Long-time politician and President Marcos ' chief legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile has passed away. He was 101. His daughter, Katrina Ponce Enrile, said the former senator died on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 13. "It is with profound love and gratitude that my father, Juan Ponce Enrile, peacefully...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifty-three persons have been killed by typhoon “Tino” in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Friday. Twelve fatalities were recorded in Moises Padilla, followed by La Castellana with 10, eight each in Bago City and...
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has launched an investigation into alleged death threats made by Julie “Dondon” Patidongan, the self-proclaimed whistleblower in the missing sabungero case, against a television reporter. PTFoMS Executive Director and Undersecretary Jose...
CEBU CITY – Fatalities have reached 98 as more bodies were retrieved a day after typhoon ‘’Tino’’ battered Cebu province on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Data released by the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the Cebu provincial government on Wednesday, Nov. 5, said Tino displaced 120,000 residents...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Dennis Wenceslao, Negros Occidental police director, said the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Kristine Joy Dignadice was the result of a lover’s quarrel involving her and Police Staff Sgt. Enrique Gonzalodo Jr., a policeman assigned to the Bacolod City Police Office...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is investigating the claim of a police staff sergeant that he accidentally shot his lover, a 42-year-old single mother, dead. The body of the victim – Kristine Joy Dignadice – was found in a sugarcane field in Barangay...
Malacañang said any move to revive the death penalty must undergo careful and comprehensive study. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Wednesday, Oct. 22, that the return of capital punishment should not be rushed, underscoring the importance of ensuring...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported that the death toll from the doublet earthquakes that struck Davao Oriental last week has risen to nine after one additional fatality was logged on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The magnitude 7.4 and 6.8 twin earthquakes that struck Manay, Davao Oriental on Oct. 10...
Seven people have already been killed by the “doublet” or twin earthquakes that struck Davao Oriental, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Saturday morning, Oct. 11. In its latest situational report released 6 a.m., the NDRRMC said three fatalities were...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced that residents in coastal communities in Davao Oriental and nearby provinces can return to their homes after the tsunami alert issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Manay, Davao...
CEBU CITY – The death toll and infrastructure damage in the Cebu earthquake continue to rise. Authorities in the province on Thursday, Oct. 2, confirmed that the death toll from the 6.9-magnitude earthquake went up to 73. Ainjeliz “AJ” Orong, Capitol public information officer, said...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Tropical cyclone “Opong” killed nine persons and injured 15 as it battered Masbate province on Friday, Sept. 26. The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol said in its 9 p.m. report tonight that a 16-year-old boy was killed when a wall collapsed on him while a...
