Hundreds of families in Barangay Tatalon received food packs and essential supplies on Thursday afternoon, August 28, as part of a large-scale relief operation jointly organized by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and the Quezon City...
BACOLOD CITY – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City held a noise barrage on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, calling for the ouster of jail warden Jail Chief Insp. Crisyrel Awe due to unfair treatment. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven...
BACOLOD CITY – "I will not vacate my position." Thus said Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) General Manager Mona Dia Jardin after she was removed by the Baciwa Board due to alleged “loss of confidence.” Jardin said the move was done without due process, and called the resolution illegal,...
Sixteen people were injured after a passenger jeepney lost its brakes and crashed into an electric post along Camarin Road in Barangay 175, North Caloocan, on Thursday, August 28. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) said the jeepney was cruising along Palmera Street when the driver noticed...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay personally led the house-to-house distribution of unclaimed cash incentives to Makati Blu Card holders who failed to receive them last year. Binay said more than 12,000 elderly residents failed to receive their cash incentives last year, citing the lack of cellphones...
The city government of Pasay City conducted clearing and cleaning operations along major roads in the city to ensure safe and unobstructed passage for motorists and pedestrians on August 27. The city’s clearing operations team was joined by the Barangay Road Clearing Operations (BaRCO) team, a...
The Taguig City government held the Regatta sa Lawa boat race to celebrate its first World Lake Day on Aug. 27. The boat race was held in Laguna Lake in Barangay Lower Bicutan participated in by fisherfolk, athletes and residents. Barangay Bagumbayan won as grand champion with a time of seven...
San Mateo, Rizal Mayor Bartolome "Omie" Rivera Jr. slammed the directive of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) diverting the collected solid wastes of the city of Manila to its New San Mateo Sanitary Landfill (NSMSLF) following the permanent closure of the Navotas Sanitary...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Don Artes met with officials of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to discuss the Rainwater Impounding Facility (RIF) being eyed to be built on the university 's...
Barangay Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, which includes Bonifacio Global City (BGC), has reimposed curfew for minors for their protection. The curfew hours for minors in the barangay will be from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. “Para sa mga may edad 18 pababa ay pinagbabawal ng gumala o lumabas ng bahay sa loob...
A passenger bus rammed into eight vehicles, including several motorcycles, along the northbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, leaving more than 10 people injured. According to the bus conductor, the vehicle’s brakes malfunctioned as it descended from Litex, causing...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Almana Construction and Development Corp. to fast-track the completion of the P152-million diversion channel on Burgos St. here and target operational status by year-end. “On our part, the most...
