DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte advised former senator and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to find contentment in her current situation and refrain from picking up a fight she will regret. Addressing the recent criticism of the former senator, Duterte said that no matter what she...
CEBU CITY – This city is 99.9 percent ready for the Palarong Pambansa this year, acting Mayor Raymond Garcia assured. PEOPLE wade through the flooded parking area of the Cebu City Sports Center after a heavy downpour on Monday, July 1. (Photo from MyTVCebu) But just as Garcia assured that this...
CEBU CITY – Over 300 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases were recorded in Central Visayas in the first quarter of 2024. DR. Jaime Bernadas (right), regional director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas, and Philippine Information Agency-7...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the sinking flyover under repair in Iloilo might fully reopen by November. PROTESTERS flock to the sinking Ungka Flyover that straddles Iloilo City and Pavia town. The P680-million flyover is a project pushed by...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte has criticized the government for violating the Bill of Rights by limiting freedom of speech in the nationwide Hakbang ng Maisug prayer rallies. DUTERTE (PDP-Laban FB) “Even you (the media), do not be offended, freedom of the press? It doesn’t...
BACOLOD CITY – A social media post seeking the assistance of netizens in finding a five-year-old girl led to her safe rescue hours here after she was reported missing in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon, July 1. Police Lt. Liza Fe Vingco, head of Women and Children’s...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Rommel Marbil inaugurated four new police stations in this city on Tuesday, July 2. Marbil was joined by Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Iloilo City police director Col. Joeresty Coronica, and Vice...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe has suspended the business permit of Next Step Fireworks Shop on Monday, July 1, after a powerful blast ripped through its warehouse and killed five people here on Saturday, June 29. READ:...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six persons were killed after a self-loader truck rammed seven houses on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Caglanipao Sur, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, before dawn on Tuesday, July 2. SIX persons were killed when a truck crashed into seven houses in Calbayog...
Top Philippine billionaire Manuel B. Villar Jr. announced the launch of the next phase of development for the 3,500-hectare megapolis Villar City—his most ambitious and most promising project to date. Real estate magnate Manuel B. Villar inspects a portion of Villar City “One year...
The University of Santo Tomas recently held the groundbreaking of the UST-Dr. William T. Belo Interdisciplinary Research Institute (UST-WiTBIRIn) in its Santa Rosa City campus in Laguna. FROM left during the groundbreaking: UST Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl Peralta, DrPH, Vice...
In a move to foster healthier Filipino communities, Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) and Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation (TMPF) turned over a fully equipped mobile laboratory to the city government of Bacolod on June 27 at the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos. METROBANK...
