DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte mourned the death of former Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla on January 6. Duterte said he lost a good friend and counselor in Capalla. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte (left) visits the wake of Archdiocese of Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier, his girlfriend, and her father were injured in a melee in Barangay Handumanan here on Thursday, January 4. Police identified the victims as Corporal Jasper Gancia, 34, from Barangay Bata here; his girlfriend Merryll Tuvilla, 24, and Tuvilla’s father Teodoro, 71, both...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman was arrested and her live-in partner escaped a buy-bust operation where 76 grams of suspected shabu worth P516,000 were seized in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, January 5. A WOMAN was arrested and her live-in partner managed to flee a buy-bust...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider died in a collision with a pick-up truck on the Circumferential Road in Barangay Pahanocoy here on Friday, January 5. A MAN died when his motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City on Friday, January 5. (Photo courtesy of...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth more than P20 million was seized and a drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City, Cebu on Saturday, January 6. Police identified the suspect as Marichu Añora. SUSPECTED shabu worth P20 million was seized from a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter with the 78th Infantry Battalion in Barangay San Gabriel, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Saturday, January 6. The 8th Infantry Division identified the fatality as Martin Colima, alias “Maki,” “Seloy,”...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Aurora nabbed a 42-year-old suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Caloocan City on Saturday, January 6. SUSPECTED shabu worth P3.4 million was seized in a buy-bust operation by the PDEA-Aurora in Caloocan City on January 5. The PDEA-Aurora...
DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao announced that Archbishop Emeritus Fernando R. Capalla passed away before dawn on Saturday, January 5. He was 89. CAPALLA Capalla, a former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines from 2003 to 2005, was one of the most influential...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano held a meeting with barangay officials in the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) areas on Jan. 5 amid the ongoing dispute over the closure of health centers and fire stations. The meeting was held to discuss the integration of Taguig’s 10 new barangays and...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims were found in Laguna and Quezon on Friday morning, January 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the first victim was discovered on a creek in Purok 4, Barangay Lawa, Calamba City, Laguna. The victim was 5'4" in...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) led by businessman Enrique Razon has refuted the claim of Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers party-list that it caused the prolonged blackouts in Panay Island. REP. France Castro has received an earful from MORE Power over her claim on the...
Archbishop Emeritus of Davao Fernando "Nanding" Capalla, a former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), passed away early morning on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the age of 89. Courtesy of St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao His passing was announced in...
