CEBU CITY – Seven persons were arrested in anti-illegal drug operations here. On Friday afternoon, August 18, six persons were nabbed when agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) dismantled a drug den in Barangay Basak. Arrested was the subject of the...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in San Pablo City, this province, on Saturday, August 19. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar identified the suspects as high-value individuals “RR,” a resident of...
The Malabon City government held a mega job fair at Robinsons Town Mall in Barangay Tinajeros, Malabon City on Saturday, Aug. 19. The local government, through the Migrant Resource Center (MRC) of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), offered 10,000 local and overseas job opportunities for...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 is underway at Megaworld Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. ROASTED pig or 'lechon' is the star of the Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. (Juan Carlo de Vela) Over 10 skilled “lechoneros” gathered for the three-day annual event...
The Medical City (TMC) has been named "Asia's Best Employer Brand" by the 18th Employer Branding Awards. This makes TMC the sole healthcare provider in the Philippines to be given such an award. This is a testament to TMC's commitment to providing a positive and empowering work environment for its...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City Junior League softball team received a hero’s welcome when they arrived home in Negros Occidental on Friday, August 18, after winning the 2023 Junior League Softball World Series title in Kirkland, Washington on August 5. These softbelles from the Ramon Torres...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Region 10 launched on Friday, August 18, this year’s Kahimunan Northern Mindanao Regional Trade Fair, one of the core activities of the month-long Higalaay Festival 2023 in this city. Almer Masillones, provincial director of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Kagay-an Heritage Advocates submitted a petition on Friday afternoon, August 18, to the office of Mayor Rolando Uy here opposing the destruction of the historic Ysalina Bridge in this city. KAGAY-AN Heritage Advocates show their position papers while waiting to be...
A 23-year-old man was arrested for alarm and scandal and illegal possession of firearms in Tondo, Manila on Saturday, Aug. 19. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as Reymark Manalastas, resident of De Vera Sepac Almasen Navotas City. MPD said it dispatched personnel at around 3...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) is implementing a city-wide gun ban from August 18 to 25 for the 38th Kadayawan Festival celebration. The Philippine National Police (PNP) approved the request of the Police Regional Office in the Davao region to suspend all permits to...
BAGUIO CITY – Suspected shabu worth P80,512 was seized and three drug pushers were nabbed in buy-bust operations here and the province of Kalinga on August 17. Police identified the suspects as Alvin Abena Orbase, 28, a street-level individual (SLI); Ronald Fortin Quinto, 32, also an SLI;...
The San Juan City local government announced on Friday, Aug. 18, its plan to remove bollard dividers from bike lanes to help ease traffic congestion and improve mobility flow as the city gradually return to normalcy after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. "During the peak of the pandemic, San Juan...
