The dive shop that provided the diving equipment of presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has attested that the Palace official was not with his staff who tested for COVID-19 during his trip to Boracay.
Updated January 23, 2021 1:43pm Thirteen people were killed and four others wounded on Saturday in an armed clash that erupted when police elements serving an arrest warrant were met with resistance from the subject and his group in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. In a report, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-BARMM) said 13 individuals and four others were wounded in the gun battle that ensued when police authorities served a warrant for the arrest of Barangay Limbo Chairman Pendatun Kato Talusan of Sultan Kudarat at about 3 a.m. But Talusan and his brothers resisted arrest resulting in the armed clash that lasted about six hours.
Published January 9, 2021 1:59pm At least three devotees fainted during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Saturday, according to the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO). Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, MDRRMO Director Arnel Angeles said one incident involved a woman who had just finished her nine-day novena. After the novena, the woman became dizzy and her blood pressure shot up along Carlos Palanca Street. The victim was given medical attention at the Manila Doctors Hospital. No other details were available about the two other fainting incidents as of posting time. Ambulances and medics were on stand-by in case of untoward incidents, Angeles said.