The Island Garden City of Samal welcomed on Tuesday, Feb. 18, its newest cultural and artistic landmark, Language of Water, at the Samal Shores Residenza in Barangay Limao. INTERNATIONAL artist and visionary sculptor Genesis ‘Jinggoy’ Lascano Buensuceso and the Island Garden City of Samal...
CEBU CITY – Two men, including a retired US Navy personnel, were killed in a gun attack in Barangay Punta Princesa here on Tuesday night, Feb. 18. Nicardo Nombrado, 59, and former US Navy serviceman George Kyle Lucas, 39, succumbed to bullet wounds. The perpetrator, Kevin Asia, was wounded...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A police officer was arrested for alleged extortion in Barangay Real, this city, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 18. The Calamba police identified the suspect as Wilmar, with the rank of police master sergeant, assigned to the Tanauan City Police Station and a resident here....
MB NEWSMAKERS Top row, from left: Mylo Speech Buddy Founder Vincent Rocha, President of Bingo Plus Rafael Jasper Vicencio, President & CEO of HSBC Philippines Sandeep Uppal, Dr. Victor Erwin Jocson, Head of Star Magic PR (representing Bini) Thess Gubi, Co-Chairperson of Kawayan Collective...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government has purchased 10 new dump trucks to improve garbage collection efforts here. MAYOR John Dalipe, with Rep. Mannix Dalipe and city councilors, receive 10 garbage trucks from Isuzu Philippines to improve waste collection and disposal in Zamboanga City....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The boyfriend of slain doctor Dr. Rajean Monnette Romualdez – considered a person of interest in her death last Sunday in Naga City in Camarines Sur province – was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation at the port of Matnog in Matnog, Sorsogon...
Operatives from the Taguig Police arrested an installer-technician in a drug bust operation in Taguig on Feb. 18. The operation was conducted by the Taguig Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit on Previda Street in Barangay New Lower Bicutan at about 11:55 p.m. Nabbed in the...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay on Tuesday, Feb. 18, is confident that her party, the administration's Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas, will perform strongly in Metro Manila in the midterm elections in May. Binay, in a press conference, said that the party...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation recently welcomed its newest hatchling, Chick No. 31, just in time for its 38th anniversary on Feb. 18. RILEY (FB) Hatched on Jan. 16 at the National Bird Breeding Sanctuary in the hinterlands of Toril District here, the Philippine Eagle...
BACOLOD CITY - The San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental is preparing three designated evacuation sites for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. Mayor Rene Gustilo, in a media interview on Tuesday, Feb. 18, said that the city is developing a two-hectare lot in Barangay Prosperidad, a...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora received the sacks of well-milled rice from Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr during the ceremonial turn-over of National Food Authority (NFA) rice to Local Government Units (LGU) as part of the...
Former Taguig mayor and congressman Lino Cayetano commended the decision of a Taguig court which affirmed his residency in the 1st District of Taguig-Pateros. The court also affirmed the residency of his wife, Fille. Cayetano is running for congressman in the 1st District of...
