An off-duty police officer from the Angadanan Police Station in Isabela was feted for responding to a fire that destroyed a vehicle inside a gas station in Barangay Alibagu, Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 20. Police Master Sgt. Kennedy Tungpalan and his wife were on their way home from the...
Can plastic waste be turned into comfortable homes? In Pasig City, the local government is preparing to replicate a prototype project that uses durable boards made from recycled plastic waste to build temporary housing for informal settler families (ISFs). The housing prototype was formally...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has reported that the Ligao Observation Station of Mayon Volcano is currently non-operational following the theft of critical equipment. The incident was discovered on April 19 during routine maintenance at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry is evaluating a proposal submitted by the canning industry to raise the price of sardines to P31 for a 155-gram can, a figure double the current price of P15. The group is also pushing for direct fuel importation from Malaysia as one of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The mother of an Overseas Filipino Worker allegedly killed in Lebanon by her employer’s son is appealing for help from the national and local governments. Helen Zamoras, a former OFW and mother of the victim Honeylith Zamoras, is seeking help from the national government in...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is providing assistance for 80 families or 240 individuals displaced by a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. Fire Officer 2 Rolin Paulan, chief arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, said the...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested a senior citizen and recovered suspected shabu valued at P1.4 million during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Villa Kananga here Monday night, April 20. Butuan police chief Police Col. Restituto P. Lacano Jr. said the 63-year-old...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 58-year-old farmer drowned while swimming in the sea of Quezon Island here Tuesday. Investigation said the victim was drinking during an outing with his family at around 3:35 p.m. and decided to swim while his 27-year-old daughter was cooking in a cottage. His...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) welcomed the appointment of Mel Senen Sarmiento as the new secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU). Sarmiento succeeded Carlito Galvez Jr., who stepped down on April 21. MILF First Vice...
Mayor Jeannie Sandoval urged Malabueños to keep discipline alive and help make the city cleaner and more livable as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) launched its “Yes to Ayos!” campaign in Malabon on Wednesday, April 22. The drive was launched in Barangay Potrero, Malabon,...
The Quezon City government has ordered all 142 barangays to cut their electricity and fuel consumption by at least 10 percent to ease the impact of the global energy crisis. Under Memorandum Circular No. 8, Series of 2026, stricter energy-saving measures are now mandatory, part of the city’s...
Authorities reminded the public that illegal electrical tapping is strictly prohibited, following the arrest of a man caught illegally connecting to Meralco service lines in Makati City on Tuesday, April 21. The Makati City Police Station arrested the man, identified as “Aries,” at the corner...
