TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar and the Philippine Business for Education will launch JobsNext 2.0 this year. JobsNext is a program that aims to provide appropriate skills to enable the workforce to take on jobs of the future. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan emphasized the need to...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – The newly renovated public market here was inaugurated on Saturday, January 27. MAYOR Gigi Portes (fifth from right) leads the inauguration of the newly renovated public market in Pagbilao, Quezon on Saturday, January 27. (Danny Estacio) Four tractors were distributed to...
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer was injured in a car crash in Calbayog City, Samar on Thursday, January 25. A POLICE officer was injured in a road accident in Calbayog City on January 25. (Contributed photo by Danny Balading) The victim was identified as Police Lt. Jimmy Tubigan, 45,...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 40-year-old gaffer was gunned down on Thursday afternoon, January 25, in Sitio Bugnao, Barangay Paiisa, this town. Police identified the victim as Rico, a resident of Barangay Pulang Lupa, Mabini, Batangas. Investigation said the victim was driving his motorcycle when an...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P3.6 million in a buy-bust operation on Thursday, Jan. 25, in Barangay Pili, this town. The suspect was identified as alias Sharon, 47, a resident of Barangay Isabang, Tayabas City, Quezon, and listed as a newly...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police nabbed three suspected drug pushers in buy-bust operations here on Tuesday, January 23. Seized from these high-value individuals were suspected shabu worth P918,000. Alias Raydel yielded 75 grams of shabu worth P510,000 in Barangay Pulungbulu. In Barangay...
CEBU CITY – Eighty houses were destroyed in an early morning fire in a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City, southern Cebu on Wednesday, January 24. The fire started at 8:10 a.m. and was raised to third alarm at 8:23 a.m. as the flames spread quickly since most of the houses...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A New People’s Army rebel surrendered and an arms cache was discovered in separate towns in this province on Tuesday, January 23. The surrenderer was identified as Ruelito, a member of Apolonio Mendoza Command and listed as Non-Periodic Status Report. He turned over...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Risa Hontiveros and other opposition leaders vowed to block moves to amend the Constitution. FORMER Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, Atty. Chel Diokno, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros answer questions from reporters during their recent visit to Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) Hontiveros said they...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested a foreigner in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cutcut here on Saturday, January 20. Seized from the suspect, a Chinese, was approximately 30 grams of suspected shabu with a standard drug price of P204,000. Suspect was arrested after a week of...
NAGCARLAN, Laguna – A two-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man were killed and 15 persons were injured after a passenger jeepney lost its brakes and crashed into multiple vehicles in Nagcarlan town in Laguna province on Friday afternoon, January 19. MAP of Nagcarlan, Laguna. A...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – An officer-in-charge (OIC) barangay chairman was killed in a gun attack in his house in Barangay Canlubang, this town, on Friday morning. Police identified the victim as Mario Jun Castillo Cogay, 65. Investigation said the victim was on the balcony drinking...
