BACOLOD CITY – A total of 116 families or 460 individuals were displaced and a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit member was wounded in an encounter between the 94th Infantry Battalion and New People’s Army in Sitio Balaw, Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday,...
Two men were arrested by the Makati City Police for robbing a call center agent in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City, on Friday, Sept. 5. Col. Reycon Garduque, Makati City Police Station Intelligence Section officer in charge, identified the suspects as alias Melvin, 25, and alias Angelo, 23....
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday a 37-year-old construction worker for allegedly molesting his minor cousin in Barangay Rizal, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said that the suspect was served an arrest warrant for two counts of rape and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work in government and private offices here and other provinces in the Zamboanga Peninsula were suspended Friday in observance of Mauluddin Nabi or the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The suspension was contained in a memorandum issued by the National Commission on Muslim...
ILOILO CITY — The word war between Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “JamJam” Baronda and former Mayor Jerry Treñas and daughter incumbent Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu has escalated. Raisa released a statement on Thursday, Sept. 4, asking Baronda and the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City second district Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte denounced on Thursday night, Sept. 4, the persistent corruption within the Department of Public Works and Highways and called on all contractors to become partners in reform. Duterte made the call before members of the Philippine...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr. is the new head of the Western Mindanao Naval Command. Reyes took over from acting commander Capt. Hilarion Cesista during a change-of-command ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Brig. Gen. Romulo Quemado II, acting commander of the Western...
CAVITE – Authorities apprehended two high-value suspects and confiscated P355,000 worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Imus City early morning on Friday, Sept. 5. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspects as alias Cris and alias Jaja, residents of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A businessman, the son of a barangay councilwoman and a most wanted person, surrendered to authorities here on Thursday, Sept. 4, for shooting a councilman in Barangay Tumaga in May. The suspect, Alvin Abas Gaganting, 42, was accompanied by his mother, Carolina. Alvin was...
A total of 100 couples in Manila who tied the knot received cash gifts during a mass civil wedding officiated by Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso at the Bulwagang Bayan of Manila City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 4. The local government said each couple received P6,000 along with free wedding...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora hailed the construction of the country 's highest Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program housing project in San Juan City on Thursday, Sept. 4. He said the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) led by President and CEO Federico Laxa gave the...
Protesters clashed briefly with police outside the House of Representatives complex on Friday, Sept. 5, as lawmakers deliberated on the 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The tension began when demonstrators hurled plastic bags filled with paint at a tarpaulin...
