“Village Keeper,” a movie produced by Filipino-Canadian Enrique Miguel Baniqued and directed by Karen Chapman, will be premiering at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California. The film festival opened on Feb. 4 and will run until Feb. 15. The poster for the...
SANTA MARIA, Laguna – A man was shot dead while pacifying a commotion in Sitio Sulat, Barangay Parang ng Buho, this town, on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6. SANTA Maria, Laguna municipal plaza. (Wikipedia) Police identified the victim as Vicente Kalalo. Investigation said the suspect Herson arrived...
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire around a burned structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don't usually blaze at...
FILE - Flags fly under heavy winds before sunset as a plume of smoke from the Franklin Fire rises over the ocean Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months. Here's a...
The coastal town of Santa Catalina in Ilocos Sur will conduct a tsunami drill this month. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said this will enable the people to know what to do when a tsunami occurs after a magnitude-8 earthquake. The local government released a route to...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in Region 1 (Ilocos) remain on heightened alert for the possible effects of the successive offshore earthquakes in Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur in the past few days. PDRRMO-Ilocos Sur chief Rhon Arquelada said that...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – The body of an unidentified man was found floating on the Lagasit River in Barangay Samon here on Saturday, Dec. 21. The body was discovered by 75-year-old resident Gaudencio Munar. Police said the cadaver is about 5’4’’ to 5’6,’’ medium-built, and wearing...
JOLLY OLD MAN Santa Claus has carried on the tradition of giving gifts to children for many centuries Images from Freepik Every December in the North Pole, it’s as busy as it gets at Santa Claus’ workshop. As elves rush around, trying to meet the year’s quota, Mrs. Claus is busy...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – A 63-year-old farmer gunned down his alleged girlfriend before shooting himself in a farm in Barangay Pilar here on Friday, Dec. 13. Police identified the victim as Jovelyn, 43. Investigation said the victim and her co-workers were sorting eggplants for delivery...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Two minors were killed in a motorcycle crash on a bridge in Barangay Laslasong here on Monday. Police Major Macario Dulawan Jr., chief of police here, identified the victims as Junjun, motorcycle driver, and back rider Sonny, residents of Barangay Lingsat, this...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – A Grade 5 pupil was electrocuted to death in Barangay Visitacion here on Saturday, Nov. 23. Police said the victim Jun was catching fish with friends in a rice field at 11:50 a.m. when a live electric cable suddenly fell on the water and electrocuted him. Jun was...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a priest who was reportedly drunk when the accident happened on Thursday night, Nov. 7, in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. POLICE intercept a car driven by priest after a hit-and-run incident in Santa...
