Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso approved the disbursement of the 1st and 2nd quarter 2025 budget for all 896 barangays in the city on Friday, Sept. 5. Domagoso said the delayed budget, totaling P150,055,477.37, has already been signed, assuring the public that the city government will...
Filipino surgeons provided free surgeries to indigent patients nationwide on Saturday, Sept. 6, during the National Surgical Outreach Day held in Quezon City. The initiative was organized by the Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS) in Quezon City as part of its 89th founding anniversary, with the...
A four-year-old boy died, and his mother was injured while trying to save him during a fire that hit a residential area in Pasig City early Saturday, Sept. 6. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at around 2:22 a.m. in Pupha Compound, Barangay Pinagbuhatan, and was...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is 100 percent ready for the Bar examinations here. Police Col. Enrico Figueroa, chief of the CCPO, said security preparations are in place for the exams that will be held at the University of San Jose Recoletos Basak Campus on Sept. 7, 10, and 14....
CEBU CITY – Angry protesters stormed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Cebu City District Engineering Office in the pier area here on Friday morning, Sept. 5. Members of youth and multi-sectoral groups showed their frustration by pelting the office with tomatoes as they denounced...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 116 families or 460 individuals were displaced and a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit member was wounded in an encounter between the 94th Infantry Battalion and New People’s Army in Sitio Balaw, Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday,...
Two men were arrested by the Makati City Police for robbing a call center agent in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City, on Friday, Sept. 5. Col. Reycon Garduque, Makati City Police Station Intelligence Section officer in charge, identified the suspects as alias Melvin, 25, and alias Angelo, 23....
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday a 37-year-old construction worker for allegedly molesting his minor cousin in Barangay Rizal, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said that the suspect was served an arrest warrant for two counts of rape and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work in government and private offices here and other provinces in the Zamboanga Peninsula were suspended Friday in observance of Mauluddin Nabi or the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The suspension was contained in a memorandum issued by the National Commission on Muslim...
ILOILO CITY — The word war between Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “JamJam” Baronda and former Mayor Jerry Treñas and daughter incumbent Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu has escalated. Raisa released a statement on Thursday, Sept. 4, asking Baronda and the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City second district Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte denounced on Thursday night, Sept. 4, the persistent corruption within the Department of Public Works and Highways and called on all contractors to become partners in reform. Duterte made the call before members of the Philippine...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr. is the new head of the Western Mindanao Naval Command. Reyes took over from acting commander Capt. Hilarion Cesista during a change-of-command ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Brig. Gen. Romulo Quemado II, acting commander of the Western...
