A gated, upscale subdivision in Makati City was the site of a shooting incident Friday night that left two lady Customs officials wounded. Shots rang out inside Barangay Magallanes, but the victims managed to escape further harm, thanks to the quick-thinking driver, Maricon Manalo, the 56-year-old officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Customs Formal Entry Division. […]
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons died while 17 others, including three minors, were injured when the truck they were riding in fell off a cliff in Barangay Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental last Friday. Killed were Jenalyn Crapiano, 40; Maricel Lobrido, 40; and Haydie Lobrido, 53. All the fatalities were related and seated at […]
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Malacañang said yesterday that President Duterte has not been seen in any public events last week as he was busy working, extinguishing new rumors that the Chief Executive is sick. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, at the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers Of Commerce & Industry Inc. Mooncake Festival, said Duterte was unable to attend the […]
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A co-accused of detained Senator Leila de Lima was apprehended Friday morning by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents almost two years after an arrest warrant was issued against him. NBI spokesman and Deputy Director Ferdinand Lavin confirmed that Jose Adrian Dera was nabbed based on the arrest order issued by the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court […]
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HONG KONG, China (AFP) – Donald Trump has urged China to “humanely” resolve the violent stand-off with pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, on the back of growing concerns that Beijing is considering direct intervention in the crisis. Images taken by AFP yesterday showed thousands of Chinese military personnel waving red flags and parading at a […]
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Police killed a kidnap suspect and arrested four others in simultaneous raids in Caloocan City and Bulacan against a big kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) group tagged as responsible in various cases of unreported abduction of officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), […]
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