A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon, May 18, in a residential area behind Vicente Lim Elementary School, located at the corner of J.P. Rizal Street and Roxas Street, Barangay 106, Tondo, Manila. According to data from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was first reported for...
A 30-year-old man was arrested in Sampaloc, Manila, for causing public alarm while wielding an improvised firearm, in violation of existing gun laws and the nationwide election gun ban. The suspect, identified as Angelo Rodriguez and a resident of Palawan Street, Barangay 537, Sampaloc, Manila, was...
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) will formally inaugurate the Lapulapu monument on Sunday, May 18, at its new location along Maria Orosa Street in Rizal Park, Manila. The ceremony, set for 8:30 a.m., coincides with International Museum Day and will also include the unveiling of a new...
Police arrested a 45-year-old woman, tagged as a street-level drug suspect, in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on May 14. The suspect, identified as alias Jackelyn, was nabbed by operatives from the Taguig police’s Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in Barangay Bagumbayan. During the...
Operatives from the Northern Police District (NPD) and Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) arrested a 42-year-old man for selling fake dishwashing products on Thursday, May 16, in Caloocan City. Police said the suspect was nabbed at around 12:15 p.m. inside the establishment on Moscow Street in...
Employees of the Muntinlupa City government will receive their midyear bonus on May 16, Mayor Ruffy Biazon said. Biazon held a live broadcast on Facebook on May 16 to announce the release of the midyear bonus. “Magandang balita po ito. Ngayong araw, May 16, ipapamahagi po ang midyear bonus...
Reelected Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said campaign tarpaulins used in the May 12 elections by her Team Lani Cayetano have been recycled into tote bags, pouches, and card holders. “Nagsimula na po mula kahapon ang ating team na baklasin ang mga TLC posters bilang pagsunod sa direktiba ng Comelec...
Congresswoman-elect and former senator Leila de Lima expressed puzzlement over the Court of Appeals (CA) decision voiding a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court ruling that acquitted her in a drug case in 2023. “Nabasa na namin ang decision ng Court of Appeals na ibalik sa Regional Trial Court ang...
Two suspected members of the “Commando Gang” were arrested in Sta. Cruz, Manila, in connection with the theft of a motorcycle. Arrested were Andrew Zshornack, 23, of Sampaloc, Manila, and Lawrence Tapia, 20, of Sta. Cruz, Manila. According to a report from MPD Sta. Cruz Police Station (PS-3),...
The Navotas City government launched a program offering rice at P20 per kilo in support of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Project. The launch was held on Wednesday, May 14 at the Kadiwa Center in Navotas City Hall and Agora Market. According to the Public Information Office (PIO),...
The Muntinlupa City government ordered its personnel to remove campaign materials used in the May 12 national and local elections. This was in compliance with an order by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) asking candidates and parties to remove their campaign materials in five days from May...
Manila City Engineer Moises Alcantara said that at least 12 truckloads of campaign materials have been collected across the city in recent days, following a directive from Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan to fast-track the cleanup operation. In his report to Mayor Lacuna, Alcantara said that by next week,...
