A total of 756 Pasiguenos, including a 64-year-old local government employee, graduated from the city’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) program at the Pasig Elementary School Gymnasium on Sunday, July 31. According to the Office of the Vice Mayor (OVM), 703 finished their studies in the...
Motorists with outstanding fines for traffic violations issued by the Traffic and Parking Management Office (TPMO) and Tricycle Operation and Regulatory Office (TORO) before May 15 this year can avail of amnesty until Dec. 31, the Pasig City local government announced. Based on City Ordinance Nos....
A coalition of Christian church leaders has filed charges against drag queen Pura Luka Vega over his viral "Ama Namin" performance. Photo from Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM) lodged the complaints against Pura Luka Vega (real name Amadeus Fernando Pagente) at...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo is the recipient of medicines worth P13 million from an Indian business group. Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. said the donation that can help boost medical services is a step in strengthening the ties between Iloilo and India. THE India Business Forum...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) welcomed the arrest of the suspect in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte last month. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, is closely monitoring the...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor here expressed dismay on Tuesday after he was barred from entering the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod during the first State-of-the-City Address of Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on July 28. During his privilege speech, Councilor Nilo “Small” Abellera...
A fire hit an apartment in Muntinlupa on Aug. 1, causing about P200,000 worth of damage to property. According to a report by the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the residential fire started at about 2:22 p.m. at No. 178 Bautista St., Barangay Bayanan. The fire in Bayanan, Muntinlupa on Aug....
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for rape was arrested in Sitio Cunalom, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 29. The warrant of arrest for “Jude,” 68, was issued by Presiding Judge Walter Zorilla of Regional Trial Court Branch 55 and...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P3.87 million from live-in partners in a buy-bust operation in this city on Tuesday, Aug. 1. Suspects were identified as 41-year-old Rene “John” Aguilar Paches and 29-year-old Jean “Neneng” Famucol Narciso. LIVE-IN partners Rene ‘John’...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Tuesday, August 1, cited the accomplishments of the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) as it continues to be one of the best medical facilities operated by a city government in Metro Manila. Ospital ng Makati She said there were already 7,771 babies born in OsMak from January...
The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) warned the public of dengue and the rising number of conjunctivitis or sore eyes cases among residents. According to an advisory of the Department of Health (DOH), sore eyes, or conjunctivitis, “is manifested in redness and inflammation of the membranes...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – After historians here questioned the city government’s plan to develop the iconic Ysalina Bridge, the city council is planning to conduct a meeting to hear sides of the different stakeholders in the upcoming project. THE iconic Ysalina Bridge seen from the third floor of...
