Manileño senior citizens will once again receive cakes on their birthday courtesy of the city government after Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso revived the city 's birthday cake-giving tradition on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Introduced during his first tenure as mayor, Domagoso explained...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council will hold a committee hearing to address the management dispute within the Agdao Multi-Purpose Cooperative here, which has put the savings of more than 58,000 members at risk. Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, chairman of the Committee on Cooperative Development and...
ILIGAN CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P16 million were intercepted by authorities in Barangay Camague here on Aug. 30. Authorities received information about the smuggling attempt and flagged down two vehicles containing the contraband that came from Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte...
DAVAO CITY – This city is laying down plans for a uniform food security program anchored on a city-owned rice mill and creating an agricultural industrial zone, following a recent meeting with acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte. Councilor Ralph Abella, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture,...
A 30-year-old police officer shot and killed his live-in partner in their house in Barangay Aplaya, Digos City, Davao del Sur on Sunday, Aug. 31. The Digos City police identified the suspect as Police Patrolman Orland, assigned to the Hagonoy, Davao del Sur Municipal Police Station. Investigation...
DAVAO CITY – With flooding here growing more severe, a councilor has proposed an inter-agency flood control task force, saying infrastructure projects alone cannot keep this city safe from future disasters. Speaking before the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos ' media forum at the Sangguniang...
ILOILO CITY — Police seized shabu valued at P15.9 million in this city last month. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) said 83 drug suspects yielded more than 2.3 kilos grams of shabu. Thirty-five were classified as high-value targets (HVTs) and 48 were street-level drug peddlers in the Aug. 1...
ILOILO CITY — Militant groups have opposed the 300-percent real property tax (RPT) increase in this city. They called the move “unjust” and “anti-poor” during a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Plazoleta Gay, at the heart of the old business district here. They claimed that 519 local...
The Discaya family 's legal counsel maintained his clients ' innocence and transparency in purchasing multiple luxury vehicles following the Bureau of Customs ' (BOC) raid on the family 's residence on F. Manalo Street in Pasig City -- which also serves as the headquarters of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police seized P9.4-million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Santa Cruz Island here on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Lawmen were conducting seaborne patrol when they detected a suspicious motorized boat via radar. The vessel marked Under Armor was inspected and found to be loaded with 165 cases...
TABACO CITY, Albay – A tricycle driver and his passenger were killed and three others were injured after a cargo truck reportedly lost its brakes and collided with parked tricycles in Barangay Quinastillo here on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl died after she was accidentally shot by her 32-year-old intoxicated father at their temporary residence in Barangay 10, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug. 30. Police Lt. Col. Terrence Paul Santa Ana, Victorias City police chief, said her father...
