The members and personnel of the International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City have expressed their gratitude to Rev. Fr. Reynante Tolentino for his dedicated service to the cathedral and the Virgin of Antipolo. In a social media post, the community of the Antipolo...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday, August 20, a 73-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor here. The Baguio City Police Office said the suspect was the eighth top most wanted person in this city. The suspect was arrested on a warrant for statutory rape. No bail was set for the...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-day old baby boy abandoned by his mother was found in Purok Guanzon, Barangay Mansilingan here on Wednesday, August 21. Police Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 7, said the baby wrapped in a cloth was discovered by children looking for spiders in the area around 6:30...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 47,000 households or 22 percent of the 224,000 consumers served by the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) have been affected by the widespread unscheduled power interruption here since Wednesday night, August 21. AN employee of the Negros Electric and...
CEBU CITY – Close to 2,000 security personnel will be deployed for the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo festival on Sunday, August 25, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC). CONTESTANTS of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Festival Queen are introduced to the public in a mall in Cebu City on Wednesday, August 21. The...
BATANGAS CITY – A 13-year-old girl died in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay San Carlos, this city, before dawn on Thursday, August 22. Arson investigators said the victim, Meagan May Gabuna, was awakened by thick smoke inside her house at 2:45 a.m. She alerted her and another family staying in the...
The 39th Kadayawan Festival in Davao del Sur concluded with energetic performances at the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan showdown and party on August 18. The festival is held every August to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and celebrate the indigenous traditions of Mindanao. The month-long...
BACOLOD CITY -- Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the military in Sitio Pisok, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. The Army has yet to identify the two casualties -- a man and a woman. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines,...
A man was arrested by the police during a buy-bust operation involving suspected shabu in Taguig on Aug. 22. The buy-bust operation was conducted by the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Fort Bonifacio that resulted in the arrest of a suspect, identified as alias Alexander,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Tingog party-list paid tribute to Paris Olympics boxing bronze medalist Aira Villegas and Palarong Pambansa athletes from Eastern Visayas at the People’s Center here on Friday, August 23, following a hero’s welcome for her by the city government. VILLEGAS ...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon welcomed the opening of the Big Bad Wolf Books Sale in the city. Biazon attended the opening of the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale on Aug. 22 at The Filinvest Tent in Alabang. The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale will run from Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has expressed deep concern over the one-year suspension slapped against him by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement, Cortes said the Ombudsman’s decision to suspend him without pay stemming from an administrative case “is a matter of deep...
