CABANATUAN CITY – A student was shot and wounded inside a classroom in Barangay Rizal, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, on Thursday morning, Aug. 7. Initial investigation said the minor suspect, Leo, barged inside the classroom of the victim, Lea, 15. Leo drew a gun and shot the victim in the neck. The...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A 26-year-old baker was shot dead by a security guard over gate pass payments in a subdivision in Barangay Malitlit, this city, before dawn on Sunday, June 8. Police identified the victim as Aldrin. Investigation said the victim was driving his tricycle after dropping...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Rice for P20 per kilo can now be purchased here following the launching of the Kadiwa ng Pangulo on Friday, May 16. RESIDENTS purchase P20 rice at the Kadiwa ng Pangulo in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, on May 16. (Santa Rosa City Information Office FB) It is available to...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) inaugurated the PRC-Laguna Chapter City of Santa Rosa, Laguna branch blood facility on Thursday, Feb. 20, further strengthening its humanitarian presence and blood services in the province. PHILIPPINE Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Gwen Pang, PRC...
Muntinlupa Police arrested a 32-year-old man listed as the No. 5 most wanted person on Valentine’s Day. The suspect, identified as alias Rommel, was arrested by personnel from the Muntinlupa Police Warrant and Subpoena Unit in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Rommel is facing a homicide case and...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Two individuals were injured and seven houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Caingin here on Monday morning, October 14. The Bureau of Fire Protection here said that two houses were totally damaged and five were partially burned. Two garages for tricycles were...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Five members of a family were injured in a fire sparked by an e-bike in Barangay Kaunlaran here on Friday, October 11. The Bureau of Fire Protection identified the victims as Shirley de Jesus Rodriguez, 65; Joseph Naya Rodriguez, 29; Angelo, 13, Jomart 12,...
By DANNY ESTACIO SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A woman faces a kidnapping case after pretending that she and her two minor children were abducted in this city and demanding a P1.5-million ransom from the children's grandmother, her former mother-in-law, in this city on Thursday, July 11. Police...
The University of Santo Tomas recently held the groundbreaking of the UST-Dr. William T. Belo Interdisciplinary Research Institute (UST-WiTBIRIn) in its Santa Rosa City campus in Laguna. FROM left during the groundbreaking: UST Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl Peralta, DrPH, Vice...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A 46-year-old businessman was robbed of more than P600,000 by four armed men who introduced themselves as agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Saturday night, June 29, in Barangay Sinalhan, this city. Police identified the victim as Nino Arni Amoranto...
CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – A man wanted for rape was arrested in Santa Rosa City, Laguna on Saturday, June 22. POLICE take a man into custody after he was arrested for rape on June 22 in Santa Rosa City, Laguna. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The Laguna Police Provincial Office...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A-53-year-old foreman was stabbed to death and his brother, a 58-year-old construction worker, was injured during an altercation following a drinking spree on Sunday, June 2, in Barangay Balibago, this city. Police identified the victims as brothers Emilio and...
