After months of merely saying he had no plans to run, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has put an end to speculation by confirming he will not seek any position in the 2028 elections. Sotto made the statement on Monday, June 30, during the turnover ceremony of incoming elected officials 2025-2028 in...
CEBU CITY – An owner of a security agency was found guilty of estafa after failing to remit Social Security System (SSS) contributions deducted from her former employee’s salary. The Branch 2 of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities in Mandaue City sentenced Arne Aballe Sarsalejo to three months...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Cebu Pacific flight which took off for Tawi-Tawi province on Sunday, June 29, returned to the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) here seconds after takeoff due to unsettling mechanical sounds heard by passengers on board the aircraft. Passengers reported hearing loud banging...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A habal-habal driver, identified as a high-value drug target, was arrested during a coordinated anti-illegal drugs operation between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 and the Zamboanga City police here on Sunday, June 29. Suspect Nelson H. Lamon, 41, allegedly sold three...
BACOLOD CITY – Anti-drug operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 1.842 kilograms of shabu worth P12.525 million and arrested nine persons in five separate buy-busts over the weekend, a police report on Sunday said. Each gram of shabu has a standard drug price of P6,800. The...
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte will assume the role of acting mayor if former president and Davao City Mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte fails to take his oath of office by noon of June 30, Vice President Sara Duterte said. “Okay, si former president and now Mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte, he has...
A 46-year-old woman sustained minor burns in her right knee during a fire that hit a residential area in BFD Compound, Barangay. Central, Quezon City on Saturday evening, June 28. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at 7:58 p.m. and escalated to 2nd...
When it officially opened its doors on May 30, 2025, SM City Laoag set a new standard for what today’s malls should be. As SM Prime Holdings’ 88th mall in the Philippines—and the very first in Ilocos Norte—SM City Laoag blends local culture with modern shopping, dining, and leisure, making...
The house of former President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City is for sale. His common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña and daughter Veronica revealed this development on Saturday night, June 28. Avanceña told DZRH radio station in an interview that their house has been unused and vacant for some time....
ILIGAN CITY – Six Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) – three females and three males – were married at the Iligan City Jail on Friday, June 27. The ceremony was part of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Community Relations Month, said Jail Officer 2 Walter Mainit Jr., Welfare...
CEBU CITY – Redemption and validation. That’s how three young artists described their accomplishments in the Cebu leg of the 14th Manila Bulletin Sketchfest on Saturday, June 28, at SM Seaside City Cebu. Niña Christei Villahermosa, April Lyka Pugoy, and Jean Deanne Batiancila shone the...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte remains undecided on attending President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s State-of-the-Nation Address on July 28. “I still do not know where I’ll be that day. I haven’t finalized my schedule yet,” Vice President Duterte said. “We’ll see, maybe I...
