Gov’t charges 136 rebels for Surigao mining attacks

Around 136 communist rebels were charged with robbery in band and arson for the attack at the mining site of Platinum Group Metal Corp. (PGMC) in Claver, Surigao del Norte in October 2011. Charged before the office of Surigao City …

PNP holds 1st mall security summit

The Philippine National Police, in collaboration with the Mall Security Managers Association of the Philippines (MSMAP), has conducted the first ever Mall Security Summit at Camp Crame, Quezon City last Tuesday (May 8). Mall security managers, private security providers and …

Fire kills 17 in Butuan City

A fire hit a department store in Butuan City early Wednesday morning, killing 17 stay-in employees. According to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the fire gutted a three-storey building along Montilla Boulevard at around 3:45 a.m. Many of the fatalities …

Pagasa gets new radar station in Catanduanes

President Benigno Aquino III has inaugurated Wednesday (May 2) the newest radar station of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Bato, Catanduanes. The new Doppler radar station in Catanduanes is expected to mitigate the impact of …

April 7 a special non-working holiday

President Benigno Aquino III has declared Black Saturday, April 7, 2012, as a special non-working day throughout the country. In Proclamation No. 360 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on March 29, the President issued the declaration in observance …

One dead, six injured in daring robbery at Ortigas mall

A grenade has exploded and a gunfight ensued in a daring robbery Thursday morning inside Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas, killing a bank security guard injuring six others. According to reports, robbers threw two grenades towards a Security Bank cash delivery …