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2 brothers drown in Bataan on Black Saturday

BALANGA CITY, Bataan- Two teenaged brothers, aged 18 and 17 drowned in a beach in Poblacion, Morong, Bataan on Black Saturday. Bataan police identified the fatalities as Aries Oraje, 18, and his brother Christian, 17, both of Valenzuela City. Local authorities said Philippine National Police – Maritime Group personnel tried to save the victims and

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BREAKING: Fire in Brgy. Ermita raised to 3rd alarm

Cebu CITY, Philippines — The residential fire that broke out in Barangay Ermita near the Carbon Public Market area on Saturday evening, April 4, has been raised to the third alarm as firefighters continue suppression operations. According to the Cebu City Fire Station, the blaze was first reported earlier in the evening and was raised

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Sen. Pangilinan warns vs Holy Week hoarding, profiteering

MANILA, Philippines — As Filipinos observe Holy Week while also dealing with the fuel crisis, Senator Francis Pangilinan on Good Friday warned traders and retailers against profiteering and hoarding amid rising prices. Pangilinan, who serves as the chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, food and agrarian reform, said that the Holy Week is “a season of

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Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes Davao Occidental coast

DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday said that a magnitude 5.9 quake struck off the coast of Davao Occidental at 6:34 p.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was traced 59 kilometers southeast of the island town of Sarangani. It had a depth of 10 kilometers. READ: 5.1-magnitude quake struck waters off Davao

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4 nabbed for illegal cockfights in Occidental Mindoro

CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO — Police arrested four individuals while one suspect remains at large following two separate operations on Good Friday against illegal cockfighting, locally known as “tupada.” The Occidental Mindoro Police Provincial Office said operatives carried out back-to-back anti-illegal gambling operations in the towns of San Jose and Sta. Cruz, resulting in the

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Packs of suspected shabu found in Quezon island town coastline

LUCENA CITY, Quezon— Three plastic bags containing some 3.28 kilograms of a white crystalline substance were found along the coast of Patnanungan Island in Quezon province on Good Friday. In a report on Saturday, the Quezon police said a 58-year-old man identified only as “Felipe” found the items while having a picnic with his family

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