Firefighters belonging to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Recto Engine Fire Volunteers expressed their disappointment over an AI-generated photo of a burning truck posted on social media on Thursday, Sept. 4. According to Recto Volunteer Fire Chief Samuel Fenix, a follower on their social...
Militant groups on Friday, Sept. 5, gathered outside the St. Gerrard Construction Building in Pasig City, vowing to sustain their peaceful protests as they demanded for an "exorcism" of the national budget of corruption and accountability from construction companies allegedly involved in anomalous...
In a series of high-profile enforcement actions spanning nearly two months, law enforcement authorities across Luzon confiscated close to 700,000 sticks of illicit cigarettes, reinforcing the government’s campaign against counterfeit and illicit cigarettes under “Oplan Megashopper.” The...
Police arrested a mother and her daughter for online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in Taguig on Sept. 3. The Taguig police arrested alias Hazel, 42, and her daughter, alias Joylyn, 19, both residents of Barangay Calzada-Tipas, Taguig. Investigators said that Hazel allegedly forced...
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...
A man climbed up the wall of a LED screen at the intersection of Mindanao Avenue and Quirino Highway in Quezon City on Friday, September 5, prompting a two-hour rescue operation by authorities. According to the report, the man was first seen walking along the intersection when traffic enforcers and...
Three fires hit parts of Tondo, Manila on Friday morning, Sept. 5, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. Authorities said the first fire was reported in Solis Street, Jose Abad Santos Avenue at around 5:37 a.m. and was declared fire out at 5:46 a.m. The second blaze occurred on Barrio Menu...
The local government and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu in San Mateo, Rizal are preparing for the two major twin activities happening this month in the municipality—the feast day of the Our Lady of Aranzazu on September 9, and the 425th foundation day of San Mateo on September 21. ...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso reminded protesters who stormed the office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Manila earlier today, Sept. 4, of the legal consequences of their actions. In a media briefing, Domagoso said he has ordered the Manila Police District...
Police arrested three men in two buy-bust operations that resulted in the seizure of P275,400 worth of shabu in Taguig on Sept. 3. The drug busts were conducted by the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Palingon Tipas. At about 9:45 p.m., the police arrested alias Alteng, 34, a...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the public not to resort to violence that could injure others, following the protests outside the St. Gerrard Construction Building on Thursday morning, Sept. 4. Sotto made the statement after the protesters threw mud and spray-painted “Magnanakaw (thief)”...
The local government of Quezon City held a meeting on Wednesday, September 3, with barangay chairpersons from Districts 3 and 4 to tackle the implementation of flood control projects in their areas. Mayor Joy Belmonte urged barangay officials to report all ongoing and completed projects within...
