ILOILO CITY – Bike-friendly Iloilo City is one of the awardees of the prestigious 2022 Galing Pook award for mobilizing citizenship participation. ILONGGOS ride their bicycles at the riverside park Esplanade in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Galing Pook is about good governance and projects worthy of...
CEBU CITY – Police seized shabu worth over P12 million stuffed in Chinese tea packs from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Inayawan here on Tuesday, Nov. 22. ALBA (FB) Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7),...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), led by Secretary Alfredo Pascual, found all weighing scales in the Marikina Public Market and supermarkets in the city as functioning well and accurate. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual (left) and Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro...
By Diann Calucin The Quezon City local government was recognized by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) during its 33rd Operation Lifeline Awards and Recognition Ceremony held at the Basilio Valdez Hall, VMMC Theater, Diliman, Quezon City on Tuesday, Nov. 22 The city received the...
A House leader has underscored the importance of empowering informal settlers by making them active partners of the government in the planning and management of their own resettlement. Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez (HRep website) House Committee on Accounts Chairperson and Tingog...
CEBU CITY – At least 700 families were rendered homeless in a huge fire that hit a densely populated area in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on Tuesday night, Nov. 22. THICK smoke billows as a fire razes several houses in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City at past 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22. (Mayor Jonas...
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – A laborer died while three others were injured when an acetylene tank exploded at a construction site in the local government unit's command center in Barangay Gregorio 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN Lt. Col. Jonathan Asnan of Trece...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four more barangays in Zamboanga City have been declared drug-cleared by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing (ROCBDC) during a deliberation on Monday, Nov. 21, at the Zamboanga City Hall. Mayor John Dalipe, PDEA Regional Director Emerson Margate and other...
A total of 455 Caloocan City residents completed their four-month courses under the local government’s free skills training program on Monday, Nov. 21. Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo "Along" Malapitan led the graduation rites for the trainees held at the Bulwagang Katipunan, Caloocan City Hall...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco and the City Council led the awarding ceremony for "One Barangay One Product (OBOP)" and the blessing of two dump trucks at the Navotas City Hall on Monday, Nov. 21. "One Barangay, One Product" is an award given by the city government and...
Over 400 senior citizens in San Juan City received cash gifts from the city government on Tuesday, Nov. 22, as they were recognized for their invaluable contributions to the country's development. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora together with other city government officials led the event held at...
WAR materials of the New People’s Army seized by soldiers following encounters in Sitio Bendum, Barangay Busdi, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon last week. (8th IB FB) BUTUAN CITY – Troops seized a New People’s Army camp and war materials following encounters in Sitio Bendum, Barangay Busdi,...