BACOLOD CITY – Three-thousand fully grown marijuana plants valued at P600,000 were uprooted and burned by the police in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Manduao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental over the weekend. The Bayawan City Police Station and 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company were patrolling when they...
The Quezon City government has approved a new ordinance aimed at reducing textile waste while creating livelihood opportunities for residents. According to the City Ordinance SP-3472, S-2025, also known as the Textile Sustainability and Circularity Ordinance of Quezon City, institutionalizes a...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) is mourning the death of a retiring police officer killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a bus in Naga City, southern Cebu province on Sunday, Feb. 1. Police Executive Master Sgt. Antonio Sando, who was supposed to retire...
CARMONA CITY, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) rolled out a literacy program for out-of-school children and youth called the Learning Assistance Program and Inclusive Support (Project LAPIS). The program is designed to augment the Department of Education’s Academic Recovery and...
A total of 100 electrocardiogram (ECG) machines, 100 laptops, and 100 printers were turned over by the Manila City Government to its 44 health centers on Monday, Feb. 2, as part of its expanded efforts in strengthening the city 's frontline healthcare services and operational efficiency....
ILOILO CITY—Due to road closures and rerouting of vehicles, selected schools in this city will not have classes on Monday for the annual celebration of Jaro Fiesta. Mayor Raisa Treñas suspended classes in all schools in Jaro District under Executive Order No. 012-Series of 2026. Other major...
BAGUIO CITY – The month-long 30th Panagbenga Festival with the theme “Blooming Without End” kicked off here on Sunday, Feb. 1. The event kicked off with a street-dancing parade bannered by seven drum and lyre contingents – Tuba Central School Drum and Lyre Corps, Pugo Central School, El...
A dismissed police officer and two others were arrested in Novaliches, Quezon City, on Friday, Jan. 30, in connection with the killing of Police Senior Master Sergeant Diane Marie Gabres Mollenido and eight-year-old son, John Ysmael, authorities said. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD)...
The Police Regional Office-3 recovered on Saturday an abandoned Sports Utility Vehicle allegedly used in the recent killing of a policewoman and her eight-year-old child – Police Senior Master Sgt. Dianne Marie Mollenido and John Ysmael. The vehicle, a metallic gray Toyota Fortuner with a...
The local government of Pasig kicked off 2026 with a Mega Job Fair, where 412 applicants were hired on the spot and provided with new opportunities in the very first month of the year. Around 1,659 applicants attended the first job fair of the year, held at the Pavilion, Maybunga Rainforest Park...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 6 pupil drowned on a river in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Wednesday, Jan. 28, two months before his elementary graduation and 13th birth anniversary in March. The victim, the youngest of four siblings, went to the river with several classmates after a half-day...
The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday assured assistance to an 18-year-old woman from Olongapo City over the death threats she received from alleged security officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. JP, accompanied by her mother and legal counsel Volunteers Against Crime and...
