MANILA: Travelers and last-minute shoppers will have to brace for rains across Luzon and the Visayas on Friday, two days before Christmas. In its 5 a.m. forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the northeast monsoon and a low-pressure area (LPA) would bring rains to these areas. Rains will prevail over Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera region, Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur due to the northeast monsoon. The LPA, last tracked at 355 km. east-southeast of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, will cause scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the Visayas, Palawan,
MANILA: Authorities have arrested the recipient of a shipment containing PHP8.5 million worth of ecstasy tablets in a controlled delivery operation in the province of Laguna, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. In a statement, PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the suspect Joy Bautista was arrested in a joint operation by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 4-A (Calabarzon), Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit, PhilPost-Inspectorate, and the local police at a gasoline station beside Merryland Subdivision in Barangay Dita in Sta. Rosa City on Wednesday afternoon.
BAGUIO CITY: The city government will operate with a PHP2.42 billion budget in 2023. The city council approved next year’s spending measure in its Dec. 19 session and was signed by Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Dec. 21, information officer Jordan Habbiling said in a press release Friday. Based on data provided by the city government, the General Services Office got the lion’s share of the budget with PHP402.54 million This office handles the city’s garbage collection effort that is hauled to an engineered sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac. Next is the Health Services Office with PHP283.65
MANILA: Davao Region’s index crime rate this year decreased by 13 percent compared to 2021, the regional police office (PRO11) said Friday. Index crimes pertain to crimes against person and property, such as murder, homicide, physical injury, carnapping, and rape. Non-index crimes, on the other hand, are violations of special laws such as illegal logging or local ordinances. Major Eudisan Gultiano PRO-11 spokesperson, said 1,395 index crime cases were recorded this year compared to 1,610 cases in 2021. The total number of crime incidents also fell by 23 percent, she added. “This year’s non-index crime recorded
BAGUIO CITY: This summer capital has retained the top spot in the annual Batang Pinoy sports competition for athletes 15 years and below held in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. In a press release coursed through the City Public Information Office, city sports division head Gaudencio Gonzales said Baguio finished with a 31-30-39 gold-silver-bronze medal output, ahead of closest rivals Pasig City (22-12-14) and Quezon City (21-10-15). Gonzales said archery produced 11 gold, 8 silver, and 9 bronze medals, taekwondo brought home an 8-4-6 medal tally, and Muay Thai with 5-3-4. The city sent a 278-person delegation to
MANILA: After winning the Philippines’ only gold medal at the Southeast Asian Championships held from December 16-18 at the Phumin Phnom Penh University in Cambodia, wrestler Alvin Lobreguito is setting his sights on another golden performance in the 2023 SEA Games. Lobreguito bagged the men’s freestyle 57kg championship after earning the highest points in the round-robin competition. He beat Thailand’s Nattawut Kaewkhuanchum (10-0), Vietnam’s Khac Huy Phung (11-3) and Cambodia’s Sophors Soeun (10-0) but lost to Indonesia’s Zainal Abidin, 3-4. “Masaya ako kasi hindi ko expected na mananalo ako. Lahat ng nakalaban ko magagaling. Nag-focus lang ako sa
