Makati City Mayor Abby Binay voiced her support for the creation of programs and reforms aimed at ensuring the protection of women and children against discrimination and violence. Binay made the statement during the #RightsforAll: Rights for Equality Forum on Women's Rights organized by SPARK...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two former and one active New People’s Army guerrilla have surrendered to authorities in Central Luzon. The former communist rebels – “Ka Moises” and “Ka Nario” – yielded in Olongapo City and turned over three rifle grenades and a...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P25 million worth of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country via the porous borders of Mindanao. The contraband, according to the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) Water Patrol Division (WPD), was intercepted off...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will implement power interruptions in various parts of Cavite on Sunday, Dec. 11. Power outages are scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. and again between 5:01 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the circuits of Abubot 32XZ and 38XZ. Affected areas include the portion of...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – With the influx of tourists this Christmas, Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, director of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, has ordered the deployment of more policemen to manage traffic in the region, particularly in Baguio City. BAZAR (FB) Bazar told provincial police...
A CHRISTMAS display made of recyclable materials in an office at the Lucena City Hall. (Danny Estacio) LUCENA CITY – Offices at the City Hall are celebrating Christmas with a Disney theme and employees dressed up as Disney characters. The City Tourism Office headed by Arween Flores said this...
THE entrance of the Christmas Village in Iligan City. (Bonita Ermac) ILIGAN CITY – The Christmas Village at Paskuhan Festival 2022 opened on Dec. 5 at Buhanginan Hills in Barangay Pala-o here. Iligan Mayor Frederick Siao was elated during the opening of the first-ever Christmas Village in the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Friday, Dec. 9, that it will expedite several road projects in Mindanao which are crucial in the realization of the national government’s rebuilding program for the Islamic City of Marawi five years after the 2017 siege. Photo from DPWH...
Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire commended the Las Piñas city government for recording a high number of fully vaccinated residents against Covid-19. Vergeire witnessed the special holiday season vaccination drive as part of the DOH's “Bakunahang...
A 17-year old boy was placed under police custody after he yielded P340,000 worth of suspected shabu in Quezon City on Thursday, Dec. 8. Lt. Col. Morgan Aguilar, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Batasan Station commander (PS 6), said the teen was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted on Litex...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) formally opened its new offsite service center in Robinsons Place Valencia City, Bukidnon to help decongest the volume of clients in its Cagayan de Oro City office. (Professional Regulation Commission) The new service center is expected to serve an...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) on Friday, Dec. 9, reported the completion of a major seaport development project. The project with a total budget of P80.8 million sourced from the CPA Corporate Budget involves the repair and expansion of the RC Deck inside the Cebu Baseport at the back...
