BACOLOD CITY – Three hospital staff and a patient were injured after a pick-up truck rammed a private hospital emergency room in Barangay Mandalagan here on Thursday, January 4. FOUR persons were injured when a pick-up truck rammed an emergency room of a hospital in Barangay Mandalagan,...
CEBU CITY – A newly formed business group in Talisay City, southern Cebu is looking to forge a strong partnership with the local government unit. OFFICIALS and members of the Talisay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI), led by its president Archie Campo (fourth from left), lead the launching...
CEBU CITY – Two parades were slated for this year’s Sinulog Festival – one organized by the city government of Cebu and the other put up by the provincial government of Cebu. The Cebu province-initiated parade on January 14 will be held at the traditional venue at the Cebu City Sports Center...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, January 5, 2024 expressed his outrage over the City of Makati’s decision to deprive the 10 EMBO (Enlisted Men’s Barrio) barangays of a smooth transition to the City of Taguig. Cayetano expressed his sentiment in a Facebook Live on his official page,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A labor group here cited the additional pay for workers, but it still hoped that the government would approve a higher wage increase, as it said that the upcoming implementation of the P33 minimum wage hike in the region this year is “still inadequate.” Lawyer Doris...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, the husband of Mayor Lani Cayetano, has joined the ongoing dispute between Taguig and Makati, and blasted the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for closing fire stations in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano (left) and her husband,...
BACOLOD CITY – This city recorded a 16.26 percent decrease in the crime rate or 224 cases from 1,377 in 2022 to 1,153 last year. THE Bacolod City police headquarters. (FB) The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said the number of eight focus crimes also went down by 40.52 percent or 109 cases...
Image from Cavite Police Provincial Office (MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities collared a drug suspect in a buy-bust operation in Imus City on Thursday, Jan. 4. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as alias Sob, a resident of General Trias City. The suspect was...
ILOILO CITY – This city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, is losing P500 million daily from the blackout that started on January 2 and now on its fourth day on Friday, January 5. Mayor Jerry Treñas said with this calculation from the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion...
OZAMIZ CITY – Police said they have solved a P30-million pawnshop robbery at the Gaisano Mall here on New Year's Day following the arrest of five "peryahan" or carnival workers allegedly involved in the incident. Ozamiz City Police Station officer-in-charge, Police Major Dennis Tano, said the...
CEBU CITY – Police here continue to investigate the death of a noted voice coach whose body was found dumped on the side of the road in the City of Naga, southern Cebu. APPEAL for justice for Unchuan. (FB) Police believed that Joel Jude Suson Unchuan, 46, also known as “Coach J,” was killed...
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured after he was allegedly hacked by his stepfather on Wednesday afternoon, January 3, in Daang Bakal, Barangay Tagapo, this city. POLICE arrested a man for allegedly hacking his 13-year-old stepson in Santa Rosa City, Laguna on...
