Government soldiers, accompanied by some policemen, captured at least 11 suspected communist rebels in Bulacan on Friday for possessing nine guns and letters demanding money from local candidates so they could campaign in remote villages in the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad, an Army official in Central Luzon said.
A woman lost around P20,000 in cash and valuables to robbers who suddenly boarded the taxi she was riding Monday night in Quezon City.
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.”
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.
Six men were charged last week with the kidnapping of a Bulacan gas station owner, who was released after paying a P12-million ransom.
A barangay (village) official in Meycauayan, Bulacan, was shot dead in Valenzuela City Monday morning. The Valenzuela police identified the victim as Ronald Legaspi, chairman of Barangay Libutan in Meycauayan. Initial reports showed that the shooting happened inside the victim’s house in Barangay Wawang Pulo which straddles the boundary between Valenzuela and Meycauayan. Legaspi was reportedly cleaning his car in his garage when he was shot by a group of still unidentified men. The police are still investigating the motive behind the incident.
Three men were killed and another was hurt on Wednesday when a dump truck collided with a trailer truck in Barangay Matictic in Norzagaray town, police said.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled singer Imelda Papin’s congressional bid as representative of the lone district of San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, for lack of residency.
A stand-off between the suspended mayor and his temporary replacement turned ugly on Thursday after their supporters clashed as word spread that the Ombudsman’s order on the suspension would be enforced.
For the first time after more than 100 years, Bulacan celebrated the 114th anniversary of the Philippine Republic as a holiday called the Philippine Republic Day.
The coastal villages of this city have become a mangrove sanctuary.
