Isabela town declared free of NPA rebels
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Palanan, a coastal town in Isabela, is now free of New People’s Army rebels.
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Man beaten up for robbing cabbie
MANILA, Philippines — A man who attempted to rob a taxi driver was beaten up by residents in Pasay City before dawn on Wednesday.
Abalos ‘niece’ arrested over colorum van
MANILA, Philippines — A woman who claimed to be Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr.’s niece was caught operating a colorum or unauthorized passenger van yesterday.
Pasig court issues arrest warrants vs Quiboloy, others
MANILA, Philippines — A regional trial court in Pasig City yesterday ordered the arrest of fugitive Apollo Quiboloy for the non-bailable offense of qualified human trafficking.
1,000 families homeless in Tondo fire
MANILA, Philippines — An estimated 1,000 families were left homeless in a fire that consumed reportedly half of the slum community of Isla Puting Bato in Tondo, Manila for over nine hours on Wednesday.
Motorcycle rider dies in crash
MANILA, Philippines — A motorcycle rider died in a vehicular crash along Quirino Highway in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.
Barangay officer dead, 2 hurt in stabbing spree
MANILA, Philippines — A barangay public safety officer was killed while two others, including a policeman, were wounded when a man went on a stabbing spree in Quezon City on Wednesday.
Quakes rock Eastern Samar, Davao de Oro
MANILA, Philippines — Two earthquakes struck Eastern Samar and Davao de Oro yesterday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.