CEBU CITY – Fifty-four Persons Deprived of Liberty at the Talisay City Jail in Cebu province were released for the New Year on Friday, Dec. 30. AN inmate hugs a relative after he was released from the Talisay City Jail on Friday, Dec. 30. (Calvin D. Cordova) They were reunited with their families...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A woman and her companion died when their motorcycle collided head-on with a passenger bus on New Year’s Eve in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. Col. Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the fatalities as Nepthalie Rhian Blanco, 25, driver of the...
A man and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a trailer truck in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. A MAN and his wife were injured in a collision between a provincial passenger bus and a truck in Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. (DPWH photo) The...
The Parañaque City government has designated firecracker zones in the city’s 16 barangays for a safer celebration of New Year’s Eve. Lawyer Voltaire dela Cruz, city administrator, said identifying firecracker zones in the city is in compliance with the resolution of the Metro Manila Council...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Police Regional Office 4-B (Mimaropa or the Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) will remain visible in all travel routes, transport terminals, and other places of convergence, including tourist sites, in the region....
Don't even think about it. (Louis Mornaud/ Unsplash) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has called to gun owners to be responsible during their New Year revelry, or else end up injuring someone with stray bullets. “Panawagan natin na maging responsable ang mga gun owners natin dahil ang baril ay...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau released a traffic advisory announcing the closure of the northbound and southbound part of Jones Bridge from 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, to give way for New Year's Eve fireworks. Manila PIO/MANILA...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered all its chiefs of police and commanders to strictly implement the designation of community fireworks display areas in their respective areas of responsibility for the New Year revelry. PNP chief information officer Col. Redrico Maranan said the move...
The Taguig City government has announced areas in different barangays designated as firecracker zones where people can safely welcome the New Year. This is based on City Ordinance No. 87, enacted in 2018, which the city government said provides that “it shall be unlawful for any person to...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel San Luis As we begin a brand-new year, let’s thank the Lord for the graces and blessings we’ve received. Some pessimist might say, “What’s there to thank when we’re going through hard times?” “Many are still recovering excruciatingly from the economic crisis of...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Tonight, we bid goodbye to 2022 as we welcome 2023 and the Year of the Black Rabbit which officially begins Jan. 22. According to the Chinese horoscope, it will be a happy year of longevity, discretion, and good luck. The Black Water Rabbit is a harbinger of...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) Ninety-five percent of Filipinos will be welcoming 2023 “with hope rather than fear,” according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Friday, Dec. 30. “This is two points above the 93 percent recorded in 2021 and similar to the pre-Covid 96...
