A chemical tank of a local factory exploded early Wednesday, sending debris that damaged at least 30 houses and the fire station in Barangay (village) Loma de Gato, police said on Thursday.
A public school teacher who had been trying to collect back wages dating back to December 2012 was found hanging from his kitchen ceiling by his seven-year-old son at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, a belated police report said.
Since 1938, every graduating student of the 105-year-old Centro Escolar University (CEU) has been taking part in a unique formation symbolizing the Philippines’ national flower.
Five members of a family died in a fire that gutted a house in Barangay (village) Lolomboy here early Sunday, police said.
Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bulacan have advised their parishioners to heed their conscience when they vote on May 13, and not join the bandwagon and wage war against senators branded as members of either “Team Patay” or “Team Buhay.”
At least 18 people were hurt when a bus bound for San Jose del Monte City tipped over when it was hit by a pickup truck, whose driver was allegedly drunk, on the North Luzon Expressway in Meycauayan City in Bulacan on Monday night, an official of the provincial rescue team said on Tuesday.
Sherlyn Cadapan, one of the two missing University of the Philippines students abducted allegedly by government soldiers in 2006, was three-months pregnant when she went missing, her mother-in-law told the court here on Monday.
Two men shot and killed a businessman and his friend and threw a hand grenade as they fled, wounding four other people in Barangay Caingin here on Sunday night, police said Monday.
University of the Philippines coeds Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño have been missing for seven years now, but Cadapan’s mother says her daughter’s mobile phone still rings when she dials it, giving her hope the two may still be alive.
Manufacturers have changed the names of banned firecrackers to circumvent the prohibition and a buyer’s market is frustrating government and police drives against the large and dangerous fireworks this holiday season.
An island village along the coast here should get some bright Christmas cheer, courtesy of an 80-year-old lighthouse that is being repaired after seven years of being idle in time for the start of simbang gabi on Dec. 16.
Bulacan government employees, some of them still reeling from the effects of floods that swamped the province in August, have shelved their annual Christmas party and have donated their money instead to the victims of Typhoon Pablo in Mindanao.
A farmer, who was abducted by suspected military men in 2006, told a court here on Monday that he saw University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan being tortured by soldiers before they went missing later that year.
