CEBU CITY —Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu worth P14.7 million and arrested two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa here on Saturday, March 11. SUSPECTED shabu worth at least P14 million was seized from two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City on Saturday,...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Authorities arrested two members of the Special Partisan Unit (SPARU) of the New People’s Army over the weekend in Barangay Kauswagan, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) Director Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II...
The Pasay City local government will provide free chest x-ray services in all health centers in the city this month leading up to the celebration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on Friday, March 24. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the City Health Office (CHO) is offering free chest x-ray to...
TACLOBAN CITY – After recently granting bail to nine policemen accused of killing Calbayog City, Samar Mayor Ronald Aquino and his aides in 2021, Presiding Judge Maricar Lucero of the Regional Trial Court of Gandara, Samar Branch 41 has voluntarily inhibited from trying the case. Lucero is the...
SPEAKING OUT In last week’s article, we started to report on the gains achieved by Muntinlupa City Mayor Rufino Rozzano Biazon on the K Agenda: Kalusugan, Karunungan and Kabuhayan. We resume the report to cover the other programs, namely, Katarungan, Kapayapaan/Kaayusan, Kalikasan, Kaunlaran and...
A fire gutted a one-storey warehouse of plastic products on P. Dela Cruz Street, Sitio Gitna , Barangay Nagkaisang Nayon, Quezon City early Monday morning, March 13. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire was raised to first alarm at 12:15 a.m. and to second alarm at 12:20 a.m. It escalated to...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit parts of the public market here on Saturday night, March 11. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (second from right) inspects parts of the Baguio City Public Market razed by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. (Zaldy Comanda) One-thousand, six-hundred forty-two out of the 3,900 stalls...
PASSI CITY – Adrian Wong enjoyed the unusual competitiveness of the PBA all-star game between the Greats and Stalwarts at the City of Passi Arena on Friday, March 10, here. Unlike in the previous editions where the all-star selections tried to treat the fans with highlight dunks and superb...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, who has been married to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for almost 30 years, shared secrets to a lasting marriage to 2,023 couples who tied the knot in a mass ceremony here on Saturday afternoon, March 11. FIRST Lady Liza Marcos speaks at...
BAGUIO CITY – Cardiovascular disease is the top leading cause of death here in 2022, the City Health Service Office said. Covid-19 is now only the fifth top cause of death in this city, the City Health Service Office added. Dr. Donnabel Panes, City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit head, said...
CEBU CITY – A man robbed a rural bank of close to P1 million cash in broad daylight in Toledo City, western Cebu on Thursday, March 9. The Rural Bank of Barili on Hinulawan St. in Barangay Poblacion was robbed at around 9:50 a.m., said Lt. Col. Dennis Castillo de Guzman, chief of the Toledo City...
