Around 5,000 participants from barangays, schools, youth groups, civic organizations, and workplaces joined the “Lakad Kontra Droga” to promote an active, healthy lifestyle and strengthen community involvement in the fight against illegal drugs in Mandaluyong City on Sunday, Nov. 23. The Unity...
BACOLOD CITY – Police nabbed the most wanted person in Negros Island Region (NIR) in Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental province on Thursday, Nov. 20. The suspect was a 36-year-old farm caretaker who was served a warrant issued by the Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 41...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A three-year-old boy was killed in a fire that destroyed his house here on Saturday, Nov. 22. Police said Elvie Vulcan, the boy’s grandmother, was cooking and the victim was watching a video online on the second floor when the fire erupted inside his room. Vulcan rushed outside...
To strengthen security and reduce crime in Manila, the local government is enforcing the “Anti-Balaclava” Ordinance, which prohibits people from wearing anything that covers their faces, especially inside commercial, government, and other public establishments, or while away from a motorcycle. ...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod helped a pregnant women give birth to a baby girl in front of the central fire station on San Juan St. here on Saturday, Nov. 22. Fire Officer 2 Paul Servano, BFP-Bacolod spokesperson, said they assisted an emergency labor case at 10 a.m....
The late Juan Ponce Enrile, former defense minister, Senate President, and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, was laid to rest at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in Taguig City on Saturday, Nov. 22. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. joined Enrile’s daughter and son,...
A 19-year-old teenager was arrested by the San Juan City Police last Nov. 19 after raping a minor-aged girl he met online, Eastern Police District (EPD) District Director Brig. Gen. Aden Lagradante said. The suspect was identified as "Jet," who was arrested inside his residence in Barangay Sta....
A total of 120 families formerly living along Navotas’ coastlines and riverbanks received their new housing units on Friday, Nov. 21, under the NavotaAs Homes 3 project in Barangay Tanza 1. The city’s Public Information Office said the five-hectare Tanza 1 site will have 24 low-rise buildings...
ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has launched a P17.3-million lighting system for a football field in this city. The Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of the MGen that operates coal-fired power plants in this city, inaugurated the lighting system of La...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor was shot dead here before dawn on Saturday, Nov. 22. Police said the victim, Julambri Baring Utubara, 28, councilor of Barangay Manicahan, was driving his motorcycle in Barangay Santa Catalina when a man, Kyle Belleza Navarro, engaged him in a conversation...
The local government of Pasig on Saturday, Nov. 22, has started the house-to-house distribution of Pamaskong Handog food packs to residents as the Christmas season approaches. Residents of Barangay Buting were the first to receive the food packs on Saturday. Meanwhile, the local government...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have arrested a man in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental for allegedly raping his stepdaughter. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the 38-year-old suspect allegedly raped the minor victim in their home. The warrant of arrest for qualified rape of a...
