The City of Makati once again received the Commission on Audit 's (COA) unmodified opinion for its 2024 financial statements for the eighth straight year, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Monday, June 23. The city government earned its very first unmodified audit opinion in 2017....
Operatives of the Eastern Police District (EPD) recovered more than P1.6 million worth of high-grade marijuana or kush during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City early Sunday morning, June 22. According to the police, the operation was led by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a 39-year-old woman here on Saturday afternoon, June 21, for allegedly blackmailing and extorting from a man using explicit photos and videos. The Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 2 identified the suspect as Yana. Yana is facing charges for violating...
BACOLOD CITY – A 55-year-old construction worker was killed by the concrete wall of a hotel comfort room that collapsed at the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, June 20. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod took the victim Arnel, a resident of...
The province of Ilocos Sur welcomed the opening of a coliseum named after former Gov. Chavit Singson in Vigan City on Saturday, June 21. The event started at 4 p.m. with the blessing of the Chavit Coliseum, followed by a Mass, and the induction of newly elected provincial officials. Highlight of...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s daughter, Veronica “Kitty” Duterte, released on Friday, June 20, a sharp and emotionally charged public statement addressing what she described as “misleading and inappropriate actions by an unnamed individual formerly associated with...
SAMAL Island – The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) reaffirmed its deep commitment to Davao City and other parts of the country as it celebrated its 150th anniversary at Discovery Samal in Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte, on Friday night, June 20. HSBC Philippines...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government reminded motorists, especially tourists, about the strict implementation of City Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2019, or the Speed Limit Ordinance, and Ordinance No. 7-2010, or King of the Road Ordinance. Under City Ordinance No. 18, motorists have a maximum speed...
CEBU CITY – Plant lovers, or the so-called “plantitos” and “plantitos,” are in for a huge treat as the Horti Filipina International Plant Show finally unwrapped on Friday, June 20, at the sprawling SM Seaside City here. The show has brought in close to 50 foreign and local merchants to...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A suspect in the killing of a Quezon town vice mayor three years ago was killed in a shootout on Friday morning, June 20, in Sitio Santa Ana, Barangay Malao-a, this city. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, identified the suspect as Rolando, 52, a resident...
A section of Aurora Boulevard and Araneta Avenue in Quezon City (QC) was temporarily closed after volumes of paint spilled onto the road following a vehicular accident involving a wing truck loaded with paint early Saturday morning, June 21. According to authorities, the incident occurred in...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Pangasinan Provincial Cyber Response Team, with the Community Environment and Natural Resources-Pangasinan Central Office (CENRO)-Pangasinan Central Office, arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly selling endangered sugar gliders online on June 19. The suspect Caloy was nabbed...
