BACOLOD CITY – A 27-year-old woman and her three-year-old child were gunned down and three other family members were wounded in their house in Barangay Nabulao, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 22. Investigation said four victims were in the living room when two unidentified...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao leg of the World Travel Expo 2026 will be held from May 15 to 17 at Ayala Abreeza Mall here. WTE Managing Director Miles Caballero said 25 exhibitors from Visayas and Mindanao are participating and is part of their ongoing efforts to promote local and domestic destinations...
The soon-to-rise United States (US) economic security zone in the Philippines could strengthen the country’s role in global supply chains for semiconductors and critical minerals, potentially moving the local industry beyond its current focus on low-value assembly and testing, according to the...
CEBU CITY – A Coast Guard personnel was caught inside a suspected drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Mambaling here. The PDEA-7 said Neil, a 27-year-old apprentice seaman of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), was one of the two men...
Quezon City police seized more than P1.36 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Tomas Morato Avenue on April 22, resulting in the arrest of two Manila residents. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU), Kamuning Police...
ILOILO CITY – Royce Arjan Java Fantillan, the topnotcher in the April 2026 Pharmacists Licensure Examination, wanted to be an engineer. “To be honest, I did not think of pursuing it, but I came to love it,” said Fantillan, the 22-year-old graduate of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the...
The Pasay City government, led by Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, has partnered with JCI Manileña to launch “LENA CARE: Supporting Autism Everywhere”, an initiative to strengthen support for children on the autism spectrum and raise funds for clinical assessments. The program, introduced at P....
Two security personnel were arrested after authorities uncovered unlicensed firearms and multiple regulatory violations during a condominium inspection in Barangay Lingunan, Valenzuela City, on Wednesday, April 22. The operation was conducted by the Regional Civil Security Unit–National Capital...
Parañaque 's young learners are set to step into their classrooms this June with brand-new uniforms and shoes -- free from the city government. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the city government has already started measuring pupils from Kinder to Grade 6. Each child will receive two sets of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 is investigating a bloody encounter during the service of a warrant of arrest here against an Abu Sayyaf member on Thursday, April 23, where three persons were killed and an official of the Sangguniang Kabataan was wounded. “Police Regional Office-9...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday toured the completed residential buildings and amenities at the Palayan City Township in Nueva Ecija, a key development project under the expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. Marcos was accompanied by Department of Human...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has hailed Parañaque City as a model for solid waste management, crediting its sustained and effective programs. The recognition was conferred on April 15, citing the city’s strict compliance with Republic Act 9003, a landmark law aimed...
