CEBU CITY – Fifteen individuals were displaced when a landslide struck a mountain barangay in Danao City, northern Cebu province on Thursday, Oct. 2. Danao Mayor Nito Durano, accompanied by Vice Mayor Ivy Durano, immediately inspected the area after the incident. Mayor Durano reported that no one...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will extend financial assistance to the victims of the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that severely impacted northern Cebu province on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Mayor Greg Gasataya, in a media interview, said that he will meet the City Council to discuss the amount of...
The city government of Malabon was awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification on Thursday, Oct. 2, after passing a comprehensive audit conducted by TUV Rheinland Philippines. The certification, which covers six sites including the Malabon City Hall, Ospital ng Malabon, City...
President Marcos has made an assurance that power supply in the entire Bogo City in Cebu will be restored by the end of Thursday, Oct. 2. Marcos announced this on Thursday during his visit in the city after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that jolted Cebu on Tuesday night. He said the Department of...
Zamboanga City led by Mayor Khymer Olaso deployed a 19-man team to Cebu province on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to help in earthquake rescue efforts. The team was composed of nine personnel from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, eight from the City Health Office, and two from the City...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte slammed what he described as selective investigations into government flood-control projects, accusing national agencies of using probes as mere publicity stunts. “If the government and independent agencies are truly serious about...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced that the city has been recognized by the Commission on Population and Development–NCR (CPD-NCR) for its outstanding performance in advancing the population and development (POPDEV) agenda at the local level from 2022 to 2024. The city was awarded...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Properties worth P9 million were destroyed in a three-hour fire in Barangay Tetuan, this city, before dawn Thursday. Supt. Leo Pioquinto, Zamboanga City Fire District marshal, said the fire broke out at 12:31 a.m. on Estrada St. “Fourteen houses were affected, of which 10 were...
Over P3 million worth of shabu was seized from two men during a buy-bust operation in Sampaloc, Manila on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The police identified the suspects as alias JP, 19, and alias Esmayti, 27. Based on the police report, the two suspects were nabbed by operatives from the Philippine Drug...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said that one classroom each in four public schools here are unsafe to be occupied by students following the 6.9 tremor that severely hit northern Cebu and also impacted Negros Island on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. In a media briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Gasataya...
DAVAO CITY – The city government on Thursday morning, Oct. 2, dispatched a contingent of medical workers, social workers, and other support units to deliver at least 5,000 food packs for earthquake-hit communities in Cebu province. City Disaster Risk and Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO...
Makati City Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr. and minority bloc councilors on Wednesday, Oct. 1, urged Mayor Nancy Binay to immediately withdraw the appointment of a city official as head of the city government’s procurement department following her alleged involvement in the Department of...
