NPA ‘amazona’ eludes arrest in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — A wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel “amazona” (female warrior) escaped government forces in Lucban town in Quezon province on Sunday, November 20, authorities said. The Quezon police...
View ArticleScattered rain to pour over 10 areas due to ITCZ, easterlies
MANILA, Philippines – Scattered rain is expected in 10 areas across the archipelago due to the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
View ArticleMarcos is PH’s ‘best marketing strategist,’ says Suarez
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon Rep. David “Jay-Jay” Suarez said Wednesday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the country’s “best marketing strategist,” congratulating the Chief Executive on his...
View ArticleActive COVID-19 cases in Quezon province down to 49
LUCENA CITY – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon province to dropped from 112 to 49 on Wednesday. According to the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), Lucena City, the province’s...
View Article1 dead, 5 hurt in tricycle-van collision in Quezon
LUCENA CITY – A 70-year-old passenger died and five others were injured after the tricycle they were on was hit by a wayward van along the Maharlika Highway in Gumaca town, Quezon province on Friday,...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death by drinking buddy in Quezon province
LUCENA CITY – A drinking session between two friends turned bloody after one of them stabbed and killed the other in Dolores town in Quezon province on Saturday night (November 26), a report on Sunday...
View ArticleAlleged NPA rebel yields to police in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — A suspected member of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police in Quezon province on Thursday, December 1, authorities said. According to Police Regional Office 4A, the...
View ArticleFloating platform replaces damaged bridge connecting Batangas, Quezon
LUCENA CITY—Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday installed a floating bridge between the provinces of Batangas and Quezon to temporarily replace the concrete bridge that collapsed...
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in Quezon highway mishap
LUCENA CITY – A female motorcycle passenger died while the driver sustained serious injuries in a hit-and-run incident early Saturday morning along the Maharlika Highway in Candelaria, Quezon. The...
View ArticleRebel surrenders, leads authorities to hidden NPA arms cache in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — An alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) militia unit surrendered to the government and led state security forces to a cache of firearms hidden by communist insurgents in Gumaca...
View Article4 suspects nabbed, P351,000 shabu seized in Rizal, Quezon
LUCENA CITY – Police anti-narcotics operatives on Sunday arrested four suspects on the drug watch list and seized more than P351,000 worth of shabu in buy-bust operations in Rizal and Quezon provinces....
View ArticleUse of floating bridge between Quezon, Batangas suspended due to LPA
LUCENA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, December 9, temporarily stopped the use of a floating bridge between Batangas and Quezon province in anticipation of a low-pressure area (LPA)...
View ArticleActive COVID-19 cases in Quezon up from 56 to 70
LUCENA CITY – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon province rose to 70 on Friday, December 9, from the 56 recorded on December 1, the data from health authorities showed. According to the...
View ArticleOcta: Kalinga COVID positivity rate jumps from 20.8% to 57.9%
MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 positivity rate in Kalinga province increased to 57.9 percent as of December 10 which way above the five percent limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO),...
View Article2 dead in Quezon road mishaps
LUCENA CITY – Two persons died in separate road accidents in Quezon province on Friday, the police said. The Quezon provincial police on Saturday reported that Roel Bonsol was driving his tricycle...
View Article3 dead in Southern Luzon road crashes
LUCENA CITY — Three motorcycle riders died in separate road mishaps on Sunday and Monday in Cavite, Quezon, and Rizal provinces. The Region 4A police said the motorcycle driven by Maricris Palmiano...
View ArticleColdest temperature recorded in Baguio during Christmas Day at 12.2 °C
MANILA, Philippines — The coldest temperature recorded since the onset of the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” was registered in Baguio City on the day of the Yuletide, said the Philippine...
View Article2 NPA rebels yield to cops in Quezon town
LUCENA CITY – Two alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered with their firearms to the police in General Nakar, Quezon on Monday. The Quezon police, in a report on Tuesday, said the...
View ArticlePassenger dead after car hits concrete barriers on Quezon highway
LUCENA CITY – A 31-year-old passenger died after the car he was riding crashed into a concrete barrier on the roadside in Tiaong town in Quezon province before midnight on Saturday (Dec. 31). Tiaong...
View ArticleMotorcycle-riding robbers attack gas station in Quezon
LUCENA CITY—Robbers posing as customers struck at a gasoline station in Atimonan, Quezon early Thursday and ran away with over P1,890 worth of the business’s earnings, police reported. In a report, the...
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