BACOLOD CITY – Two barangays here were flooded due to heavy rainfall from tropical depression “Kristine,” prompting the evacuation of 79 families composed of 277 individuals on Monday, Oct. 21. RESIDENTS are rescued from a flooded area in Bacolod City. (FB) Edward Ramirez, chief of...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-month-old baby boy died after he drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag here on Monday, Oct. 21. A seven-month-old baby boy drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City on Monday, Oct. 21. (Photo courtesy of Police Station...
CEBU CITY – Classes in two universities here were disrupted due to bomb threats that turned out to be a hoax on Monday, Oct. 21. A K9 team sweeps through the Cebu Institute of Technology-University after a netizen posted on Facebook that a bomb was planted in the campus on Monday, Oct....
CEBU CITY – A family in Carcar City, southern Cebu is crying for justice after the grave of their 22-year-old relative in a public cemetery was desecrated. ONLOOKERS gather around a coffin that had been removed from its tomb in a cemetery in Carcar City, Cebu. The corpse was believed to have been...
A new transportation hub, set to rival the scale of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), is in the works in Quezon City, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced. In a statement, the pension fund said on Monday, Oct. 21, that four government agencies have joined...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to attend the Oct. 22 hearing regarding his administration’s war on illegal drugs following a recent invitation from the House of Representatives quad committee (quad-comm). DUTERTE (PDP-Laban FB) However, a source, speaking anonymously...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Two Grade 10 students drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Laurel, this city, on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20. Police identified the victims as Ron Gabriel Mercado, 15, of Calamba City, Laguna, and Jomar Roslin Masapol, 14, also of Calamba City. Investigation...
Brig. Gen. Bernard Yang, chief of the Southern Police District, announced the arrest of the No. 5 police station level most wanted person in Taguig on Oct. 20. The police arrested alias Lambert, 50, during the implementation of a warrant of arrest by the Taguig Police Warrant and Subpoena...
ILOILO CITY — The eighth most wanted person in Western Visayas region was arrested in this city on Saturday, Oct. 19. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Ed, a 54-year-old farmer and a resident of Barangay Guihaman, Leganes town, Iloilo province. The warrant of arrest...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A man died after he accidentally shot himself in the groin during a drinking spree with friends in Purok 3, Barangay Parian, this city, on Sunday midnight, Oct. 20. Police identified the victim as Reggie Ronda Galang. Investigation said Galang retrieved his gun from his bag...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 475 grams of suspected shabu valued at P3.3 million from a 33-year-old female drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Tangkong, Barangay 7, this city, on Saturday, Oct. 19. POLICE recover P3.3-million worth of suspected shabu from a 33-year-old female drug...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero (left), Leni Robredo (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero just did aspiring Naga City mayor and fellow Bicolano Leni Robredo a huge favor. The former vice president...
