More than 330,000 metric tons of silt and waste have been removed from about eight kilometers of river channels in Parañaque since September 2024 as cleanup operations continue under the Better Rivers PH initiative of San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The massive cleanup is part of SMC’s commitment...
A policewoman, a resident of Taguig, who was reported missing together with her son, was found dead wrapped in cloth and plastic in a creek along the Pulilan-Baliuag Bypass Road in the province of Bulacan on Jan. 24. The body of Police Senior Master Sergeant (PSMS) Diane Marie Mollenido was...
A 31-year-old man was injured following his violent rampage at a barangay hall in Barangay 270, Binondo, Manila, last Jan. 26, the Manila Police District (MPD) said. Based on the police investigation, a roving patrol unit of the Binondo Police Station 11 was approached by a barangay staff asking...
The Navotas City government has recognized Therma Mobile, Inc., a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), as the number one taxpayer of real property tax in the city for the ninth consecutive year, while also tallying at the 11th spot for local business tax. The award was presented...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Tuesday night, Jan. 27, announced the dismissal of a traffic enforcer caught on camera committing illegal exaction (kotong) from a motorist he apprehended in Binondo, Manila, stressing that the city 's "One Strike Policy" on all city government...
Authorities are hunting down two men who allegedly robbed a customer of a vulcanizing shop, taking a gold necklace worth P127,000 at gunpoint in Morong, Rizal on Monday, Jan. 26. The Morong Municipal Police Station (Morong MPS) said the incident occurred at a vulcanizing shop along National Road in...
CAVITE – A drug suspect died in an encounter with the police following a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspect as alias Tol. During the sting operation in Bacoor City, alias Tol reportedly sensed the presence of...
CAVITE – A man was found dead inside sacks on a roadside in Barangay Kaong, Silang, on Monday, Jan. 26. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said a concerned motorist discovered the body and called the Silang Municipal Police Station (Silang MPS). The unidentified victim was topless, was...
CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU) of Cavite City has declared Jan. 28, a Wednesday, a special non-working public holiday in observance of Julian Felipe Day. The declaration is pursuant to Republic Act No. 7805, which honors the composer of the music of the Philippine national anthem,...
A security manager was arrested after allegedly robbing a company nurse of his gold necklace inside a casino in Pasay City on Jan. 26. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspect as Ver, 44, a resident of Quezon City. Police said the incident occurred at around 10:35 p.m....
Officials of the Manila city government on Tuesday, Jan. 27, broke ground for the soon-to-be-built Manila City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MCDRRMO) Flood Monitoring Command Center aimed at strengthening flood preparedness through real-time data and coordinated response. Manila...
Police arrested a vendor accused of seriously wounding and robbing a Japanese national in Parañaque City on Monday, Jan. 26. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as Ariel, 49, who was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. at Medina Subdivision, Barangay San Dionisio. The victim was...
