The Quezon City government is inviting residents to join a day-long celebration of Chinese New Year in Banawe, on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Festivities in the Banawe Chinatown District will welcome the Year of the Fire Horse, highlighting the traditions of the Chinese and Filipino-Chinese communities, and...
More than a thousand couples marked Valentine’s Day as newlyweds as the City Government of Caloocan conducted its annual Kasalang Bayan at the Caloocan City Sports Complex on Saturday, Feb. 14. The mass wedding ceremony was led by Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan and formed part of the...
A fire broke out at an auto parts shop in Parañaque early Sunday morning, Feb. 15, destroying an estimated P1.5 million worth of property. SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)–Parañaque, said the fire razed a two-storey commercial building located...
At least three individuals, including an 82-year-old senior citizen, were reportedly injured in a four-vehicle collision in Antipolo City, Rizal on Saturday, Feb. 14. The Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS) said the incident occurred around 3 p.m. near Balete Intersection,...
Residents and devotees of Antipolo’s Nuestra Señora dela Paz y Buenviaje, known as the "Virgin of Antipolo," reenacted anew the 1945 escape of hundreds of residents from the town proper to a secluded hill known as Sitio Colaique in Antipolo City, bringing with them the image of their patroness....
Authorities arrested two men for illegal possession of drugs and firearms during a police anti-criminality operation ducted in Las Piñas City on Feb. 14. Col. Wilson Delos Santos, Las Piñas City Police chief, said the suspects, both 24 years old and residents of Navotas and Malabon City, were...
A pre-Chinese New Year gathering turned into a robbery incident, resulting in the arrest of one suspect during an entrapment operation conducted by members of the Parañaque City Police Tambo Substation. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the arrested suspect as Xing, 37. His alleged...
Five individuals who posed as police officers were arrested after allegedly robbing around P64,000 from two men who traveled to Pasig to seek help from a friend in processing their security license application. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspects as “Arnel,” 38;...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano promptly addressed complaints from concerned citizens regarding congestion and sanitation issues along four city streets. Rubiano directed the city’s Barangay Response and Clearing Operations (BaRCO) to inspect Sta. Monica, Progreso, Buendia, and Arnaiz...
A 16-year-old boy, allegedly one of three suspects in the robbery-slay of a 20-year-old working student in Rodriguez, Rizal, was arrested Friday night, Feb. 13, for illegal possession of a firearm. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the suspect was arrested in Phase 1K, Kasiglahan...
Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado-Mendoza officiated the marriage of 32 couples at the Feb-Ibig Kasalang Bayan, held at a resort in Barangay Palapat, Hagonoy, Bulacan, on Thursday, Feb. 12. The said mass wedding was attended and witnessed by the couples ' parents, godfathers, and godmothers. The event...
Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso officiated a mass wedding of 100 couples at Robinsons Place Manila on Friday, Feb. 13, part of the city 's Valentine 's Day festivities. According to Domagoso, the couples were the earliest to submit their wedding documents to the City...
