Sorteo Festival 2025 Opening Ceremony at the Carmona Town Plaza on Feb. 17 (Photo from Rep. Roy M. Loyola's Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN) CARMONA CITY, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) here officially kicked off the Sorteo Festival 2025 on Monday, Feb. 17, marking its first...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Rizal Province has intensified its "Operation Baklas" or the removal of campaign materials in non-designated areas. Comelec-Rizal’s Provincial Election Supervisor (PES) Atty. Arnulfo Pioquinto told the Manila Bulletin that campaign posters, tarpaulins, and...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes clarified that he remains loyal to One Cebu, an influential political party headed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia. FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte endorses the reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes. (FB) Cortes issued the...
CEBU CITY – Two female siblings were rescued from online human trafficking allegedly orchestrated by their 33-year-old mother in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu province. POLICE arrest a mother for trafficking her two daughters online in Lapu-Lapu City. (Contributed photo) Their mother...
CEBU CITY – A 29-year-old woman died and her two companions were injured when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a truck in Barangay Catarman, Liloan town, northern Cebu at dawn on Monday, Feb. 17. Police identified the fatality as Christine Abarollo Tindoy, a resident of Barangay...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo police confiscated illegal drugs worth more than P13.1 million in the first 45 days of this year. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said that 1,933.48 grams of shabu were seized from 61 suspected drug pushers from Jan. 1 to Feb. 15, 2025. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P2...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A 39-year-old man was arrested here on Sunday night, Feb. 16, for threatening to spread the intimate photos of his ex-girlfriend on social media. The suspect was identified as Vladymar, single, of Catanauan, Quezon. Police said that the suspect was apprehended in an...
MULANAY, Quezon – A 56-year-old farmer died after his face was slammed on the pavement multiple times by his neighbor for his unruly attitude in a birth anniversary party in Barangay Patabog here on Saturday, Feb. 15. Police identified the victim as Miguel Hermita. Investigation said the victim...
CEBU CITY – An owner of a security agency was found guilty of estafa after failing to remit the Social Security System (SSS) contributions of one of her former workers. The Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Branch 1 in Mandaue City, Cebu found Arne Sarsalejo, owner of Sarsalejo Security...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Three foreigners were arrested on Feb. 14 for operating a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub here. Police identified the suspects as Weng, Lou, and Yuan. The suspects were apprehended by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Three women were arrested for using falsified documents to obtain financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Quezon based in this city on Friday afternoon, Feb. 14. Police identified the suspects as Teresa, 51, of Candelaria, Quezon;...
TIAONG, Quezon – One-hundred couples were married in a mass wedding spearheaded by the local government at the convention center here on Valentine’s Day. MAYOR Vincent Arjay Mea (center) poses with 100 newlywed couples in a mass wedding in Tiaong, Quezon on Feb. 14. (Photo via Danny...
