ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of Muslim residents celebrated Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice by participating in community prayers and visiting family and relatives here on Friday, June 6. A big group trooped to the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in the morning to participate in...
A warehouse containing stocks of LPG tanks was gutted by a fire in Arty Subdivision, Barangay Marulas, Valenzuela City on Friday afternoon, June 6. According to TXTFIRE Philppines, the fire started at 1:58 p.m. and was quickly raised to the second alarm at 2:09 p.m. The third alarm was raised at...
Three Chinese men were nabbed by the police for abducting, drugging, and raping a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman and demanding P1 million ransom from her husband following a rescue operation inside a condominium unit in Makati City on early Friday morning, June 6. In a press conference, Makati Police...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the city government’s free Balik Eskwela packages for public school students will be distributed starting next week. The mayor met with public school principals and administrative officers “to discuss the orderly and timely distribution of our...
CEBU CITY — More than P500-million worth of illegal drugs went up in smoke in another destruction ceremony conducted here on Thursday, June 5. Spearheaded by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), the destruction,...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering increasing the buying price of palay (unhusked rice) to support farmers and the national government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced during the program’s launching at Burgos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were injured and robbed of their firearms in a road mishap here on Thursday, June 5. The victims, Army Corporal Juner Vally, driver of the vehicle; and Staff Sgt. Tiyamuat Alrasid, were cruising on the highway in Barangay Calarian when the vehicle rammed an electric...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer here on Wednesday, June 4. The fatality was identified as Michael Hipolito Felix, a 39-year-old resident of Sitio Siguinan, Barangay Bunguiao, this city. Felix was...
BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with...
A total of 4,557 students in Valenzuela City spent their summer break productively by participating in the city’s reading and mathematics camps, the local government announced on Thursday, June 5. The city’s Public Information Office (PIO) said the summer learning camps were designed to...
A bettor from Quezon City has won the P21.7-million jackpot in the MegaLotto 6/45 draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) confirmed on Thursday, June 5. In a Facebook post, the PCSO said that a bettor from Quezon City won a total jackpot prize of P21,749,042.20 after the draw on June...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In these NBA Finals, a team is four wins away from getting the last laugh. Ask anyone on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers if they 're still fueled by doubters, and the answer is probably going to be an immediate “yes.” Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai...
