Trece Martires City veiled with smog at 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 19 (Photo courtesy of Lakwatsero Caviteño/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Several municipal and city governments announced the suspension of classes on Tuesday, Aug. 20, due to volcanic smog or vog from Taal Volcano. The local...
CEBU CITY – A man died and eight individuals were injured when a dump truck plunged into a ravine in Barangay Lamac, Pinamungajan town, Cebu province on Saturday afternoon, August 17. ONE person died and eight others were injured when a dump truck plunged into a ravine in Pinamungajan town, Cebu...
ILOILO CITY – It is unclear if former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog will return to the country to help clear this city of the “shabulized” tag made by former President Rodrigo Duterte. MABILOG (left) and Duterte. (Tara Yap and file photo) Residents are wondering if Mabilog, who sought...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Jose, this city, on Sunday, August 18. Police identified the suspects as high-value individuals Alex, 47; Amino, 38, and Amed, 38. Recovered from them were 260...
CALAUAN, Laguna – This town was placed under a state of public health emergency due to the increasing number of dengue cases. One-hundred seventy-three cases have been recorded, with 33 active cases and one mortality, as of Monday, August 19. The Rural Health Unit and other government...
Volcanic smog along the coast of Cavite City taken at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 19 (Photo courtesy of Allan Faustino Bella/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE—Several local government units (LGUs) announced the suspension of classes on Monday, Aug. 19, due to volcanic smog or vog from Taal Volcano....
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A 36-year-old farmer was shot dead while searching for cellphone signal in a mountainous area in Barangay Maguibuay, this town, on Saturday night, August 17. Police identified the victim as Jayson Decena Dalma, married, of Barangay Maguibuay. Investigation said the...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 31-year-old man died after his motorcycle crashed into a 10-wheel truck parked on roadside in Barangay Concepcion Palasan here at dawn on Friday, August 16. Police identified the victim as Jemar Moreno, 31, a resident of Barangay Cutay, Cariaga, Leyte. Moreno sustained...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Eight family members were killed and seven were injured in a collision between a delivery truck and passenger van in Barangay Santo Cristo here on Sunday morning, August 18. EIGHT persons were killed in a head-on collision in Sariaya, Quezon on Sunday morning, August 18....
ILOILO CITY – Federico Caballero, a recipient of the 2000 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) award from Calinog town, Iloilo province, died on Saturday, August 17, at the age of 88. Family members confirmed the death of Caballero, a cultural bearer of the Suludnon and Panay...
POLLILO, Quezon – Police seized 106 grams of suspected shabu worth P2.1 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Salipsip, this town, on Friday afternoon, August 16. LAWMEN nab a suspected drug pusher in Pollilo, Quezon on Friday, August 16. Police...
ILOILO CITY — The most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader in the Visayas was killed in a clash with government troops in Lambunao town, Iloilo province. BOCALA (Tara Yap) The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army confirmed that Maria Concepcion Araneta-Bocala or “Ka Concha”...
