The oil shock is showing up beyond pump prices.

A 28-year-old air-conditioning technician was arrested for making a bomb joke in a shopping mall in this city on Tuesday afternoon.

Cancer patients in this province may avail themselves of free chemotherapy services at the newly opened AML Life-Care Chemotherapy Center in Sta. Rosa City.

 The Philippine National Police has started investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl in an alleged shootout between policemen and an armed man in General Santos City on Saturday.

Three police chiefs in Laguna have been relieved from their posts due to poor performance, particularly in stopping illegal gambling in their respective jurisdictions.

 Criminal complaints have been filed against seven cadets and two police officers in connection with the alleged hazing of 22 plebes at the Philippine National Police Academy.

Several meters of power cables connecting equipment used in monitoring the activities of Mayon Volcano in Albay have been stolen, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

A forest fire struck a portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range in Kalayaan, Laguna on Tuesday afternoon.

Anti-narcotics agents confiscated 41 kilos of shabu valued at P278.8 million from two Chinese nationals who were arrested in Quezon City on Tuesday night.

Twenty-five overseas Filipino workers from Israel and Lebanon arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay on Tuesday.