Capiz under blue alert as PDRRMO urges public to prepare for ‘Inday’
CAPIZ — The Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has raised a Blue Alert and urged residents to take immediate precautionary...
Back-to-back blade attacks claim 2 lives in Bacolod
BACOLOD City — Two men were killed in separate blade attacks that occurred less than two hours apart on Tuesday night, July 8, prompting...
Farmer gunned down by five armed men in Cauayan
BACOLOD City — A 29-year-old farmer was shot dead after being lured out of his house by five unidentified armed men in Sitio Gut-ac,...
Philippine gov’t rejects Chinese claims over Batanes; Defense chief brands narrative as disinformation
MANILA — The Philippine government on Friday firmly rejected claims by supposed Chinese scholars that Batanes belongs to China through Taiwan, with the Department...
Palace: Gov’t enforcing law, not persecuting political rivals
MANILA — Malacañang on Friday rejected accusations that the Marcos administration is weaponizing the legal system against political opponents, insisting that ongoing cases against...
Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10K people
PARIS – A wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands of people in southern France as the country grapples with the impacts of an...
US and Iran trade strikes after tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN – Renewed fighting has broken out in the Gulf region, in the worst exchange of fire between the United States and Iran since...
STL ‘bookies’ collector arrested in Estancia
ILOILO — A man was arrested after he was allegedly caught accepting bets for an alleged unauthorized Small Town Lottery (STL) operation in Estancia,...
Loose firearms drive yields 242 guns in Iloilo City
ILOILO City — The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) arrested 23 individuals and confiscated 242 firearms and 17 explosive devices during a series of...
P510K ‘shabu’ seized, 2 high-value targets nabbed in Dumangas drug bust
ILOILO — Police operatives apprehended two high-value suspects and seized approximately P510,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon, July...