BACOLOD CITY – About 34.3 grams of suspected shabu worth P233,240 were seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in San Juan Tunga, Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 2. Police Lt. Col. Jesus Mesahon, San Carlos police chief, identified the suspect as...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Library and Information Center (CLIC) unveiled its P7-million brand-new mobile library during a blessing ceremony on August 2, Wednesday afternoon, at the People's Park here. CLIC head Salome Enoc said this is the city's third mobile library bus, which holds about 2,000...
CEBU CITY – Five alleged members of the Salisi Gang were arrested after they victimized at least three people inside a mall at the South Road Properties here. Police identified the suspects as Jessica Santos Sarco, 35; Mark Anthony Balan, 30; Mark Anthony Aragosa, 26; Jerico Sarco, 24, and...
A creek in Barangay Veinte Reales, Valenzuela City was recognized as one of the “Most Improved Esteros” in Metro Manila during the Gawad Taga-Ilog 3.0 (GTI) roadshow held in the city on Thursday, Aug 3. (Photos from Valenzuela City Government/MANILA BULLETIN) The roadshow is a yearly contest...
Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested a jeepney barker after he allegedly stabbed a merchandizer in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City on Wednesday evening, Aug. 2. QCPD Novaliches Station (PS 4) identified the suspect as Joel Marimla, 25, a resident of Barangay Gulod....
The Muntinlupa City government has administered the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine to 3,026 people while its number of active cases totaled two. Data from the city government showed that as of July 28, there were 2,139 people who received the Pfizer bivalent vaccine under the A1 category or healthcare...
The Pasig City local government and Hyundai Motors Philippines formally sealed a partnership to offer technology training scholarship opportunities to Pasigueño students. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Hyundai PH President Dong Wook Lee signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the scholarship...
A barangay in Pasig City that housed the infamous “shabu tiangge (market)” is now “drug-cleared,” the local government announced on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Barangay Sto. Tomas received the accolade in a ceremony graced by Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, Pasig Police chief Col. Celerino Sacro, and...
DAVAO CITY – The carcass of a six-foot male spinner dolphin with ruptured eardrums was found on the shore of Punta Dumalag in Barangay Matina Aplaya here on Wednesday, August 2. American marine biologist Darrel Blatchley said in a social media post that the result of the necropsy did not...
Photo from Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau/MANILA BULLETIN Three individuals were reportedly injured after five electric posts and three telco poles fell in Binondo, Manila on Thursday afternoon, August 3. According to the police report, the incident occurred at around 1 p.m. at the corner of...
MABALACAT City, Pampanga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pampanga Provincial Office dismantled a makeshift drug den and arrested four individuals in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dau here on Wednesday night, August 2. The suspects were identified as Mary Ann Aquino,...
A 63-year-old woman was injured after a fire broke out in a two-storey residential-commercial building on Camarilla Street, Barangay San Roque, Quezon City on Wednesday night, Aug. 2. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) identified the victim as Nenette Arellano who sustained contusion with...