A 48-year-old man was arrested for stabbing his neighbor to death during a heated confrontation in Barangay San Roque, Cainta, Rizal, on Monday, March 2. The Cainta Municipal Police Station (Cainta MPS) said the incident occurred while the victim, identified as “Toti,” was scavenging along...
Four branches of a famous convenience store chain were robbed by riding-in-tandem men from 10:58 p.m. of March 1 to 12:30 a.m. of March 2, taking with them more than P330,000 worth of cash and other items, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) reported. The police said the robbers first...
Authorities are now hunting down a still unidentified suspect who stole around 50 wristwatches, all of which were pieces of evidence kept at the Municipal Trial Court in Cainta, Rizal, on Sunday, March 1. One of the court staff reported the incident on Monday, March 2. According to the Cainta...
Two persons died while three others were injured after a civilian helicopter crashed in Barangay Quisao, Pililla, Rizal, on Tuesday, March 3. Pililla Mayor John Masinsin said the helicopter was carrying five passengers, including two foreign nationals, before it crashed on a grass field at around...
Philippine stocks and the peso tumbled on Monday, March 2, as the threat of an escalating war in the Middle East rattled regional markets, fueling concerns that surging energy costs will derail efforts to tame domestic inflation. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) slumped 2.79 percent, or...
The Cainta, Rizal municipal government announced on Monday, March, 2, the launch of smaller dump trucks for its expanded garbage collection system aimed at streamlining the collection and recycling process of collected waste in the town. Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto made the announcement saying that the...
An 18-year-old boy was arrested for killing his 13-year-old female cousin and a 12-year-old boy in a drunken fit of rage after he was turned down by the girl he was courting in Barangay San Juan, Morong, Rizal, on Sunday, March 1. According to Morong Municipal Police Chief Maj. Elmer Rabano, the...
Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) is planning to raise at least ₱5 billion from the issuance of fixed-rate, peso-denominated Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sustainability bonds, with an oversubscription option. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...
The Cainta Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Saturday, Feb. 28, received a new rescue vehicle from the local government of Cainta, Rizal, to strengthen the city’s emergency response as Fire Prevention Month kicked off on March 1. Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto said the BFP requested the vehicle from...
Authorities confiscated P3,400,000 worth of illegal drugs from a high-value individual (HVI) and four street-level individuals (SLIs) during a buy-bust operation in Taytay, Rizal on Saturday, Feb. 28. The Taytay Municipal Police Station (Taytay MPS) identified the suspects as “Anton,” tagged as...
Cigarette products amounting to P75,000 were stolen by two men from a store in Barangay Manggahan, Rodriguez, Rizal, on Friday, Feb. 27, the Rodriguez Municipal Police Station reported. According to the police, the store owner found that the lock of her store along Milex Road was forcefully opened...
Authorities are hunting down a man who allegedly stole a motorcycle and defrauded P15,000 from a neighbor during a test drive inside a subdivision in Barangay Mambugan, Antipolo City, Rizal on Feb. 25. According to the Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS), the incident occurred on...
