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...
Rescuers from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) safely extracted a man from the wreckage of his container truck after it crashed into another truck on Mel Lopez Blvd. in Manila on Tuesday night, Jan. 13. According to the rescuers, the victim sustained wounds on both...
A pickpocket notorious for victimizing passengers of public utility jeepneys (PUJ) in Makati was arrested by the Makati City Police after being caught engaged in illegal gambling last Jan. 8. The suspect was identified as "Carl," 25, and a resident of Barangay Pio del Pilar. Based on the police...
The Manila Police District (MPD) recorded a drop in crime incidents in the capital city in 2025 based on records from January to December, compared to the same period in 2024. According to MPD District Director Brig. Gen. Arnold Abad, the District Investigation and Detective Management Division...
CEBU CITY – The death toll in the collapsed dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here increased to 13 as two more fatalities were recovered on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13. SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Department, said rescuers are still searching for 23 persons...
