ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Peace and Order Council chaired by Mayor John Dalipe has approved a P200,000 incentive to Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano who neutralized two lawless elements here on New Year's Eve.The incentive was approved during the City Peace and Order Council meeting on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 feted intelligence officer Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano for neutralizing two lawless elements here recently.POLICE Regional Office-9 Director Police Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding awards Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano neutralizing...
The number of people injured by firecrackers in Muntinlupa rose to 33, including a five-year-old, up by 371 percent compared to the previous new year celebration. Despite an ordinance prohibiting the use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, scores of Muntinlupa residents defied the ban to...
CEBU CITY – A 21-year-old businessman here was robbed of more than P2 million in cash and jewelry on New Year’s Eve.Police identified the victim as Remark Broa.Broa said he arrived home around midnight on Dec. 31 and closing the gate when three men appeared and ordered him to board his...
Welcoming the New Year will be a painful memory forever for a 10-year-old boy after a firecracker blew up in his hand in Muntinlupa on Jan. 1. Mayor Ruffy Biazon posted a photo of the boy’s bloodied and nearly severed left hand to remind people of the danger of using firecrackers, which is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed two wanted men in a shootout here on New Year’s Eve.Police were patrolling the vicinity of a church when they spotted the suspects.POLICE secure the vicinity of a church in Zambaoanga City on Mew Year's Eve. (FB)The suspects fired at policemen who retaliated...
TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Leyte was hit by an unscheduled 11-hour power interruption on New Year's Eve.The outage affected the whole coverage area of the Leyte Electric Cooperative II. It affected Tacloban City, Babatngon, and Palo beginning around 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.The...
(File photo)Around 96,000 passengers were monitored in various ports nationwide as Filipinos catch last trips to go to their home provinces for the New Year’s Eve celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31.The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recorded 51,439 outbound passengers and 44,961 inbound passengers in...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Army (PA) troops unload boxes of relief supplies for residents affected by recent typhoons in Sta. Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo: PAF)The Department of National Defense (DND) is optimistic that the nation will be more resilient to the...
(File photo)The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, that it has confiscated more than 520,000 pieces of illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices as part of efforts to ensure public safety and reduce cracker-related injuries this holiday season.PNP spokesperson...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep.Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee said that the Department of Health (DOH) should make it its New Year’s resolution to be more proactive in increasing the health benefit packages of Filipinos,...
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...
