CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Government and non-government organizations, including the business sector, unveiled advocacy billboards and materials on Wednesday, August 16, to raise awareness against child labor in this city. OFFICIALS from ChildFund Philippines, the Kaanib Foundation Inc.,...
Filipinos have always loved their libations—that’s a statistically and historically factual statement. An International Wine and Spirits Research report a decade ago published information about the habits of the Pinoy drinker, including how we consume 43 percent of the world’s gin, landing us...
Pasig Vice Mayor Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr. urged telecommunication and electric companies to take responsibility for clearing and disposing of dangling wires and fixing substandard utility posts within the city to ensure public safety. In the regular City Council session on Monday, Aug. 14,...
Archbishop Charles John Brown, the current apostolic nuncio to the Philippines and titular archbishop of Aquileia, will visit Pasig City on Aug. 21 to mark the Diocese of Pasig’s 20th founding anniversary and the city’s 450th Jubilee year. A thanksgiving Mass will be held at around 5 p.m. on...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Student Regent of the University of the Philippines condemned the “violence, disrespect, and abuse of law” allegedly committed by law enforcers after its student delegates were flagged down on Wednesday morning, August 16, while enroute to the venue of a protest...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte led the Brigada Eskwela 2023 in her hometown of Davao City to prepare public schools for the opening of classes on Aug. 29. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte at the Brigada Eskwela in Davao City (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) The...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested an alleged hit man in Bais City, Negros Oriental believed to have links with a private armed group and a number of shooting incidents in the province. The suspect, Allan Lagos Carcuevas, underwent inquest proceeding at the Bais City Prosecutor’s...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Col. Amado Mendoza Jr. has been appointed as new chief of the Angeles City police. Mendoza replaced Police Lt. Col. Deonido Maniago Jr. who served as officer-in-charge for three months. The turnover ceremony was held in Camp Lt. Tomas...
After the Taguig-Makati dispute , the Muntinlupa City government is seeking to settle the issue of territorial boundary with Parañaque. Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed Resolution 2023-098, approved by the City Council, authorizing him “to constitute a technical working group (TWG) on matters of...
ILOILO CITY – The House Committee on Public Works and Highways grilled the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) over the substandard flyover in Iloilo that was a pet project of former Ilonggo Sen. Franklin M. Drilon. The committee was dismayed that top DPWH officials failed to show up...
CEBU CITY – Officials and employees of the Mandaue City government were charged before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for allegedly illegally entering a property and padlocking the complainant inside. Maria Priscilla Melendres filed complaints for arbitrary detention, violation of the...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Mayor Matt Erwin Florido here was named Outstanding Municipal Mayor in the Philippines in the field of social services by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines (ALSWDOPI) on August 15 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao...
