Seven people suffered injuries, including a 10-year-old boy, as they welcomed the New Year in Muntinlupa. They were injured as people violated an ordinance which prohibits the use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices in Muntinlupa. Based on reports from the Muntinlupa City Health...
A fire broke out in a commercial building along Naval Street, Barangay Flores, Malabon City on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1. A fire broke out in a commercial building along Naval St. Barangay Flores, Malabon City, early morning on Wednesday, Jan. 1 (Photo by Richielyn Canlas/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Muntinlupa Policeapprehended 17 people and seized nearly 7,700 pieces of “boga” and firecrackers in different barangays as they continued the crackdown on prohibited items ahead of the New Year’s Eve celebration. The sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, and use of...
With the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Manila also launched "OPLAN PAALALA 2024," a parade with various fire and rescue volunteers in the City of Manila to remind the public about the danger of fire that may be caused by the use of fireworks. As the city of...
Traslacion / MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) announced the official motorcade route for the highly anticipated Traslacion 2025 on January 9. The annual procession, which marks the feast of the Black Nazarene, draws millions of devotees from across the country. The motorcade...
Photo courtesy of Philippine Emergency Alerts/MANILA BULLETIN Five young cousins died after being trapped inside a burning residential building in Tondo, Manila, on Monday evening, December 30. Authorities said the fatalities were two boys aged eight and 10 and three girls aged eight, 11, and 15....
The Taguig City government announced the designated firecracker zones in different barangays ahead of the New Year celebration. Under Taguig City Ordinance No. 87 approved in 2018, it is prohibited for “any person from selling, distributing, discharging, exploding or causing to discharge or...
Police arrested a tricycle driver and a machine operator who were caught in possession of firecrackers in Muntinlupa. The two were arrested for violation of City Ordinance No. 14-092, which prohibits “the manufacture, display, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or...
A man was arrested on Saturday evening, December 28, for illegally selling firecrackers in Sampaloc, Manila. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as Mark Joseph Oropesa, 35, a resident of Sampaloc, Manila. According to the police report, the suspect was caught red-handed selling...
Police arrested a man for possession of P183,600 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Dec. 28. Members of the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit conducted that operation at about 11 p.m. in Barangay Western Bicutan. Arrested during the operation was a suspect...
File photo/MANILA BULLETIN The Quiapo Church has released the schedule of activities for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno in 2025, in preparation for the celebration on January 9. With a theme 1 Samuel 15:22: "Mas mabuti ang pagsunod kaysa paghahandog" (It is better to obey than to sacrifice for those...
The International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City, otherwise known as the Antipolo Cathedral, hosted the ordination of the country’s newest Roman Catholic bishop, Bishop Euginius Longakit Cañete of the Diocese of Gumaca in Quezon on Dec. 28. Bishop Cañete, 58,...
