A 37-year-old barangay official was arrested after allegedly shooting a scavenger during an altercation in Malabon City on Thursday, June 19. Personnel from the Malabon City Police Station – Substation 6 said that the suspect, who is a barangay kagawad of Barangay Ibaba, was involved in the...
Officers of the Quezon City Police District - La Loma Police Station (QCPD- PS1) assisted a woman who unexpectedly gave birth on a sidewalk along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Balintawak early Wednesday morning, June 18. According to the police, they received a report at around 5:01 a.m....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police bomb disposal units swooped down on two public elementary schools here after a bomb threat was received on Wednesday, June 17. Police said the threat targeted the Pamucutan and Anuling elementary schools. Investigation disclosed that Jhelo Serna Rojas, 21, a criminology...
COTABATO CITY – After months of covert operations, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NBI-BARMM) on Thursday arrested a suspected bomber linked to Mindanao bus bombings and bus burning in 2021. NBI-BARMM Director Jonathan Balite...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Ormoc confirmed a patient who tested positive for monkeypox (Mpox) by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City on Thursday, June 19. The patient is the second confirmed case in Eastern Visayas after a female patient from Sogod,...
CEBU CITY -- An 18-year-old biker drew heavy backlash for performing a stunt that saw him nearly colliding with a truck on a highway in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City. In a bid to identify the biker, an irate Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard Ahong Chan posted the video of the incident on Facebook. The...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Negros Island Region announced on Wednesday, June 18, that a barangay captain tagged as primary suspect in the fatal Election Day shooting in Silay City, Negros Occidental tested positive in a paraffin test. The result of the paraffin...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two elementary students were found dead on Thursday, June 19, in a pond in Barangay Cabaluay here. The victims – Ivan Apolinario, 10, Grade 5 pupil, and Joshua Sannudin, 8, a Grade 1 student – were reported missing after they failed to return home on Wednesday night....
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte signed on Thursday, June 19, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Pride PH Coalition and the University of the Philippines Diliman for the country 's biggest Pride festival. The signing was held at the University Theater, UP Diliman in Quezon City. Present...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte marked on Thursday, June 19, the 100th day since his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, was detained at The Hague in the Netherlands under international charges still pending legal resolution. Rep. Duterte criticized the former...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P43 million were seized and six persons were arrested during a seaborne patrol operation in Santa Cruz Island here on Wednesday, June 18. The Second Mobile Force Company was patrolling the area when they chanced upon two motorboats with markings...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group member was killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Sangali here on Tuesday, June 17. Police identified the fatality as Naser Haranain, alias Gapur or Gapul, 29, a resident of Barangay Sangali. Investigation disclosed that lawmen were about to serve a...
