CEBU CITY – Rice that can be bought at P20 per kilo is possible after all. The Cebu provincial government on Tuesday, November 28, launched the Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program where rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) is sold at P20 a kilo. The launching of the SMB program is part of...
Former senator Leila de Lima questioned the remarks of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte about the Marcos administration’s possible cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. “There are...
CEBU CITY – The security guard of the pawnshop in the downtown area here that was robbed by four heavily armed men was unarmed during the broad daylight robbery last Saturday, November 25. ABERIN (PRO-7 FB) Even the security guards of the nearby establishments also did not have firearms when the...
CEBU CITY – Police here are zeroing in on an influential person who could be behind the brazen robbery of a pawnshop on Saturday, November 25. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said they do not discount the possibility that an influential person was involved in the robbery of Oro Sugbo Pawnshop...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) met with business delegates from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore investment opportunities in New Clark City. During the UAE Investment Mission to the Philippines, Arab businesses and sovereign wealth funds showed interest in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A high school teacher was allegedly robbed and killed by three men in this city on November 23. Police identified the victim as Bernabe Basiano. Basiano died after he was stabbed in the neck by the suspects identified as Yasser Ivan Yu, 18; Mark Justine Conde, 23, and Darwin...
A man facing multiple warrants of arrest for robbery, multiple physical injuries and reckless imprudence resulting in homicide was arrested by authorities in Taguig. The man, 53, only identified by the Southern Police District (SPD) under the alias Jerry, was tagged as the Taguig police’s...
BACOLOD CITY – Two women on their way home died after their motorcycle was rammed by a six-wheel truck in Barangay 21, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Friday, November 24. TWO women died after their motorcycle was rammed by a truck in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on November 24. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – Police have taken four persons into custody as Persons of Interest (POIs) in the robbery of a pawnshop here on Saturday, November 25. Lawmen recovered a vehicle believed to have been used as a getaway vehicle by the robbers. The vehicle, a red Honda City sedan, was intercepted in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A security officer was gunned down here on Monday, November 27. POLICE and paramedics attend to a shooting victim in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Police identified the victim as Ricky Funtilon Casipe, 48, of Sitio Buenagatas, Boalan, this city. Casipe,...
ILOILO CITY – Markets in this city are going cashless. This was after the Iloilo City government launched Paleng-QR PH Plus, the cashless payment scheme implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), at the Iloilo Terminal Market...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government in Negros Occidental recently unveiled a P6-million youth development center for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children at risk (CAR) in Barangay Lag-asan. HALFWAY House, a youth development center for children in conflict with the law...
