The Pasig City government on Sunday, May 24, deployed 15 personnel to assist in search and rescue operations following the collapse of an under-construction nine-storey concrete building in Angeles City, Pampanga. It said the personnel were composed of members from its Fire and Rescue Unit and...
ANGELES CITY (AP) — A nine-story building under construction here collapsed before dawn on Sunday, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and at least 21 mostly workers trapped in the rubble, officials said. Two were located alive but could not be immediately extricated. At least 24 workers...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – A 37-year-old man wanted for rape was arrested on Saturday, May 23, in Cabuyao City, Laguna. Police identified the victim as John. He was listed as a most wanted person on the regional level. John was apprehended on a warrant issued by the Cabuyao...
The Marikina City Police Station on Sunday, May 24, said that the manhunt operation is ongoing to arrest the other three suspects involved in a viral video of motorcycle theft in Barangay Sto. Niño, Marikina City on May 18. Based on the police investigation, the incident occurred around 12 a.m....
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Sunday, May 24, said it has been coordinating with local disaster officials as rescuers raced to locate dozens of workers feared trapped beneath a collapsed nine-story building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga. OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Mariano...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan reminded his constituents that flood mitigation is a shared responsibility between the government. This, as Yamsuan thanked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for immediately sending an amphibious excavator to begin work in...
A 43-year-old father was arrested for allegedly abusing his own daughter since she was five years old in Mandaluyong City. The Eastern Police District (EPD) did not disclose the identity of the suspect, who was listed as the No. 1 most wanted person in the city. The suspect was arrested on...
A nine-storey building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga collapsed early Sunday morning, May 24, with 22 workers managing to get out while others remain missing, police said. The building collapsed before dawn during a thunderstorm. Police Regional Office-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jess...
CEBU CITY – For three packs of shabu and P5,000 cash, three teenagers agreed to gun down a woman in Barangay Calamba here. This was the admission of the assailants who were arrested less than 24 hours after the gun attack happened past 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 21. Two of the culprits...
A motorcycle rider was killed after colliding with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Makati City early Wednesday, May 20. The Makati City Police Station reported that the accident occurred at the intersection of Ayala Avenue and Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue in Barangay San Antonio. According to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old woman was found dead after she went missing in Sitio Capayas, Barangay Sicaba, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 22. Police withheld the name of the victim. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the victim was...
Two fire volunteers were injured when their fire truck overturned along Eastbank Road in Barangay Manggahan, Pasig City, on Saturday, May 23, as they rushed to respond to a blaze. The local government said the volunteers, one of whom was the driver, were supposed to respond to a fire incident in...