TACLOBAN CITY – House Speaker Martin Romualdez led the launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Caravan for Eastern Visayas at the Leyte Sports Development Center here on Friday, August 2. "We want to see if this program is good, and if we will fund and continue this, and if this is what the...
The Taguig City government declared a state of calamity after the onslaught of habagat (southwest monsoon) and Typhoon Carina that left areas flooded. The City Council passed Resolution 523 on July 29, which states that “beginning 23 July 2024, the National Capital Region including the City...
(Unsplash) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan believes that the State should have a mechanism to help senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) find jobs. For this purpose, the rookie congressman filed House Bill (HB)...
DAVAO CITY – The family of slain former Philsaga Mining Corp. president Samuel Afdal vowed to continue fighting for justice as prime suspect, Ryan Marky Baylon, pleaded not guilty to the killing. THE Afdal family gives an update on the murder case of patriarch former Philsaga Mining Corp....
CEBU CITY – A group of transport operators here will hold a rally to oppose the planned suspension of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP). At least 22 transport cooperatives will join the rally on Monday, August 5. The rally will start with a march from Osmeña Boulevard and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez leads the conduct of a previous BPSF (Speaker’s office) The House-organized Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fairs (PBSF) is going region-wide for the first time on Friday, Aug. 2, and the the event slated for Eastern...
BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old man was injured and 15 houses were razed by a fire in Purok Kingfisher, Barangay 16, this city, before dawn on Thursday morning, August 1. FIFTEEN houses were razed by a fire in Barangay 16, Bacolod City on Thursday, August 1. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio, slammed former Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV for filing drug smuggling cases against him and his brother-in-law Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte. Carpio, in a statement posted on social media on Thursday, August 1, said that...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) condoled on Wednesday, July 31, with the family of the policeman who was fatally shot by a 16-year-old boy in Mandaue City, Cebu last week. POLICE Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, Philippine National Police chief, visits the wake of...
BAGUIO CITY – Four-hundred paintings by 99 talented artists from the Cordillera are on exhibit at the SM Art Market at the Mall Atrium of the SM City Baguio from July 31 to August 13. MARC Jannsen Pe, SAVP, SM Operations; Maricar Docyogen, president, Pasakalye Group of Artists; Ferdie Balanag,...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A Chinese national was arrested and P250,000 worth of party drug Ecstasy was seized in a buy-bust operation on Don Juico Ave., Barangay Malabanias, this city, on Wednesday night, July 31. ECSTASY tablets worth P250,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Angeles...
ILOILO CITY – More than P1 billion have been allocated for the development of barangays in Western Visayas cleared of the influence of communist insurgency. “These are formerly communist affected areas that have been cleared,” said Juan Jovian Ingeniero, regional director of the Department of...
