, which is a body under the Regional Development Council, issued the report...
TACLOBAN CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. attended the mass oath-taking of 2,121 newly promoted teachers and principals under the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) at the Tacloban City Convention Center on Wednesday. "I am happy to be a witness of the continuing program that we have that...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government encouraged people to take advantage of the lighter traffic and more relaxed atmosphere due to the oil crisis to visit the country’s summer capital. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the current situation offers a unique opportunity for tourists to enjoy this city...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — A large auto supply store on Balzain Highway in Barangay Balzain West here was gutted by fire Tuesday night. Fire Chief Insp. Francis Barcellano of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Tuguegarao said the blaze started at around 7:30 p.m. The affected structure,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The people of Basilan are seeking justice for a teacher who was stabbed to death on a barangay road in Lamitan City on Sunday, April 13. The victim, Joselito Alumbro Orbuda, a resident of Barangay Limo-ok, Lamitan City, and a teacher of the Mindanao Autonomous College, was found...
All’s well that ends well. The controversy brought by the apprehension of a man for being shirtless while mixing cement in Mandaluyong City can now be put to rest after the Lanquino couple accepted the apology of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Juanito Victor...
