Mylene Neri, the widow of slain Manila police officer PO3 Francisco Neri, stays next to the flag-draped coffin of her husband during a hero's burial Sunday at Manila's South Cemetery. Neri and another police officer were killed as they responded to a bank robbery in Manila last week. (AP Photo)
MANILA -- Passengers of jeepneys and buses nationwide will have to pay an additional P0.50 to their regular fare starting Wednesday.
Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Thompson Lantion said Sunday that fare rates for jeepneys and buses will go up by P0.50 effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
BAGUIO CITY (Updated 12:47 p.m.) -- Strong wind and rain killed 12 people and injured nine others as a tropical storm sliced through the mountainous northern Philippines, blowing roofs off houses and toppling power poles, officials said Monday.
BACOLOD CITY -- Several farmers from Barangay Linantuyan have filed complaints against a militant leader at the Guihulngan Philippine National Police (PNP) Station in Oriental Negros.
CEBU CITY -- Four women, including a five-year-old girl, were wounded after an alleged drug user stabbed and beat them up several times in Camella Homes in Barangay Lawaan I, Talisay City Saturday morning.
