Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan has ordered building and fire officials to conduct a thorough inspection of all structures in the city following a tragic fire that killed 11 people at a residential-commercial building in Binondo, Manila on Friday, August 2. Photo from TXTFIRE Philippines/MANILA...
Members of the Southern Police District-Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) arrested two high value individuals (HVI) and confiscated P680,000 worth of shabu from them in a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on August 1. The SPD identified the suspects as "Techi," 40, and "Ronnie," 41. The two were...
An estimated P480,000 worth of marijuana was confiscated in Bulacan by the Bulacan police on Thursday, August 1. Over P400,000 worth of marijuana and several plastic sachets of suspected shabu were...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank that exploded caused the fire that trapped and killed 11 people inside a residential-commercial building in Binondo, Manila, on Friday, August 2. The Bureau of Fire Protection and SOCO personnel retrieve 11 bodies wrapped...
A total of 72 medals were won by young Filipino math wizards in a mathematics competition held in South Korea from July 27 to 31, the Mathematics Trainers' Guild (MTG) Philippines announced Thursday, August 1. (Photo from MTG) According to Dr. Simon Chua, head of MTG who trained them, the...
Around 5,000 residents affected by typhoon "Carina" received cash assistance at the Malabon City Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 31. Fire-affected families in Barangay Panghulo also received financial help. (Mayor Jeannie Sandoval and Senator Bong Go / Malabon PIO) The cash assistance came from the...
To acknowledge the contributions of senior citizens in Marikina City, Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro signed Ordinance No. 40, Series of 2024, or the “Ordinance Increasing the Grant of Birthday Cash Gift to All Bona Fide Senior Citizens in the City of Marikina and Appropriating Funds...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) personnel on Wednesday, July 31, raided an appliance store in Plaridel, Bulacan after receiving complaints against the establishment for selling appliances without the import commodity clearance (ICC) stickers. The operation was led by Fair Trade...
A total of 12 Bulakenyos were hired on-the-spot during the Job Fair for Local Employment by the Provincial Government of Bulacan through the Provincial Public Employment Services Office on Tuesday, July 30, at WalterMart Malolos, Bulacan. NEW JOB FOR A FRESH GRAD--Adrian Eusebio, a fresh...
Seven hundred out of the more than 2,500 severely affected families in Pasig City who were evacuated during the onslaught of the southwest monsoon and Typhoon Carina have already received financial assistance from the local government to help them recover. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto during the...
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. FILE - U.S. made F-16 fighter jets fly in the sky over Poland's capital as they take part in a massive...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest Palestinian journalists working with the Qatari network to be killed in the war-torn enclave. The site of the Palestinian village of...
