To carry out necessary maintenance and upgrading works on various Meralco distribution facilities, electric service will be temporarily interrupted on the following dates and places: Meralco exerts all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled. However, there are instances when due to...
MALOLOS CITY—The Provincial Government of Bulacan (PGB), through the Provincial Health Office–Public Health (PHO-PH), has ramped up its leptospirosis prevention and response efforts despite a significant drop in suspected cases compared to last year. From January 1 to August 9, the PHO-PH...
A total of 150 families or 450 individuals were rendered homeless after a fire broke out in Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City, on Thursday morning, August 14. According to SFO2 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze hit a two-story...
Police seized a total of P1,195,440 worth of shabu and arrested four suspected drug personalities in two separate buy-bust operations in Quezon City on Wednesday, August 13. According to the police, the operations were carried out by the District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) and Batasan Police...
A high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Tanay Municipal Police on Wednesday night, Aug. 13, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Plaza Aldea, Tanay, Rizal. The police identified the suspect as alias Putol, 54. Putol was tagged as a notorious drug pusher operating...
Rep. Leila de Lima, former senator and justice secretary, has filed a formal complaint against 10 government prosecutors behind the four cases filed against her during the Duterte administration. In February 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed three drug cases against her before...
The city government of Pasay City launched the unified Persons with Disability (PWDs) ID system which aims to reduce the prevalence of counterfeit IDs and protect the rights of legitimate users. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the soft launching of the unified PWD ID system held at the...
Four suspected peddlers of illicit drugs in various areas of Bulacan province who had long been under surveillance were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 13. According to the police, the suspects were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted in the towns of Marilao, Sta. Maria, and...
A fire hit a residential area in Sto. Nino Phase I, Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City, Thursday morning, August 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at 8:35 a.m. and reached the fourth alarm at 9:11 a.m. The Parañaque Emergency Local Operations (ELO Center)...
A 29-year-old man was arrested after he was caught trying to steal gasoline from other motorcycles to refuel the motorcycle he had just stolen in San Mateo, Rizal, on Wednesday night, Aug. 13. The San Mateo Municipal Police Station (MPS) said the suspect, “Virgilio,” was arrested by village...
SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims the North is removing some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, mocking the government in Seoul for clinging to hopes of renewed diplomacy between the war-divided...
BELGRADE, Serbia — Clashes erupted between Serbian anti-government protesters and supporters for a second day Wednesday in a major escalation after more than nine months of persistent demonstrations against autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. The president 's supporters repeatedly hurled...
