News Roundup

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:06:48 +0000

  IMUS CITY, Cavite — A couple was arrested over the weekend by a joint police team after they were reportedly caught with five kilos of suspected shabu worth P34 million in a buy-bust operation at the parking lot of a mall on Nueno Avenue in Barangay Tanzang Luma I, this capital city. The Cavite […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:13:40 +0000

  BACOLOD CITY – Two persons, including a pregnant woman, died while seven others were injured when a motorcycle collided with a tricycle in Barangay Luna, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, last Saturday. Police identified the fatalities as Sheriel Sumugat, 32, who was eight-month pregnant; and motorcycle driver Eric Onyot, 22, of Barangay Cadiz Viejo. Injured […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 04:17:27 +0000

  Tropical cyclone “Ursula” (international name: “Phanfone”) could become a typhoon prior to its landfall over Eastern Samar this afternoon (December 24). The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said tropical cyclone Signal No. 3 may be raised over portions of Eastern Visayas once “Ursula” intensifies into a typhoon. So far, the weather […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 05:56:31 +0000

PARIS (AFP) – Notre-Dame cathedral will fail to hold a Christmas mass for the first time since 1803, French officials confirmed on Saturday, as workers continue to repair and rebuild the Paris landmark eight months after a devastating fire. The cathedral’s press office said midnight mass would still be celebrated on Christmas Eve by rector […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:08:02 +0000

  Inmates at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City offered a prayer for Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle in his new mission as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples at the Vatican, a task that he will embark on early next year. At the end of the Holy Mass presided […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:05:54 +0000

  TACLOBAN City – Three persons, including a village chairman, were killed in a collision of two vehicles in Barangay Balinsasayao, Abuyog, Leyte, Saturday. Police identified the fatalities as Peter Japson, chairman of Barangay Libertad in Abuyog; Evelyn Japson; and Ins Malang, a resident of Sultan Kudarat. Initial investigation disclosed that a white Canter truck, driven by […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 04:12:20 +0000

Two of the three Indonesian fishermen kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the waters off Sabah, Malaysia, in September were finally rescued Sunday morning by the military. Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), identified the rescued victims as Maharudin Lunani and Samion Bin Maniue. Further details of the […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:10:31 +0000

TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite – This prime tourist destination city has implemented an ordinance banning in the area the so-called “harurot” vehicles or those motorcycles, cars and other vehicles with noisy “tambutsos” (mufflers). City Ordinance No. 355 Series of 2019 also called for the enforcement of stern regulation of vehicle horn-blowing in areas near schools, hospitals, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:08:33 +0000

TACLOBAN CITY – A passenger bus caught fire after one of its rear wheels blew up while plying the Maharlika Highway in Poblacion 2 in San Jorge, Samar, on Thursday. All the 53 passengers were safe, police said. Initial investigation showed that a Silver Star bus, driven by one Joseph Sunico, which came from Naval, […]