VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Vigan Longganisa Festival kicks off Thursday, Jan. 15, Mayor Randy Singson announced. The festival opens with the final canvassing of the popularity contest Reynas de Vigan 2026 Thursday night at Plaza Burgos. Singson, together with the city’s consultative...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation Wednesday in Barangay Rawis, Calbayog City. Police Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, identified the suspect as Popo of Barangay Looc, Calbayog City. The suspect, also a suspected gunrunner, sensed he was...
DAVAO CITY – Former Mati City Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat publicly declared her support for Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Jan. 14, for president in 2028, highlighting their shared roots in Mindanao and praising the programs implemented under the Duterte-led administration. “I will...
CEBU CITY – Six more bodies were recovered from the collapsed dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here on Wednesday, Jan. 14, raising the death toll in the trash slide to 19. All fatalities have been identified while rescuers are still searching for 17 missing. SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P54.4 million were seized from a man who was allegedly the leader of a drug syndicate operating in Central Visayas and Negros Oriental. The 47-year-old suspect, a certain Clifford, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City, Cebu...
DAVAO CITY – The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) reiterated on Wednesday that electric tricycles (e-trikes) remain prohibited from operating on major roads. CTTMO head Dionisio Abude clarified that, unlike motorcycles-for-hire (MTH), which adhere to licensing and registration...
The Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) rescued a construction worker who was in distress inside an employee barracks at an under-construction building at Parada Elementary School in Barangay Parada, Valenzuela City, on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Police said the individual, a 48-year-old male welder...
The Quezon City government has officially launched the OASIS ( Openness, Adaptation, Sensitization, Innovation, and Social Ties) Schoolyard Project at Diosdado Macapagal Elementary School (DPMES) on Tuesday, Jan. 13. The school is the city’s first pilot site for a climate-resilient and...
ILOILO CITY – This city had three different police chiefs in the span of less than a week. Police Col. Wilbert Parilla became the acting chief of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) on Wednesday, Jan. 14, following the assignment of Police Col. Roland Bulalacao as the new chief of staff of the...
Pasig City Councilor Simon Romulo Tantoco, nephew of Rep. Roman Romulo, is among those supporting the Anti-Dynasty Bill, vowing to give up his political career once it is enacted into law. Tantoco made the statement after Councilor Volta delos Santos filed a resolution asking both the House and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) deployed 150 policemen to Cebu City on Wednesday, Jan. 14, to augment security for the Sinulog Festival. They are composed of 100 personnel from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office and 50 from the Siquijor Police...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city is set to expand its sanitary landfill as it plans to work with the Department of Energy (DOE) to start a waste-to-energy project this year. Mayor Greg Gasataya, who inspected the city 's sanitary landfill in a 30-hectare compound in Barangay Felisa...
