As Antipolo City resident Ma. Elena Lorenzo's skillful hands continue to weave baskets or bayongs for the public, her hands are also able to weave and create a very bright future for her children. Elena, affectionately called Ellen, of Barangay Muntindilaw, is one of the beneficiaries of the city...
The Makati City local government announced on Monday, April 1, that it has filed graft charges against three Taguig City government employees before the Office of the Ombudsman due to delays in the release of various tax clearance documents. According to the 10-page complaint filed by Makati City,...
Seventeen illegal gamblers and five suspected drug peddlers were arrested in the different anti-criminality operations conducted by Bulacan police on Saturday and Sunday, March 30, and 31. Based on the reports from Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, a series of...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar, Vice-Mayor April Aguilar at the Good Friday procession (Photo from Las Piñas PIO) Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar together with her daughters, Vice-Mayor April Aguilar and Alelle Aguilar-Andanar, joined the community in the Good Friday procession. Hundreds of...
Members of the Pasay Police Warrant and Subpoena Section arrested two men for carnapping and robbery cases in separate operations on Good Friday, March 29. The Southern Police District (SPD) said Pasay City police chief Col. Mario Mayames reported the arrest of alias Ryan,31, of Don Carlos Village,...
A two-story building on Carlos Palanca St. in Quiapo, Manila, was hit by a fire on Saturday, March 30, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the firefighters, the blaze started at 11:28 a.m. and was declared fire out at 11:45 a.m. Arson investigators are still determining the...
Catholic devotees meditated on the passion and death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in two of the upland villages in Tanay, Rizal. Vigil at Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursday, March 28 MARCH 28 at St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Sampaloc, Tanay. (Photo courtesy of Shrine of the Holy Face of Jesus of...
Six faith healers were crucified on Good Friday at a century-old chapel in the farming village of Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan before a multitude of devotees and foreign tourists. Faith healers from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental were crucified at a man-made Golgotha in the farming village of...
After a break of several years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Quiapo Church officials said that over 760,000 devotees again joined the traditional Holy Week procession of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on Good Friday, March 29. Over 760,000 devotees joined the Black Nazarene's procession...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced the arrest of the No. 8 Most Wanted Person of the Police Regional Office (PRO 8) on Thursday, March 28 in Porac Pampanga. (Quezon City Police District PIO) Authorities identified the accused as Anfred Naval, 33, a resident of Biliran, Leyte....
CAVITE – Authorities collared two high-value individuals (HVIs) and confiscated P149,600 worth of suspected shabu in a sting operation in Silang on Maundy Thursday, March 28. Confiscated pieces of evidence from a buy-bust operation in Silang on Maundy Thursday (Photo from Cavite...
A member of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) was hurt while responding to a fire that gutted a commercial building in Paco, Manila on Good Friday, March 29. Fire hits commercial building in Paco, Manila on Good friday, March 29. (Photo courtesy of Manila Soler Masangkay Binondo Fire &...
