ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here said this city’s Paraw Regatta Festival showcases the maritime ingenuity of Ilonggos. TWO colorful native sailboats race on the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island-province of Guimaras, during the 51st Paraw Regatta...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher who had ties to self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, March 3. THE body of a suspected drug pusher lies on the kitchen of his house following a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte....
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc. honored the Baguio City Police Office on Sunday, March 3, for successfully securing this year’s Panagbenga Festival. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (right) and Mauricio Domogan (left), Panagbenga Festival chairman emeritus, awards a plaque...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An infant was reported missing and 48 persons were rescued when their boat capsized in the sea of Santa Cruz Island in Zamboanga City on Saturday afternoon, March 2. RESCUED passengers from a jungkung which capsized in waters off Santa Cruz Island in Zamboanga City. (2nd...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected shabu worth P13.6 million was seized and two suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation here on Saturday night, March 2. POLICE seized P13.6-million worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga...
Manila Police District A tanker that stalled when its chassis broke down spilled part of its 3,000 liters load of hydrochloric acid along Quirino Avenue corner of Pedro Gil Street in Manila, on Sunday morning, March 3. Police said the truck was traveling the southbound lane when its chassis broke...
BACOLOD CITY – Police nabbed a suspected drug pusher and his relative and 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport, this city, on Friday, March 1. Police Capt. Melvin Mercado, head of Police Station 8, said the suspects...
The Taguig City government closed the disputed Makati Park and Garden located in the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) areas after its employees were prevented from entering the public facility on Friday, March 1. In a statement issued on March 3, the Taguig City government said, “The City of...
BUTUAN CITY – The most wanted person in Surigao del Sur was apprehended on Friday, March 1, after six years of hiding in Taguig City. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said Rol, 30, a resident of Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, arrested by the combined...
March typically marks the start of the summer season, with most schools on break, and children having less opportunities for active play given changing lifestyles. With this in mind, the provincial government of Batangas and the City of Tanauan, headed by Mayor Nelson "Sonny" P. Collantes,...
CEBU CITY – Nine persons were arrested when two drug dens were raided in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) here on Friday, March 1. AN agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement-Central Visayas examines packs...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A transport cooperative official has criticized the city government for the lack of implementation of the Local Public Transport Route Plan here. A TRADITIONAL jeepney on Gaerlan St., Cagayan de Oro City. (Franck Dick Rosete) Luzminda Escobidal, manager of the PN Roa...
