CEBU CITY – A three-day public hearing will be conducted to determine if this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will push through or not. LIONEL Marco Castillano, officer-in-charge of the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7), briefs the...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A barangay kagawad who is allegedly a member of a big criminal group operating in Bulacan was arrested for illegal possession of firearms on Thursday, June 15. The suspect, identified as Edgardo Cruz, 50, barangay kagawad of Barangay Umpucan in...
CONNER, Apayao - A barangay treasurer was arrested after he yielded shabu more than P3,600 during a search warrant operation in his house in Barangay Paddaoan here on Friday, June 9. Police identified the suspect as Johny Lanna, 38, categorized as a high-value individual. The Provincial Drug...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) has seized 578 loose firearms and 78 explosives from Jan. 1 to the present in line with the intensified crackdown against loose firearms and security measures for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has intensified its anti-criminality campaign by tapping barangay watchmen (tanods) in all 61 barangays here. CHIEF tanods of 61 barangays in Bacolod City receive brand new cellular phones and registered SIM cards from Police Col. Noel...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting director of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6, warned the 76 barangay officials in Western Visayas allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade to cease from their nefarious activities. VILLAFLOR "I urge these elected government officials...
The 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup champion TNT and runner-up Barangay Ginebra are set to represent the country once the East Asia Super League pushes through with the home-and-away tournament slated in October. *TNT and Ginebra will represent the country in the said home-and-away tiff. (File Photo/PBA...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte praised the barangay health workers (BHWs) in Surigao del Norte, highlighting how their hard work and education helped the people in the communities understand health, nutrition, and diseases. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the Barangday...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was gunned down while his wife was wounded by two men onboard a motorcycle in Kananga, Leyte, on Wednesday, May 10. Police identified the fatality as Raul Cosinillo, 56, chairman of Barangay Mataloto, the farthest upland village of Leyte, Leyte. Initial...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Four farm-to-market roads and a barangay health center under the 2022 Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were formally opened on May 5,...
Senator Imee R. Marcos has sought a Senate inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged fraudulent voters registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. "Despite earnest efforts of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce the law, problems pertaining to the...
Gymnastics star Carlos Edriel Yulo hogged the sports spotlight in March along with Creamline Cool Smashers and the Cignal HD Spikers in volleyball, while world champion Marlon Tapales and the TNT Tropang Giga celebrated the ascension of rookie coach Jojo Lastimosa in securing the PBA...
