CEBU CITY — More than P500-million worth of illegal drugs went up in smoke in another destruction ceremony conducted here on Thursday, June 5. Spearheaded by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), the destruction,...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering increasing the buying price of palay (unhusked rice) to support farmers and the national government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced during the program’s launching at Burgos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were injured and robbed of their firearms in a road mishap here on Thursday, June 5. The victims, Army Corporal Juner Vally, driver of the vehicle; and Staff Sgt. Tiyamuat Alrasid, were cruising on the highway in Barangay Calarian when the vehicle rammed an electric...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer here on Wednesday, June 4. The fatality was identified as Michael Hipolito Felix, a 39-year-old resident of Sitio Siguinan, Barangay Bunguiao, this city. Felix was...
BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with...
A total of 4,557 students in Valenzuela City spent their summer break productively by participating in the city’s reading and mathematics camps, the local government announced on Thursday, June 5. The city’s Public Information Office (PIO) said the summer learning camps were designed to...
A bettor from Quezon City has won the P21.7-million jackpot in the MegaLotto 6/45 draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) confirmed on Thursday, June 5. In a Facebook post, the PCSO said that a bettor from Quezon City won a total jackpot prize of P21,749,042.20 after the draw on June...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In these NBA Finals, a team is four wins away from getting the last laugh. Ask anyone on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers if they 're still fueled by doubters, and the answer is probably going to be an immediate “yes.” Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai...
Five individuals, including a one-year-old baby and two children, died in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Barangay Buting, Pasig City, on Wednesday night, June 4. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at 10:56 p.m. in a four-story residential building on E....
On May 21, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held its first leg of Klima Eskwela at Caraga State University in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte. Designed to engage students in addressing the climate and plastic crises, Klima Eskwela is an offshoot project of the Climate Reality Philippines’...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Food Authority (NFA) started delivering sacks of rice to the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Wednesday, June 4, a day before the official launching of the P20-per-kilo rice program here. Brenda Burdeos, project development officer IV of the City Cooperative...
CEBU CITY – What was feared to be a case of kidnapping involving a Korean turned out to be a meetup gone wrong. Personnel at the Abellana Police Station 2 of the Cebu City Police Office were alarmed when a group of Koreans sought assistance after one of their compatriots was allegedly kidnapped....
