ZAMBOANGA CITY – The suspect in the murder of a barangay chairman here was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cawit, this city, on Friday, September 29. Police Col. Kimberly Molitas, Zamboanga City police chief, identified the suspect as Khyser Daris, alias “Boy.” Daris...
Tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct in Marlboro, N.Y., May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) A stretch of aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City's water is being shut down through the winter...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman was injured in a grenade explosion in Isabela City in Basilan on Sunday night, September 29, a day before the declaration of the city as Abu Sayyaf Group-free. The injured was identified as Police Patrolman Aldimar Salahuddin of the Regional Mobile Force...
The Southern Police District (SPD) apprehended 72 fugitives in a series of operations in just one day on Sept. 27. Operatives captured the wanted persons during SPD’s 34th Warrant Day, resulting in the arrest of six Top Most Wanted Persons, 35 most wanted persons and 31 other wanted...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two escapees from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency detention facility here last May were arrested after they were wounded in a shootout with authorities during a law enforcement operation in Pandami, Sulu on Saturday, September 28. SUSPECTED shabu valued at...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways-6 (Western Visayas) chief Sanny Boy Oropel said that the sinking flyover connecting this city to Pavia town, Iloilo will fully reopen on Christmas Day as accelerated repairs are ongoing. PROTESTERS flock to the sinking Ungka Flyover that...
The Philippines rebuffed assertions that “major power rivalry” is at play in the South China Sea disputes because these diminish the rights of claimant-countries “to secure their own future.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo delivers the Philippine statement at the 79th...
The Taguig Police arrested two suspected drug dealers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Central Signal on Sept. 28. The suspects, identified as alias Miyong, 26, and alias Arvin, 34, were nabbed by the Drug Enforcement Unit for alleged violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous...
CEBU CITY – Cebuano artists who aspire to make it big will now have an avenue to fulfill their dreams with the launching of the TOPS Media Center (TMC) here. KUYA Magik (left) and Jiggy Jr. discuss the TOPS Media Center which was launched on Friday, September 27, in Cebu City. (Contributed photo)...
CEBU CITY – As expected, the Cebu leg of the Manila Bulletin (MB) Sketchfest on Saturday, September 28, at SM Seaside City here was a hit. WINNERS of the Manila Bulletin Sketchfest Cebu leg show off their winning entries. The winners were joined on stage by Manila Bulletin-Cebu Branch’s Jules...
The local government of Pasig City received the Regional Director’s Special Award from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its excellent implementation of health programs and services, as well as for serving as a model of effective participatory governance. Photos from Pasig LGU The special...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized dried marijuana bricks valued at more than P23 million from three suspected drug couriers in an interdiction operation in Purok 5, Barangay Bulanao, this city, on Friday, September 27. DRIED marijuana bricks worth P23 million were seized in an interdiction...
