BACOLOD CITY – Three laborers were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a truck in Crossing Cabanyohan, Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, May 17. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, identified the victims as Rico, 26;...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Media-Citizen Council (IMCC) renewed the call for ethical journalism following the recent conviction for cyber libel of broadcast journalist Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. “The struggle for press freedom must go hand-in-hand with a deep commitment to ethical...
ILOILO CITY—Ilonggo cuisine and society took center stage at the recent 11th Iloilo Theater Festival (ILOTF) organized by the University of San Agustin (USA). In the play “Halo-Halo Atbp.,” the USA Little Theater (USALT) staged four short plays that fuse key known Ilonggo food staples while...
BAUAN, Batangas – A 56-year-old man died while recovering his belongings during a fire in Barangay Cupang, this town, on Saturday morning, May 17. Police identified the victim as Edison Bautista Magnaye, married. Magnaye collapsed during the fire and was taken a hospital where was declared dead...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here announced that he will continue the seven-point core agenda and fight corruption in his last term. These are environment, land use, and energy, climate and disaster resilience, urban regeneration, empowering the youth, economic recovery and development,...
BAGUIO CITY – Anita Ticar, mother of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Siklab-Laya” Class of 2025 valedictorian, 2nd Lt. Jessie Ticar Jr., said her son joined the academy to help their family out of poverty. Now that her son has exceeded expectations, she prays for her son and the 265...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a group of Taiwanese for their alleged involvement in scamming activities. The suspects, 16 males and one female, were arrested in their makeshift office in a subdivision here on Thursday, May 15. Six of them have standing...
The condition of Kikiam, the dog who was forcefully thrown to the ground by a drunk man in Pasig, continues to improve but remains under observation as the healing of its leg injury is still being monitored, the Barangay Santolan Animal Control Team reported on Friday, May 16. “Base sa...
ILIGAN CITY – A couple was found dead inside their restaurant in Marawi City on Friday morning, May 16. Police identified the victims as Bairah Sangcaan Monte and Usodan Hadjicaya Monte, owners of B&E Inasal sa Sarimanok. Concerned individuals found their bodies and reported their grim discovery...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Rice for P20 per kilo can now be purchased here following the launching of the Kadiwa ng Pangulo on Friday, May 16. RESIDENTS purchase P20 rice at the Kadiwa ng Pangulo in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, on May 16. (Santa Rosa City Information Office FB) It is available to...
Police arrested a 45-year-old woman, tagged as a street-level drug suspect, in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on May 14. The suspect, identified as alias Jackelyn, was nabbed by operatives from the Taguig police’s Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in Barangay Bagumbayan. During the...
Weaving is among the crafts that truly capture the Philippine story. Each of the main regions of the archipelago has its own unique weaving heritage, with designs that mirror indigenous customs, spirituality, and even dreams. Threaded into these textiles is the ancient Filipinos’ relationship...
