More than 200 Grade 6 students of Santa Filomena Central School (SFCS) in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte will now be able to attend whole-day classes following the turnover of a new two-story, four-classroom building on Aug. 27. The building, donated by SM Prime through SM Foundation, addresses...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A man was killed in a gun battle with police after he shot and killed his long-time foe and a peacemaker on Sunday morning, Aug. 31, in Barangay Labas, this city. Investigation said the victim Victor was standing when the suspect Nestor armed with a .38 caliber gun...
CEBU CITY – An engineer was shot and wounded on a highway in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27. The victim was identified as Engr. Angelito Uy Mendoza, a 58-year-old resident of Barangay Manalongon, Santa Catalina. Police said the victim was a contractor...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown on Friday formally declared the historic and miraculous Our Lady of the Assumption Church here as minor basilica during a Mass celebrating the Feast of the Saint Mary the Assumption. With Brown were Nueva...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A businessman and his wife were killed when a provincial bus crashed into their canteen before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 13, on the Santa Rosa-Tarlac Road in Barangay Santo Rosario, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija. Police identified the victims as canteen owner Eddie and wife...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 15-year-old girl shot by her ex-boyfriend in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija has passed away, police said. Police said Lea died on Tuesday, Aug. 12, five days after she was shot by her ex-boyfriend, Leo, in a public school classroom on Thursday, Aug. 7. Lea succumbed to a bullet wound...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A minor who shot and wounded a student then turned the gun on himself inside a classroom in Barangay Rizal, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija on Thursday, Aug. 7, died on Friday, Aug. 8. Police Capt. Noime Gogotano, Nueva Ecija police information officer, said suspect Leo...
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, Ilocos Sur – The municipal government has ordered the pre-emptive evacuation of residents living in coastal barangays to minimize the impact of typhoon ‘’Emong’’ (international name ‘’Co-May’’). “With expected heavy rainfall, strong winds, flooding, landslides, storm...
Police rescued a pregnant woman who gave birth at the height of tropical storm ‘’Crising’’ in Barangay Aridawen, Santa Teresita, Cagayan on Friday evening, July 18. Patrolling policemen received a call from barangay officials that one of their constituents gave birth and needs to be...
SANTA FE, Nueva Vizcaya – A 1,000-pound (about 500 kilos) unexploded vintage bomb was found in an irrigation canal beside a rice field in Barangay Tactac here on Tuesday, June 24. Police Major Fernando Bag-ayan, town chief of police, said the bomb was discovered by a farmer who was fixing the...
Police say they have arrested a suspect behind the online bomb threat in Santa Cruz, Laguna on Wednesday morning, June 18. The Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 4-A conducted follow-up investigation and traced the suspect through his account. With the Santa Cruz Police, the RACU 4-A nabbed the suspect...
