DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government will roll out a mobile emergency application to modernize city response operations and improve dispatch efficiency, particularly in geographically challenging areas. Councilor Bonz Andrei Militar, head of the Committees on Information Technology and Future...
DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao will review and upgrade the implementation of the “DCplinado” module, with plans to transition the program online to broaden its reach among students in Davao City. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong Dabawenyos on Tuesday afternoon, April 21, Councilor...
DAVAO CITY – The city government is pushing for stronger barangay level action to combat illegal recruitment and human trafficking, citing Department of Migrant Workers data showing that the city accounts for a large share of reported cases in the Davao region. Councilor Rachel Zozobrado,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 72-year-old former town councilor in Isabela, Negros Occidental was gunned down by four men in a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Payao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 12. Police Capt. Joelan Vinson, Binalbagan police chief, identified the victim as Dulfo, a...
ILOILO CITY – Former Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel has called out Iloilo City Councilor Rex Sarabia for claiming to be a human rights lawyer while dismissing the violent dispersal of bolanteros (ambulant and informal market) vendors trying to sell outside a privately redeveloped public...
The wife of a former Muntinlupa councilor who died in a plane crash in Palawan during Holy Week said preparations are underway for the transport of his remains. Former councilor Allan Rey Camilon and another pilot, Joseph Jiao, were killed when their plane crashed in Barangay Decalacho, Coron,...
Former Muntinlupa councilor Allan Rey Camilon was killed in a plane crash in Palawan on April 2. He was 49. Camilon and Joseph Jiao were the pilots of a plane that crashed in Barangay Decalacho, Coron, Palawan. It was headed to Sangley Airport. His wife, Muntinlupa Councilor Amanda Camilon,...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council passed a resolution on Tuesday, March 24, declaring a zero-tolerance policy against drunk driving and urging businesses that serve alcohol to help prevent impaired driving. In a privilege speech during the City Council 's regular session, Committee on...
CEBU CITY – A former barangay councilor who was once arrested for illegal drug charges was killed in a shootout with police in San Fernando town, Cebu on Saturday, March 21. Police identified the suspect as Jay Castañares. Lawmen went the suspect 's house in Barangay Sangat after he was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council passed a resolution on Thursday, March 19, urging all participants in the 2026 Araw ng Dabaw Civic Parade to join the event on foot and refrain from using fuel-powered and electric vehicles. Committee on Government-Owned Properties chairperson Councilor J....
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police are hunting two men who attempted but failed to assassinate a municipal councilor from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday. Police Capt. Sammy Clarito, deputy police chief of Midsayap, said Tuesday investigators are reviewing...
