DAVAO CITY – The 39th Kadayawan Festival here opened on Thursday evening, August 8, at Ramon Magsaysay Park on R. Magsaysay Ave. with government officials and people from different walks of life in attendance. NATIVE dancers perform during the opening of the Kadayawan Festival in Davao City...
BAGUIO CITY – More than P2-million worth of confiscated vapes and cigarettes were destroyed by the Smoke-Free Task Force here on Wednesday August 8. CONFISCATED cigarettes and vapes worth P2 million were publicly destroyed in Baguio City on August 8. (Baguio PIO photo) City Health Services Office...
BACOLOD CITY – A 47-year-old construction worker from Barangay Pahanocoy was reported as the fourth suspected leptospirosis fatality in this city this year. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the City Health Office Environment and Sanitation Division, said the patient waded in floodwater from July 7 to...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – The body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was found in Barangay Cabalangegan, Vigan City, this province, on Wednesday, August 7. Police Lt. Col. Reynaldo Mendoza, Vigan chief of police, identified the victim as Leonardo E. Duque,...
Through coordination between the local government of Marikina City and the office of the city's First District Rep. Maan Teodoro, a one-stop shop for various government services was launched at the Marikina Sports Center (MSC) on Thursday, August 8. Marikina First District Rep. Maan Teodoro...
CEBU CITY – In less than two minutes, some P14-million worth of jewelry was stolen during a broad daylight robbery in Barangay Ermita here on Thursday, August 8. POLICE Col. Antonietto Cañete (left), chief of the Cebu City Police Office, supervises the investigation being conducted in one of two...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay councilor or kagawad was killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a bus on Osmeña Ave., Barangay 6, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, August 5. A BARANGAY councilor was killed in a collision with a passenger bus in Victorias City on August 5....
TACLOBAN CITY – To boost the agricultural sector and promote youth involvement in farming, the Department of Education (DepEd)-Borongan, Eastern Samar State University (ESSU), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Borongan city government will establish a new...
The first public consultation on the proposed minimum wage adjustment held in Dasmariñas City on August 8 (Photo from Rep. Jolo Revilla/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region IV-A held...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto encouraged Pasigueños to avail themselves of the free chest X-ray and check-up offered by the City Health Department (CHD) through the city's health centers to prevent tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, in observance of National...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has proposed a P4.2-billion budget in 2025. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Mayor Albee Benitez said the allocation is higher than the P3.6 billion this year. “That's an additional billion increase after three years,” Benitez said. Benitez said the expenditure...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental is probing a suspected molasses spill in the sea of Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7. A MOLASSES spill affects the sea at the Sagay feeder port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7....
