BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) reported three confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough here. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said the patients are all girls from Barangays Tangub, Taculing, and Villamonte aged one- to three-months-old. Tan said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 103-year-old Filipino soldier who fought in World War II took center stage as this city commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on Tuesday, April 9. MAYOR John Dalipe (fourth from left) leads the Araw ng Kagitingan commemoration in Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized suspected shabu valued at P6 million from a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) and his cohort in a buy-bust operation outside the gate of the San Ramon Penal Colony here on Tuesday, April 9. A PERSON Deprived of Liberty yielded suspected shabu worth P6 million in...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested seven persons in a drug den raid in Barangay Labangon here on Monday afternoon, April 8. SEVEN persons (seated) were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (PDEA-7)...
ILOILO CITY – The mass oath-taking of officials and politicians from Iloilo and other areas of Western Visayas region before the ruling party Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) has been postponed. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Iloilo City Rep. Julienne ‘Jamjam’ Baronda meet during a...
CEBU CITY – Close to 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a highly populated area in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday afternoon, April 8. A FIRE hits Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (Screenshot from Facebook live of Win Rañada Ramos) The fire...
The arrested suspect (Photo from SPD) A 38-year-old man was arrested for his unauthorized use of a Philippine National Police (PNP) uniform on Monday, April 8. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspect, identified as alias Jefferson, was arrested at around 11:00 a.m. at PITX...
Two persons, one of them a child in conflict with the law (CICL), were arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by members of the Southern Police District-Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) in coordination with the Pasay City police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Monday, April 8. The...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon congratulated a Grade 5 student who won in an international math contest in Thailand. Antonio Pio Vivo of San Beda College Alabang won a bronze medal at the International Talent Mathematics Contest (ITMC) held in Thailand. Mayor Ruffy Biazon with math...
BACOLOD CITY – A college student was killed and his companion was injured in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Alangilan here on Sunday, April 7. A STUDENT was killed and his companion was injured in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City on Sunday, April 7. (Photo courtesy...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur was gunned down on Quirino Boulevard here on his birthday on Monday afternoon, April 8. MARION Tugade poses for a selfie hours before he was killed on his birth anniversary on Monday,...
CEBU CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he allegedly fell from the 27th floor of a condominium building in Barangay Lahug here on Monday morning, April 8. According to Police Major Romeo Caacoy Jr., chief of the Mabolo Police Station, the boy landed on a canopy on the third floor of the...
