A 61-year-old man was arrested by the Rodriguez Rizal Police Station for raping his then 16-year-old neighbor in Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal, in June 2023. The suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued against him for statutory rape on Feb. 20 this year. Based on the...
The local government of Pasig is now finalizing the implementation of its expanded Centenarian Incentive program which aims to provide cash gifts to senior citizens who are 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100 years old to formally recognize them as beneficiaries. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 has ordered the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Police Office to fast-track the investigation on the murder of an American national in Trento, Agusan del Sur on Feb. 2. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano told Agusan del Sur PPO...
(Photo from Rizal PPO) A 67-year-old taxi driver who was applying for a police clearance was arrested by the Angono Police on Tuesday, Feb. 4, after discovering that he has a standing warrant of arrest for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2015. Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO)...
ITOGON, Benguet – An 84-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed his house in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Tuding, this town, before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Itogon identified the victim as Felino Balalong Sr. Investigation said that the victim was cooking...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa announced on Monday, Dec. 23 that senior citizens will no longer need to present a purchase booklet to receive a 20 percent discount on medicines under Republic Act No. 9994, or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. The decision was...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the creation of homes for the elderly managed by local government units (LGUs) as he noted a growing number of abandoned senior citizens in the country. Gatchalian made the call during the Senate deliberations on the proposed budget of the National...
The Police Regional Office-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) is all hands on deck in the pursuit of the kidnappers of an American citizen in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Oct. 17. EASTMAN Police or the family of 26-year-old Elliott Onil Eastman have yet to receive any contact or demands from the...
An American national was kidnapped in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Oct. 17. Police Regional Office-9 chief Police Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding identified the victim as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from the state of Vermont in the United States. EASTMAN (FB) "We confirm that...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged full support and enactment into law of two Senate Bills (SBs) that seek to improve geriatric care for senior citizens in the country. SB 979 on Senior Citizens’ Hospital Act and SB No. 2687 on Philippine Geriatric Center Act seek to ensure that...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 65-year-old woman died after she was hit in the head multiple times by her younger brother with a bamboo stick in Barangay Lipit, Manaoag, Pangasinan on Friday afternoon, August 9. Police identified the victim as Leticia Soriano-Idor. Investigation said Idor was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 62-year-old man died and four persons were injured after a delivery van crashed into a waiting shed in Bangga Pedion, Barangay Tabao Proper, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, August 8. Police identified the fatality as Arnaldo Amboboyog of Barangay Bagumbayan,...
