Kapamilya star Kathryn Bernardo and Lucena City Mayor Mark Alcala have set social media abuzz after photos of the two together surfaced online, fueling long-running rumors of a romantic relationship between the actress and the local government official. The pair was spotted at Suvarnabhumi Airport...
ILOILO CITY – The municipality of New Lucena became the second local government unit (LGU) in Iloilo province to declare a state of calamity due to the fuel crisis caused by the Middle East war. “The municipality of New Lucena is currently experiencing the adverse effects of a fuel crisis...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 24-year-old employee was shot dead by his former lover in Barangay 4, this city, on Thursday morning, March 5. Police identified the victim as Jayson. Investigation said the victim was returning clothes borrowed from the 30-year-old male suspect inside a store owned by the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two men were hit and killed by a passenger bus while crossing the Diversion Road in Barangay Ilayang Dupay here on Monday night, Jan. 19. Police identified the victims as Jose, 58, and Gabriel, 58. They sustained serious injuries and died on the spot. Franklin, the driver of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two senior high school students were killed in a collision between their car and trailer truck in Barangay Bocohan here before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 18. Police identified the victims as Rayver and Ralph from Tayabas City, Quezon. Investigation said the victims ' car...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 68-year-old carpenter died and eight people, including the driver, were injured after their multi-purpose vehicle rammed a concrete barrier in Barangay Gulang-Gulang, this city, before dawn on Thursday, Jan. 15. Police identified the victim as Saturnino of Villa Esperanza,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) district office in Barangay Ilayang Dupay, this city, received a bomb threat on Thursday morning, Dec. 11. Emily Singson, revenue district officer, sought assistance from the Lucena police after receiving the bomb threat from an unknown...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Construction of the Hall of Justice here has officially begun. House Deputy Speaker David C. Suarez led the groundbreaking on Thursday morning, Nov. 20, in Barangay Mayao Parada. Attending the event were Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Midas Marquez, SC Associate...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A suspected ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victim was found in Barangay Ilayang Dupay here on Monday morning, Nov. 16. The victim was approximately 5’7” in height, wearing T-shirt and shorts, and covered in mud. A resident pasturing a cow discovered the body in...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two toddlers were killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Purok 5, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victims as Francis, one-year-old, and brother Vladimir, two. The fire broke out at the house owned by their auntie Joyce, 26,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police recovered suspected shabu valued at P17 million from a female drug pusher during a buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 30, here. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, identified the suspect as Rica Joy, a high-value individual in the illegal...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Four people were killed and eight others were injured as a cargo truck plowed into 11 vehicles and three houses on the Maharlika Highway in Purok Maulawin, Barangay Isabang, this city, before midnight Saturday. Police identified three of the victims as William Lorilla, 34,...
