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...
The Marikina City local government released a statement on Sunday, Aug. 6, calling out the company responsible for the drone presentation that showed the Philippine flag upside down during the closing festivities of the 2023 Palarong Pambansa on Saturday, Aug. 5. After the victory concert on...
Remains of an unidentified man were seen floating in the waters near Pier 16 in Barangay 118, Tondo, Manila. According to the police report, a seaman went to the Manila Police District (MPD) Raxabago Police Station (PS-1) and reported that he spotted chopped-up human body parts floating near...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte lauded student-athletes who pursued their passion in sports, and encouraged them to continue being agents of change. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) During the closing ceremony of the Palarong Pambansa 2023 on Saturday, Aug. 5, in...
A fire hit a storage area in Gen Luis St. Bagbaguin, Valenzuela City, on Saturday evening, Aug. 5. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the blaze started at around 5:59 p.m. and had reached the 2nd alarm at 6:08 p.m. The agency escalated the 3rd alarm at 6:43 p.m. and the 4th alarm at 7:12 p.m....
BACOLOD CITY – The City Drugs Enforcement Unit (CDEU) seized 17 grams of suspected shabu worth P115,600 in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Thursday, August 3. Arrested was Dino Paolo Chavez, 24, of Barangay 2. Police Capt. Joven Mogato, CDEU head, said they...
