A 39-year-old motorcycle thief was arrested by members of the Pasay City police during a follow-up operation on Sunday, Sept. 3. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, said the arrested suspect was identified as Marlon Perez while his companion, Vince Joseph Guan, 25, remains at...
The Bulacan Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) on Tuesday, Sept. 5, advised residents to prepare for occasional heavy rains due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) which is being enhanced by tropical depression “Ineng.” The PDRRMO said precautionary measures should be taken...
Members of the Pasay City police arrested an alleged drug dealer and three others on Monday, September 4. The arrested suspects Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, reported to the Southern Police District (SPD) the arrest of four suspects identified as Roldan Monte de Ramos, 43, an...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) on Monday, Sept. 4, apologized following the incident at the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT 1) - Monumento Station in Caloocan City where a finger of a man got stuck between the doors of a train last Aug. 23. “We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate incident...
The San Juan City local government on Tuesday, Sept. 5, inspected the prices of rice being sold in Agora Market as part of its efforts in ensuring the strict compliance of rice sellers and retailers with the national government's rice price ceiling order. Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior...
The Department of Justice named the Para ñaque city prosecutor office as an outstanding prosecution office in the National Prosecution Service (NPS) on Monday, Sept. 4. The Para ñaque office of the city prosecutor was named as an outstanding office in the NSP for its...
The Muntinlupa City government has started distributing its free Balik Eskwela Packages to public school students. The Balik Eskwela Package will benefit 90,007 students from day care level to senior high school. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, councilors and department heads distributed...
Parts of Antipolo City, Cainta, and Jalajala in Rizal Province will experience water service interruption for six to eight hours on Sept. 5 to 7 due to Manila Water’s maintenance works in the affected areas. Manila Water, in its advisory, said that in Antipolo City, starting at 10 p.m. on...
The municipal governments of Taytay and Rodriguez in Rizal Province have declared class suspensions in all levels on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Taytay Mayor Allan De Leon and Rodriguez Mayor Ronnie Evangelista issued the declaration on the suspension of classes in all levels, in public and private schools,...
MOSCOW, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after talks Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ankara was against alternative proposals to last year's Ukraine grain agreement, which Moscow scuppered in July. Both Ukraine and Russia have aired rival plans to start...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe. He also...
ATHENS , Greece - Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the massive blaze that has been raging for two weeks in the Dadia National Park in northeastern Greece, authorities said Monday. Classified by experts as a "megafire", the blaze raging in Dadia has so far destroyed more than 81,000...
