ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) of the Razon group is expanding from this city to Iloilo province. A power line was successfully installed in Pavia town with International Builders Corp. (IBC), the region’s biggest contractor becoming its first consumer in Iloilo...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso reminded city government workers to serve the people with dignity and respect on Monday, Jan. 19, even to the point of “taking the bullet” in the name of public service. Domagoso made the statement during the regular flag-raising ceremony at the...
Five people, including two minors, were injured in a fire that hit a residential area on Block 36 in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Monday, Jan, 19. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at around 6:12 a.m. and was quickly raised to the second alarm at...
CEBU CITY – More than five million people came to witness the Sinulog Grand Parade here on Sunday, Jan. 18. The Cebu City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office said the number of revelers peaked at 5.2 million late afternoon with spectators crowding the city’s major thoroughfares for...
Col. Julius Añonuevo is the new chief of the Taguig police, replacing Col. Byron Allatog who served for six months. Before assuming his new post as officer-in-charge of the Taguig police, Añonuevo was the provincial director of the Albay Police Provincial Office in the Bicol Region. On Jan. 19,...
BACOLOD CITY – MassKara Festival dancers performed during the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City on Sunday, Jan. 18. Dancers from Barangay Tangub, champion of last year 's MassKara Festival, performed during a parade at Fuente Osmeña Circle in Cebu City and at the Cebu City Sports Complex....
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The Isabela Police Provincial Office has deployed 300 police personnel to secure this year’s Bambanti Festival in the City of Ilagan, Isabela from Jan. 18 to 25. A send-off ceremony was held at the IPPO grandstand in the City of Ilagan on Saturday, Jan. 17, to highlight...
The Manila City Council clarified that the increase in garbage collection fees under Ordinance No. 9151 is computed based on the actual volume of waste generated by each business industry, stressing that establishments producing more garbage are charged higher rates. In a response to inquiries on...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Business Park of property developer Megaworld Corp. has unveiled two 10-foot art installations depicting warriors of the Dinagyang Festival. The Dino and Dina art installations by AR Sculptura “represents the strength and bravery of the precolonial Ilonggo warrior,...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has joined calls to hold the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) accountable over the lack of strict oversight in the landfill collapse in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City. Based on records from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the death toll has reached 36,...
CEBU CITY – Two major religious events held as part of the 461st Fiesta Senor here drew huge crowds on Saturday, Jan. 17. Even before sunrise, thousands of devotees from Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu cities gathered on the coastline to witness the fluvial procession in the Mactan Channel. The...
CEBU CITY – All is set for the Sinulog Grand Parade on Sunday, Jan. 18, but some are questioning if pushing through with the grand celebration is appropriate when some families are grieving following the deadly trash slide in a mountain barangay here. Reacting to some comments on social media,...
