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...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 38-year-old Chelamie Dinawanao was transported from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to her hometown in Barangay Santiago, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday, Jan. 12. The local government of Sibulan in Negros Oriental, in coordination with the provincial...
CEBU CITY – Businesswoman Sarah Discaya denied involvement in the alleged anomalous P96.5-million flood control project in Davao Occidental. Discaya pleaded not guilty to charges of graft and malversation of public funds when she appeared for her arraignment before the Lapu-Lapu City Regional...
The Marcos administration’s flagship Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program has translated long-standing housing commitments into concrete results by enabling hundreds of informal settler families in Valenzuela City to finally secure land ownership after decades of uncertainty. A...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) seized shabu valued at P8.8 million for distribution at the Sinulog Festival in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental after arresting two high-value drug personalities in a buy-bust operation in this highly urbanized city on...
