SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Local officials and residents of this world’s heritage town due to its well-preserved Our Lady of Assumption baroque church have formally opened on Easter Sunday morning, April 9, their week-long Balikutsa Festival. THIS attractive balikutsa and other...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has released a relaxation order at the Batangas Port after the trips of many passengers going to the provinces for the Holy Week reportedly got cancelled on Holy Wednesday, April 5, due to technical glitch in the ticketing system. In a statement, the MARINA...
Around 100,000 passengers were monitored in various seaports nationwide on Holy Monday, April 3, as travelers started going back to their home provinces or visited tourist destinations for the Holy Week break, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The PCG said that it listed 52,334 outbound...
As the "Semana Santa’" and summer vacation begin, the Bulacan Philippine National Police (PNP) is fully equipped and prepared to ensure the safety and security of the public. (Photo courtesy of Bulacan Provincial Police Office) Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, directed the deployment...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Government operatives have seized personal items belonging to suspects in the March 4 murder of Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others in a sugar mill compound in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday evening, March 30, the Joint Task Force Negros (JTFN) said. The...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) have seized an assault rifle with a sniper scope, three magazines, and thousands of bullets in the premises of a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province....
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Law enforcers are looking at possible “terrorist-related” activities in Negros Oriental following the confiscation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and components during a series of raids at a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town over the weekend. Col. Thomas...
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC)-Region 4-A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) is gearing up for the Holy Week or “Semana Santa.” RDRRMC 4-A chairperson and Office of the Civil Defense 4-A Director Maria Theresa Escolano has issued Memorandum Order...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police nabbed a rape suspect in Santa Rosa City, this province, on Tuesday, March 21. Laguna police chief Col. Randy Glen Silvio said the suspect is the fourth most wanted person on the provincial level and was apprehended on a warrant of...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard Station Cagayan, Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Santa Ana, and other agencies conducted a Recreational Safety Enforcement Inspection (RSEI) of various beach resorts here recently. The main goal of RSEI is to monitor and ensure the safety,...
