Mayor Joy Belmonte Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the city's calorie labeling ordinance that will soon require restaurants operating in Quezon City to display the calorie count of food items in their menus. Under the ordinance, food...
The Taguig City government opened the Taguig City General Hospital Outpatient Department on Jan. 30. This is the second city-run hospital in Taguig after the Taguig–Pateros District Hospital. Mayor Lani Cayetano led the opening of the outpatient department together with city...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 58-year-old woman hacked her husband to death when he attempted to kill her in their home in Barangay 98, Camansihay, this city, on Thursday, Jan. 30. Police identified the suspect as Zelda, a vendor. Investigation said a heated argument erupted between Zelda...
BACOLOD CITY – The temporary site for tenants of the Manokan Country at the parking area of SM City Bacolod is now open as the existing area across the mall in Barangay 12 here undergoes major renovation. CHICKEN inasal stalls at the temporary area of Manokan Country at the parking space of...
BACOLOD CITY – This city recorded a 355.9 percent increase in dengue cases from January to December last year with a total of 2,617 compared to 574 in 2023. The City Health Office said seven persons died in 2024, four more than 2023 with only three. Barangay Taculing had 274 cases, Mansilingan,...
(Photo from Facebook) Two members of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) were injured after they were attacked by several men while conducting a police operation at a mall in San Juan City on Jan. 26, San Juan City Police Chief Col. Deodennis Marmol said. In a now viral...
BACOLOD CITY – Around 200 policemen have been deployed to secure this year’s Bacolaodiat Festival from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. THE Bacolod City Police Office has 200 policemen to secure the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office) Police Col....
CEBU CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was very busy during his visit here on Thursday, Jan. 30. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. attends the Regional Development Council-Central Visayas Meeting at the DepEd Ecotech Center in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Thursday, Jan. 30. (Pool photo)...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy was warmly welcomed during the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival here on Thursday, Jan. 30. Sy, accompanied by his son Harvey and daughter Hanna Carinna during their visit at the Bacolod City Government Center, was named Honorary Mayor and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P7 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the suspect as high-value target Budoy, 37, of Palompon, Leyte. Budoy yielded 1.38 kilograms and a transparent plastic sachet of...
The signing of the agreement with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and Science Park of the Philippines, Inc. (BCDA photo) The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has inked a 50-year lease agreement with Science Park of the Philippines, Inc. (SPPI) to develop an...
ILOILO CITY – Marivic Mabilog, wife of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, was irked by the contradicting statements made by Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa following the presidential pardon of her husband. SEN. Ronald dela Rosa and former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during...
