The Quezon City government has vowed to take immediate action against corruption following the arrest of one of its employees in an entrapment operation on Wednesday, August 13. Authorities said the employee was allegedly caught demanding and receiving money from a business owner in exchange for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A 32-year-old man was arrested after taking his own daughter hostage here last Thursday, Aug. 14. Carlito, the live-in partner of the child 's mother, Roselle, reportedly went into a violent rage at around 4:50 a.m. The suspect smashed a window inside their house and...
CEBU CITY – A lotto outlet in Mandaue City was found to have been used as a front to sell illegal drugs. The operator of the lotto outlet, a 39-year-old woman, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Paknaan on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 14. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central...
Over 1,500 families whose homes were damaged by recent typhoons received financial assistance from the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Valenzuela City government on Friday, August 15. The distribution is part of the Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP), which granted P10,000 each to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 30-year-old woman was recently arrested in Barangay Cabug here for embezzling around P900,000 from her former employer for online “sabong” or cockfighting. Police Capt. Glenn Montaño, head of Police Station 10, said the suspect worked in a virtual marketing company here for...
DAGUPAN CITY – A seven-year-old girl reported missing in Asingan, Pangasinan Thursday was found dead in Bonuan Gueset here on Friday. The body of the victim Portia from Asingan was discovered by a couple from the area. Initial investigation said the victim was abducted in front of her house and...
A bomb scare at the City of Malabon University (CMU) prompted the suspension of classes and the evacuation of students on Friday, August 15. Police said the report was received shortly after 12 p.m. Responders from the Navotas Explosive and Ordnance Division and the Malabon City Police Station...
The city government of Las Piñas distributed first aid kits to all Child Development Centers (CDL) as part of emergency readiness and also as a proactive approach in protecting the city’s children in times of emergency. Las Piñas City Mayor April Aguilar led the distribution of emergency kits...
Las Piñas City Mayor April Aguilar led the distribution of cash assistance of P10,000 each to more than 500 senior citizens in the city last August 7. Aguilar said the beneficiaries, with ages ranging from 80 to 95, were entitled to receive cash assistance from the city government under the...
Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano ordered an aggressive and sustained anti-illegal drugs operations in the city even as she commended the police for the series of arrests of suspected illegal drugs peddlers during several buy-bust operations. “These are not minor arrests. These are high-value drug...
DAVAO CITY – Veronica “Kitty” Duterte, the youngest daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, disclosed that her father recently underwent a routine medical checkup in a hospital while in the custody of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. In an interview with Alvin...
DAVAO CITY – More than 1,000 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) here benefited from a medical mission led by first district Rep. Paolo Duterte, second district Rep. Omar Duterte, and acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II on Thursday, Aug. 14, at Magsaysay Park. The event dubbed “Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong...
