BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested and 55 grams of shabu worth P374,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Henrietta Village, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Monday, July 31. Police identified the suspects as Je An Treyes, 40, of Barangay Taculing here, and Christian...
DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, through his son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte, with China-Davao Consul General Zhao Xiuzhen, turned over 320 sewing machines to Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Wednesday, August 2. The turnover and blessing...
DAVAO CITY – Electricity rates in Davao City have stabilized as coal prices in the world market have decreased, an executive of the Aboitiz-owned Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) said. Rodger S. Velasco, DLPC president and chief operating officer, told Wednesdays Media Forum at Habi at Kape...
(Photo Courtesy of Manila PIO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila local government hailed on Wednesday, August 2, the Universidad De Manila (UDM) for producing almost 200 graduates with Latin honors during its commencement exercises. According to the record of the state university, a total of 194 students...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is looking into the death of two children and the hospitalization of their sibling after reportedly eating poisonous leaves which were boiled and served by their grandmother on Monday in Barangay Maasin here. The CHO is looking into reports that the...
The Muntinlupa City government will provide free Balik Eskwela Packages to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in public schools. Mayor Ruffy Biazon said each Balik Eskwela Package contains leather shoes, school bags and school supplies consisting of notebooks, pencils (for Kindergarten to...
Ten hospitals in Quezon City received a total of P50,000,000 under the Department of Health’s (DOH) Medical Assistance Program (MAP) fund that they can use to provide assistance to indigent patients. The hospitals that were granted with the MAP fund included East Avenue Medical Center, Lung...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A woman was stabbed to death by her lover during a heated argument in their house in Barangay Saimsim here on Tuesday afternoon, August 1. Police identified the victim as Andrea Salve Escalante. Escalante died upon reaching the J.P. Rizal Hospital here due to stab wounds in...
The San Juan City local government on Wednesday, August 2, provided financial aid to residents of Ilocos Norte who were adversely affected by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced habagat that caused billions of pesos of damage to agriculture and infrastructure. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora San Juan...
TACLOBAN CITY – A businesswoman was gunned down in her house in Barangay District 1, Ormoc City, on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Emily Porcadilla, 55, alias “Emyat,” an “ukay-ukay” (used clothes) trader. Initial investigation said the victim was in her room when...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government has launched the month-long Higalaay Festival 2023 and some residents are looking forward to seeing the street dancing competition on August 27. NATIVE dancers perform in the Higalaay Carnival Street Dance Competition in Cagayan de Oro City on Aug. 26,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez revealed on Tuesday, August 1, that 46 city government personnel tested positive for illegal drug use. BENITEZ Benitez said they comprise eight to 10 percent of job order city government employees. Twenty-nine were from the Bacolod Traffic...
