Massive search operations continued on Friday for a teenage boy who fell into a lake in Sibulan, Negros Oriental last Wednesday. Town councilor Jon Rey Abada, in an interview, said volunteers shifted from underwater operations to surface search at Lake Balinsasayao. Scuba divers had scoured the lake for two days already but murky and deep waters prevented them from going deeper in search of 14-year-old Rhian Taguiam, a Grade 8 student of Barangay Cambaloctot in San Jose town. He and his cousin, 17-year old Kent Rex Taguiam, on Wednesday morning rode a kayak to cross to the other side of

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) assured that its operations in all terminals of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will remain uninterrupted despite the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila starting Friday. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said they will be working at full capacity to help assist inbound and outbound passengers. “We will continue to operate at full capacity at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to ensure that our services are not hampered and adequate manpower is available to serve passengers arriving and departing at our premiere port,” he said in a statement. The BI chief

Authorities have arrested the No. 1 most wanted person here on Thursday. In an interview on Friday, Executive Master Sgt. Ronald Pidlaoan, chief warrant officer of San Carlos City police, identified the suspect as Mark Anthony Guiling, 28, in his residence in Barangay M. Soriano. “He was on the top list because of his cases — rape and serious illegal detention,” he said. Guiling has a standing arrest warrant issued on April 27 by the San Carlos City, Pangasinan Regional Trial Court Branch 56. “He was under our surveillance for over a week before we implemented the arrest on Thursday,”

Maritime units have deployed additional patrol assets in parts of Sarangani Bay to secure the area from the entry of vessels and boats that could be carrying persons infected with the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Delta variant. This, as the city government formally launched on Friday its newly activated Task Force Bantay Dalampasigan to prevent possible breaches of travelers, traders, and other individuals from nearby islands of Indonesia. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed one of its modern patrol vessels, the BRP Tubbataha, while the Philippine National Police Maritime Unit-12 assigned high-speed patrol boats to lead the operations. Capt.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a proclamation creating an Information Technology Center Special Economic Zone in Bacoor City, Cavite. Proclamation 1196, signed by Duterte on Thursday and released to the media on Friday, also designated a building that would be named CBC Asia Technozone. The planned special economic zone will be situated along Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, Barangay Talaba VII in the city. It will have a gross floor area of 50,277.76 square meters situated in a land area of 7,000 square meters. The President created the special economic zone at the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine

Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 and the municipal police arrested a big-time drug peddler here Thursday afternoon and seized some PHP340,000 worth of shabu in his possession. In a report, PDEA-12 director Naravy Duquiatan identified the arrested suspect as Alvin Kusain Abdilla, 27, of Barangay Salama, Alamada, North Cotabato. “Abdilla was arrested after he handed over 50 grams of suspected shabu to an undercover agent in Barangay Manuangan of the town,” Duquiatan said. The suspect denied owning the shabu drugs, telling the arresting team that a friend of his instructed him through a