A fire hit a warehouse containing motor vehicles at Avis Street, Barangay Bagong Ilog, Pasig City on Friday afternoon, June 23. The fire started at around 2:52 p.m. and was raised to the third alarm at 3:02 p.m. by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). It was put under control at 3:05 p.m. and...
Photo Courtesy of Manila City Hall Reporters' Association (MACHRA)/MANILA BULLETIN Around 40 companies and individuals were recognized during the Gawad Manileño awarding ceremony at the Metropolitan Theater, Ermita, Manila, on Thursday, June 23. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, together with...
Pasig City roads will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, to make way for the city’s Pride March in celebration of Pride Month. According to the Pasig Public Information Office (PIO), the affected roads include the westbound lane of Caruncho Avenue (in front of...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteers and staff have been helping in various Albay evacuation centers to provide assistance to the Mayon-affected families. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) On June 22, PRC food trucks arrived at Bariw Elementary School and Bariw National High School to give 937...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez led the distribution of social pension to the third batch of indigent senior citizens from the city's District I on Friday, June 23. Olivarez said the last batch, totaling 751 indigent senior citizens, received their social pension payout at Barangay Don Galo...
CAMP GENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu worth P480,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Cabuyao City, this province, on Thursday, June 22. POLICE conduct an inventory and document three suspected drug pushers arrested in a buy-bust...
The Muntinlupa City government activated the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) Desks in all its nine barangays. The PLEB Desks will help in the filing and processing of complaints against uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PLEB Chairperson Victor Lizardo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command (MCC)-New People's Army (NPA)-South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has owned up the burning of two backhoes worth P7.5 million in Sitio Bulod, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. In a statement released to the media on...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) inaugurated its Northern Mindanao Regional Field Office (RFO) on Thursday, June 22, ensuring that the concerns and grievances of the people in the region lodged through 8888 Citizens Complaints Center are properly addressed. ARTA Director...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Thursday, June 22, that all scheduled activities in relation to the Wattah Wattah Festival on Saturday, June 24, will be held next week starting June 26 due to the death of incumbent San Juan City Vice Mayor Warren Villa. Zamora made the announcement...
Former Senate President Jovito Salonga To honor the achievements of one of the city's prolific Pasiguenos, the local government of Pasig has declared June 22 as “Ka-Jovito Salonga Day,” coinciding with the statesman’s birthday. During its regular session on Monday, June 19, the Pasig City...
DAVAO CITY – Classes were disrupted at the Santa Ana Elementary School in Poblacion District here after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday morning, June 22, authorities said. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, spokesperson for the Davao City Police Office, said in a text message that the Santa Ana...