Nueva Viscaya PNP hunts 2 men who beat to death dog they wanted to eat

Inquirer.net - Oct 15, 2026

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — Police are hunting down two men who were recorded beating a dog to death using a piece of wood. The violent crime allegedly happened on October 11 at the Mapalyao Falls in Barangay Buliwao at the Nueva Vizcaya town of Quezon. The dog’s brutal death was recorded by a drone operated by

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TUGUEGARAO CITY — A village watchman had rescued and then turned over a juvenile northern Philippine hawk-eagle to the Sanchez Mira town’s Tourism and Information Office in Cagayan, the municipal government reported on Wednesday (Oct. 14). Village watchman and farmer Melvin Camua of Callungan village caught the starving bird, which had been eating chicks inside

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MANILA, Philippines — Students, faculty, and staff were ordered to evacuate the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Palma and Malcolm halls on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 15, due to an unconfirmed and unspecified threat. In a post by the university’s publication SINAG, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs sent an emergency alert directing

NBI chief details 3 more ‘misdeclared’ Sara Duterte properties

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MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Thursday detailed three more alleged properties of Vice President Sara Duterte that were supposedly misdeclared in her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). In a press conference on Thursday, Matibag mentioned properties in Davao and Paranaque City supposedly belonging to the

Only DTI-approved promos can replace 20% senior discount, says lawyer

Oct 15, 2026

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MANILA, Philippines—Senior citizens rights advocate and lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday said that the mandatory 20-percent discount for senior citizens could only be waived if an establishment’s promotional price is approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Macalintal stressed this in calling for a clarification of the recent Supreme Court ruling on a

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