CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
CEBU CITY – More than 100 policemen in Cebu with relatives running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 have been transferred to another assignment. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said moving the 104 police officers...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 47-year-old farmer fell and drowned in a water tank in Barangay Malonoy, Villareal, Samar, on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Vicente Tordillos Jr. Initial investigation said the victim was on his way home from a drinking spree and suddenly climbed on top...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has arrested more than 200 persons as part of the strict enforcement of the election gun ban. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of CPPO, said the operations against loose firearms have been relentless as part of their preparation for the...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) charged three hunters for capturing and killing a wild boar or “baboy ramo” or the Philippine Warty Pig in the protected area of Mount...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairwoman was wounded in an ambush in Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Susan Sumulong, 50, of Barangay Calocnayan, Seven Hills, Calbayog City. Initial investigation said Sumulong was on board a pedicab around noon...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P408,000 in a buy-bust operation in Magalang, Pampanga on Monday, October 2. Seized from the suspect identified as “Magdangal” was about 60 grams of suspected shabu with a standard...
CEBU CITY – A popular tourist destination in southern Cebu is set to reopen in October more than a year after it was closed for rehabilitation. Gov. Gwen Garcia announced that the world-renowned Kawasan Falls in Badian will reopen this month after she saw positive developments in the...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A woman allegedly hacked her drinking buddy following a heated argument on Thursday night, September 28, in Barangay Sumilang, here. Police identified the victim as Rene Boy Llano, single, a resident of Barangay Sumilang. Investigation said Llano and the suspect, Edna...
LUCBAN, Quezon – Candidates on Thursday, September 28, signed a covenant initiated by the police, religious sector, Commission on Elections, and the Department of Interior and Local Government for a peaceful barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here next month. CANDIDATES sign a...
CEBU CITY – Police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old man who was found dead in a makeshift toilet inside a compound in Barangay Mohon, Talisay City, Cebu on Thursday morning, September 28. Lawmen said relatives of George Mayol suspect that he was attacked by the five dogs that he was...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Canlubang, Laguna – A tanker truck and an aluminum van caught on fire in Batangas and Quezon on Wednesday, September 27. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the tanker truck loaded with coconut oil was traveling on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) at the highway boundary...
