A Grab delivery rider successfully foiled a drug transaction on Sunday, Jan. 1, after he reported to the Makati City Police that he was tasked by a Vietnamese national to deliver a package which turned out to be illegal drugs. According to the police report, the rider received a delivery booking...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday, Jan. 2, that the city will focus on the rehabilitation of its drug dependents and promised the creation of more anti-drugs projects and recovery initiatives. In his Facebook post, Sotto said that for 2023, the city government will focus on its "aftercare...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN At least 15 people were injured when a passenger jeepney collided with a dump truck in Quezon City on Monday, Jan. 2. According to Quezon City Police District (QCPD) report, the jeepney driver, Debbie John Elbanbuena Salazar, was traveling along northbound lane of Commonwealth...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Two men were arrested for robbery-holdup and illegal possession of firearms in a follow-up operation conducted by members of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) La Loma Police Station (PS 1) in Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City on Sunday, Jan. 1. Lt. Col. Garman Manabat, PS1...
Two female drug suspects were arrested by members of the Parañaque police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) during a buy-bust operation on New Years’ Day. Col. Renato Ocampo, city police chief, identified the suspects as Lanie Kusain, 22; and Sophia Andatun, 23. Ocampo said the suspects were...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano urged residents to watch the fireworks displays in 10 selected areas in the city for the safe celebration of New Year. Rubiano said it is safer for residents to watch the fireworks displays than exploding firecrackers in residential areas in welcoming the 2023....
Operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) seized more than P5 million worth of illegal drugs from a Nigerian believed to be a member of the West African international drug syndicate during a buy-bust in Las Piñas City on Thursday, Dec. 29. The suspect, identified as Nnameka...
By Diann Calucin The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) destroyed confiscated firecrackers and pyrotechnics worth P810,697 at Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City on Saturday, Dec. 31. The firecrackers and pyrotechnics were seized from 58 operations conducted by 16 police stations and units...
The Parañaque City government has designated firecracker zones in the city’s 16 barangays for a safer celebration of New Year’s Eve. Lawyer Voltaire dela Cruz, city administrator, said identifying firecracker zones in the city is in compliance with the resolution of the Metro Manila Council...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau released a traffic advisory announcing the closure of the northbound and southbound part of Jones Bridge from 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, to give way for New Year's Eve fireworks. Manila PIO/MANILA...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced that the city will not hold a community fireworks display to usher in the New Year on Saturday, Dec. 31. Zamora made the announcement after the Metro Manila Council (MMC) passed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution No. 22-22,...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has issued an executive order regulating the use of firecrackers in the city during the New Year celebrations. Rubiano issued the EO following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s directive to all local government units to reduce cases of...
