CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The newly-created Cagayan de Oro City LGBTQ+ Federation vowed to strengthen its community in the face of discrimination its members continue to experience, stressing that there are still a lot of programs that need to be pursued. CAGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy waves a...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested four suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here on Friday, June 23. Pampanga police chief Col. Levi Hope B. Basilio identified the suspects as alias “Tisoy,” 33, a street-level individual; alias “Lasing,” 29; alias “Taktak,” 39, and...
A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing money and a cellphone from a house in Tondo, Manila on Sunday, June 25. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as Mark Nuguid alias "Mac-Mac," 22, a resident of Kapanalig Street, Caloocan City, and a member of the "Commando"...
*BY RICHIELYN CANLAS * Around 670 Pasigueño participants joined the “Lakad Laban sa Droga para sa Bida” advocacy march on Saturday, June 24, in celebration of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) in Pasig City. The IDADAIT 2023, themed "People first: stop...
Nineteen-year-old Erika Cassandra Ballon from Barangay Maybunga was crowned the "Mutya ng Pasig" 2023, winning against 27 other contestants during the pageant coronation night on Saturday, June 24 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. After her exemplary performance in the preliminary rounds of...
*BY KHRISCIELLE YALAO AND HANNAH NICOL * Thousands of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, advocates, and allies raised their rainbow flags and marched for justice and freedom during the simultaneous pride festivals in Quezon City (QC) and Makati City on Saturday, June 24, serving as the culminating...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Two drug pushers were arrested and suspected shabu valued at P358,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in San Pedro City, this province, on Saturday, June 24. Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police director, in a report to Police Regional Office 4-A...
*By HANNAH NICOL * The Quezon City government on Saturday, June 24, launched the "Right to Care” card that will empower resident queer couples to make medical decisions for their partners. Hannah Nicol / MANILA BULLETIN Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the launching ceremony together with the...
*BY RICHIELYN CANLAS * Around 7,000 Manileños trooped to Moriones Street in Tondo to join and watch the civil and military parade that highlighted the celebration of the 452nd founding anniversary of the City of Manila on June 24. Photo from Manila City Hall Reporters Association (MACHRA)/Manila...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion (IB) and the City Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (CTF-ELCAC) facilitated the burial of two slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Dugyaman, Barangay Anticala, this city, on Wednesday, June 21. Troops extricated the cadavers...
Cavite City once again celebrated Regada Water Festival after three years of hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic. Residents and tourists came in droves to Regada Avenue on Saturday, June 24, where they reveled in a concert to celebrate the feast of St. John, the Baptist. Cavite City's Regada Water...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-six children and two adults were hospitalized for suspected food poisoning in a dormitory here on Friday afternoon, June 23. Dr. Ester Concha, chief of the city Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said the victims fell ill after eating rice and fish for lunch....
