Rizal Governor Nina Ynares declared a state of calamity in the entire province on Friday, July 25, due to the widespread impact of Typhoon Crising and the southwest monsoon (habagat). Ynares said the declaration followed the recommendation of the Rizal Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Rizal Governor Nina Ynares renewed her appeal to the national government to issue a moratorium against quarrying operations in the province that are said to be the primary reason for the severe flooding being experienced in Rizal in the past few days. During her visit to one of the evacuation...
The municipal governments of Cainta, San Mateo, and Rodriguez, Rizal, have declared a state of calamity in their respective towns due to severe flooding brought on by the enhanced "habagat" (southwest monsoon) and Typhoon Crising in the province. Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto said that he had tasked the...
Water concessionaire Manila Water announced that parts of Rizal Province and Pasig City will experience water service interruptions from July 10 to 11 due to ongoing maintenance works. According to its advisory, Barangay San Roque in Antipolo City will have no water from 10 p.m. on July 10 until 4...
BAGUIO CITY – Mountain Province Gov. Bonifacio Lacwasan Jr. has ordered the immediate enforcement of a new ordinance banning the manufacture, sale, and distribution of machine-made replicas of indigenous woven fabrics and garments within the province. “We have to protect our woven fabric, which...
A 72-year-old man, tagged as Rizal Province 's most wanted person for attempted murder, was finally arrested by the police after six years of hiding, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO chief Col. Felipe Maraggun identified the suspect as “Teodulo,” a resident of...
A 19-year-old man wanted for the crime of frustrated murder will spend more time in prison after police officers recovered more than P1.3 million worth of illegal drugs from him following his arrest in Morong, Rizal on June 2. The police identified the suspect as "Jon," a resident of Sitio Talaga,...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported that no significant damage was recorded after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck General Nakar, Quezon Province, which was felt in surrounding areas, including Metro Manila, on Tuesday, May 27. In a statement, the OCD said residents in the affected...
LOPEZ, Quezon – Police arrested a 37-year-old man for extorting P200,000 from an Overseas Filipino Worker in exchange for non-disclosure of her alleged affair with another man here on Wednesday afternoon, April 30. Police identified the suspect as Christopher, single. Investigation said...
CAVITE – A woman accused of qualified theft and one of Region IVA’s most wanted persons was collared in Bacoor City on Tuesday, April 29. A statement from the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Anna. Bacoor Component City Police Station (CCPS) personnel, along...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A vice mayoral candidate in Plaridel town, this province, was shot and wounded in Barangay Ibabang Dupay here on Tuesday night, April 29. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Wilfredo Magbuhos, 52, cockpit operator, and a resident of Barangay Wakas,...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Myrna Causing-Tupas, the matriarch of the Tupas political clan of Iloilo province, has died at the age of 77. THE late Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. and his wife Myrna Causing-Tupas. In separate Facebook posts, the politician-children of Causing-Tupas confirmed that she...
