Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), the property development subsidiary of the Gokongwei Group, has acquired the prime 9.6-hectare (ha) Victoria Plaza (VP) complex in Davao City from New City Commercial Corp. (NCCC) Group of Companies and is kicking off its development with a new office building. In a...
ILOILO CITY – Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. of Uswag Ilonggo party-list has denied kickback allegations by controversial contractors Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II and his wife Sarah. “I strongly and categorically deny the baseless accusations against me of alleged corrupt practices and...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a 27-year-old woman was found in a sugarcane field in Sitio Bag-ong Dalan Palao 1, Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 8. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of Escalante City Police Station, said the victim was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Maritime police officers rescued 12 people, including six children, early Monday after they received a distress call from a drifting motorboat here. Police Capt. Allan Pestañas, boat officer of the Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station (ZC MARPSTA), said the stranded passengers...
BACOLOD CITY – Four government workers under the City Engineering Office (CEO), particularly the Supply and Property Section, are in hot water after Mayor Greg Gasataya discovered 4,786 hardened cement bags at the CEO warehouse in Barangay Taculing and another storage facility in Barangay Alijis...
Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso led the inauguration of Manila’s first-ever Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) at the Ospital ng Maynila, a specialized facility that will provide life-saving heart procedures free of charge to city residents. The laboratory, licensed by the...
DAVAO CITY – At least 500 residents of Barangay 14-B here received free healthcare services during the Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong Medical Mission on Monday, Sept. 8. The outreach program, organized by Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte, deployed doctors and health workers who provided...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here is awaiting the House invitation to appear before the investigation over allegedly anomalous flood control projects. “If it’s a war, we should go to the ground or battlefield, because that’s where the war is in the House, it’s not good if we go...
Three people were rescued after being held hostage by a security guard in Barangay Amparo, Caloocan City, on Monday, Sept. 8. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) said the incident began around 7 a.m. on Alibangbang Street and lasted for six hours before the suspect agreed to release the...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto briefly explained on Sunday, Sept. 7, how the city government allocates financial aid to its barangays -- an initiative aligned with his administration 's mandate to uplift the lives of Pasigueños and advance his anti-corruption campaign. According to him, the...
SM Foundation turned over two newly renovated public health facilities on Sept. 2 and 3 – the San Remigio Primary Care Facility in San Remigio and the Naval Base Rafael Ramos (NBRR) Medical and Dental Dispensary in Lapu-Lapu City, both in Cebu province. These renovations are part of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nedznyl Amjad Tulawie, the primary suspect in the murder of three men here, surrendered to authorities at dawn on Monday, Sept. 8, in Camp Police Senior Supt. Julasirim A. Kasim in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. Personnel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) served the...
