Crime
The massive four-alarm fire that ripped through Cabildo Street in Intramuros on Wednesday, destroying around 300 houses and displacing roughly 600 families, was allegedly started by a jealous man — according to the barangay chairman whose community was devastated. Barangay 655 Chairman Johnny Yacub told reporters that the suspect, driven by
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The Bureau of Customs just pulled off one of its biggest enforcement operations ever — a coordinated 24-hour blitz across Western Mindanao that dismantled multiple smuggling networks and seized ₱634.9 million worth of contraband, from illicit cigarettes to secret manufacturing equipment. The operation started on February 24 when customs intelligence
Crime
The Philippine National Police reported a continued decline in crime statistics for January 2026, with focus crimes dropping 3.94% from the previous month — that's 106 fewer incidents nationwide, from 2,687 in December 2025 to 2,581 in January. PNP Chief P/Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr.
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A barangay chairman was found dead inside his own bedroom with gunshot wounds to the mouth and stomach in San Joaquin, Iloilo — and the most chilling part is that the killing happened while his family was home, but nobody realized it until morning. The victim was identified as Richard Sapalo,
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A motorcycle rider and his female passenger were victims of a terrifying acid attack in Cagayan de Oro when a riding-in-tandem allegedly doused them with a chemical substance while overtaking their motorcycle. In a report on '24 Oras' Thursday night, footage showed the male rider's jacket
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A luxury villa inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga turned out to be anything but luxurious for the victims of the 14 Indian nationals who were arrested there this week. The NBI-National Capital Region raided the exclusive property after a two-month surveillance operation revealed it was being used as a
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A truck driver in Binondo, Manila fought back when a man armed with a bladed weapon tried to rob him — and now the driver might be the one facing criminal charges. It's the kind of story that makes you scratch your head about the Philippine justice system, but
Crime
One man's jealousy just destroyed an entire neighborhood. A massive four-alarm fire tore through Barangay 655 in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday afternoon, February 25, destroying at least 300 houses, displacing around 600 families, and causing an estimated ₱1.5 million in damages. And it was all allegedly started
Politics
Lawyer Levi Baligod, the private complainant in the pork barrel scam case against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, just made a jaw-dropping allegation: up to ₱800 billion in cash was allegedly delivered to corrupt government officials over the years in connection with flood control project anomalies. Yes, you read that right
Crime
A gruesome discovery has shocked Toledo City, Cebu. Twelve-year-old Crystal Joy Lagaras Abarquez, a Grade 6 student who had been missing for eight days, was found dead — headless and tied to a tree with a shoelace around her neck — in a remote area near the boundary of Barangays Ibo and
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A gruesome discovery has shocked Toledo City, Cebu. Twelve-year-old Crystal Joy Lagaras Abarquez, a Grade 6 student who had been missing for eight days, was found dead — headless and tied to a tree with a shoelace around her neck — in a remote area near the boundary of Barangays Ibo and
Crime
It's no longer just Sarah Discaya in trouble — her husband, contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II, has now been formally added as a respondent in the ₱96.5-million "ghost" flood control project case in Davao Occidental. The Office of the Ombudsman revealed that the DPWH