AGDANGAN, Quezon – A 56-year-old driver was killed and 10 persons were injured when their van rammed a backhoe in Barangay Sildora here before dawn on Sunday, October 29. A VAN crashed into a backhoe in Quezon on Sunday, October 29. The driver was killed and 10 passengers were injured. (Photo via...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – More than 2,000 security personnel have been deployed to secure the barangay election in Quezon and Laguna on Monday, October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar said 2,056 men from the Army 202nd Brigade, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Laguna,...
CEBU CITY – With the expected influx of passengers, all ports in Cebu will be on heightened alert with the activation of “Oplan: Biyaheng Ayos.” The heightened alert started on Friday, October 27, and will end on November 5, the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said. PASSENGERS in Pier 1, Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has lifted the red tide alert status in two towns in northern Cebu. In an advisory released on Thursday, October 26, BFAR-7 said that laboratory analysis showed that shellfish samples collected from the waters off...
GUMACA, Quezon – A police officer was relieved after he was involved in a traffic altercation with a truck driver and his helper that went viral on social media on Thursday afternoon, October 26, on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Rizal, this town. MAP of Gumaca, Quezon. The police...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – A candidate in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Malaya here on Thursday, October 26. MAP of General Luna, Quezon. Police identified the victim as Barangay Malaya Councilor Ruben Ilagan, 62, who is running for...
CEBU CITY – Residents in some towns in northern Cebu have been advised to refrain from eating shellfish due to red tide. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has raised a red tide alert over the Bogo-Medellin Bay. The red tide alert was raised after samples of...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Five persons were killed in a landslide in Sitio Angelo, Barangay Umiray, this town, on Tuesday night, October 24. RESCUERS conduct retrieval operations for landslide victims in General Nakar, Quezon on Wednesday, October 25. According to Mayor Eliseo Ruzol here, the...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad or councilor and two others were arrested during a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den in Barangay Capaya 2 here on Sunday, October 22. A SANGGUNIANG Kabataan kagawad or councilor was arrested in a buy-bust...
Renewable power pioneer and publicly listed Alternergy Holdings Corp. said it will develop a wind farm on the island of Alabat, Quezon. In a statement, Alternergy said the Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Quezon Province approved the construction of Alabat Wind Power, a renewable project....
CEBU CITY – Two-hundred passengers were rescued from a passenger vessel that ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu on Monday, October 23. PASSENGERS of M/V Filipinas Butuan transfer to motor bancas after their ship ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu en route to Iloilo City on Monday morning, October 23....
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police seized shabu worth P306,800 from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Saturday night, October 21, in Pirok Dama de Noche, Barangay Domoit, this city. The suspect was identified as “Ryan,” 38, a resident of Purok Pansol, Barangay Bocohan, here. Police...
