CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is prepared to assist investigators in locating the Cebu City-based security agency linked to one of the firearms allegedly used in the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. However, it has yet to receive a formal directive to join the investigation. Police Colonel Franco Rudolf

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) intends to finish its probe into the deaths of Ateneo players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili this week, according to Director Melvin Matibag.  In an ambush interview on Tuesday, Matibag said the NBI originally targeted to finalized the investigation last Friday, but the other personalities being

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has vowed to pursue legal action against the registered owners of the firearms allegedly used in the school shooting in Tacloban City. “With all the pieces of evidence available, I expect a solid case that can stand in court,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said

The Hospital at Maayo celebrated a decade of service this week, and the milestone arrived with a distinction that few institutions in the country can claim. The Philippine Hospital Association has named the facility the Best Level 2 Private Hospital in the Philippines, a single national honor awarded in its category. The recognition stood at

MANILA, Philippines — The assailants in the shooting incident inside a Tacloban City high school planned it weeks before the incident. This was according to the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8). At least three students were killed, and several others were wounded or injured by the perpetrators — two male Grade 9 students

ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 (Western Visayas) has issued an urgent directive to all Schools Division superintendents to heighten campus security measures and strictly enforce anti-bullying campaigns. The directive follows a deadly shooting on Monday morning at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City. According to the latest police

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on Tuesday again denied the motion of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials to dismiss the P289-million malversation case filed against them over alleged irregularities in flood control projects. The malversation of funds through falsification of public documents stemmed from a P289.4 million Sunwest project,

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and other government agencies seized suspected smuggled cigarettes worth over P1.7 billion concealed in 24 containers from Cebu. The BOC, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) conducted the operation after the NBI provided intelligence information. The BOC said the cigarettes were

ILOILO CITY — Police investigators have obtained closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage that could help identify the suspects behind the shooting attack on broadcaster Jay Lavapiez in Roxas City on Monday, authorities said. Police Lt. Col. Rogelio Tomagtang Jr., officer-in-charge of the Roxas Component City Police Station, said investigators were reviewing footage from cameras in Barangay