CEBU CITY – The best friend of Rhea Mae Tocmo, who was killed and stuffed in a box, is planning to file charges against a taxi driver who implicated her in the gruesome killing. Jewel Smith (real name withheld upon her request), faced reporters on Monday, August 7, to deny accusations that she...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has offered a cash reward of P100,000 to anyone who could provide information that could lead to the arrest of a member or the leader of the Caunda Drug Group. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod City police director, made the statement...
A Mandaluyong City court has dismissed the frustrated homicide charges of Jose Antonio Sanvicente, the driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) that rammed a security guard last June 5, 2022. According to the email response of the Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court Branch 213 to Manila...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is pushing for data-driven governance as a selected area for a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) program. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) "We are aiming for data-driven governance that will firm up our decisions and...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – A 29-year-old painter was killed following a house rental dispute on Sunday afternoon, August 6, in Barangay Bagumbayan, this city. Police identified the victim as Lester Patega. Investigation said the victim and the father of the suspect, Alfred Landicho, 38, had a...
Two more electric posts are in danger of toppling, posing danger to residents in Tondo, Manila, on Monday, August 7. The concrete posts are located in Dagupan Street corner  Almario Street in Tondo. Residents said there is a need to ensure the strong foundation for each electric post as...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor has condemned the policeman who fired a gun in front of three civilians in this city. “We will not tolerate this kind of attitude within our ranks,” said Villaflor, two days after Police Staff Sgt. Nico F....
CALBAYOG CITY – The Hadang Festival of this city dominated the Tandaya Festival of Festivals 2023 on Sunday, August 6. Hadang Festival won P500,000 cash prize after besting 11 festival contingents from the different municipalities in the province during their performance at the Northwest...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) detained a passenger boat after a man jumped overboard while the vessel was transiting the Iloilo Gulf last week. BOAT crew attempts to rescue a man who jumped overboard from the Shady Slezh 2 on Friday, August 4. (Ylamme Grey/Facebook) ...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) chief, has ordered an investigation against a drunk police officer for allegedly taunting three young men and firing his weapon late Saturday night, August 5, in Jaro District here. The Jaro Police Station said the...
Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie ‘Wes’ Gatchalian and Vice Mayor Lorie Natividad-Borja announced that the city government will distribute 80,000 “Balik Eskwela” kits for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students from the city’s public elementary schools this month of August. In a video posted on the...
BUTUAN CITY – A woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into the Butuan City Jail on Thursday, August 3, police reported Saturday, August 5. Initial investigation disclosed that the suspect was visiting a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) but yielded three sachets of suspected shabu with...
