SARIAYA, Quezon – Eight family members were killed and seven were injured in a collision between a delivery truck and passenger van in Barangay Santo Cristo here on Sunday morning, August 18. EIGHT persons were killed in a head-on collision in Sariaya, Quezon on Sunday morning, August 18....
ILOILO CITY – Federico Caballero, a recipient of the 2000 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) award from Calinog town, Iloilo province, died on Saturday, August 17, at the age of 88. Family members confirmed the death of Caballero, a cultural bearer of the Suludnon and Panay...
POLLILO, Quezon – Police seized 106 grams of suspected shabu worth P2.1 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Salipsip, this town, on Friday afternoon, August 16. LAWMEN nab a suspected drug pusher in Pollilo, Quezon on Friday, August 16. Police...
ILOILO CITY — The most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader in the Visayas was killed in a clash with government troops in Lambunao town, Iloilo province. BOCALA (Tara Yap) The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army confirmed that Maria Concepcion Araneta-Bocala or “Ka Concha”...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested a 24-year-old man wanted for rape in Barangay Cansuso, Cavinti, Laguna on Friday morning, August 16. A RAPE suspect was arrested in Cavinti, Laguna on Friday, August 16. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The suspect was identified as Jomel, tagged as...
CAVITE – A 17-year-old girl who was on her way to school was intercepted and stabbed by a male suspect in Barangay Buenavista 1, General Trias City, early morning on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The suspect reportedly hit the victim on the head and dragged her to the grassy area on the side of the road,...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 40-year-old truck driver was pinned to death by a concrete arch at the boundary of Barangays Sala-and Marinig, this city, on Wednesday evening, August 14. Police identified the victim as Bryan Reyes Ramos of Taytay, Rizal. Investigation said the victim was driving a...
ILOILO CITY – The municipal council of Pavia, Iloilo has urged a joint venture agreement (JVA) between Iloilo Electric Cooperative-I (ILECO I) and MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) which is set to expand to key areas of the province. A MORE Power lineman in Iloilo City. MORE Power is set...
ILOILO CITY — The University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas denied that its campuses in this city and province of Iloilo are recruitment grounds for the New People’s Army (NPA). THE University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas campus in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “UP-Visayas is a safe space where...
CAVITE – A man accused of murder and one of Calabarzon’s most wanted persons was arrested in Trece Martires City on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Carlito, a 67-year-old resident of Pasay City. After months of coordination and case...
ILOILO CITY — A dengue outbreak has been declared in Iloilo province following an increase in the number of victims. Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. declared the outbreak on Wednesday, August 14, five years after the last one in 2019. GOV. Arthur ‘Toto’ Defensor Jr. confirms a dengue...
CAVITE – Authorities apprehended a man in Bacoor City on Tuesday, Aug. 13, for allegedly blackmailing his ex-boyfriend with nude photos and videos, demanding sex in return. Elements of the Cavite Provincial Anti-Cybercrime Response Team (CPACRT), Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 4A, and Bacoor...
