BAGUIO CITY – The Mangan Taku (Let’s Eat) Festival featuring indigenous food and wine from the Cordillera region will be held by the Department of Tourism at the Rose Garden of the Burnham Park here from April 25 to 30. DOT-Cordillera Regional Director Jovi Ganongan said Mangan Taku is...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized suspected shabu valued at P904,400 in buy-bust operations here over the weekend. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and P884,000 worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City on Sunday, April...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities intercepted suspected shabu worth more than P2 million and apprehended five drug pushers in buy-bust operations here and Angeles City, this province, on Saturday, April 20. Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr., Police Regional Office-3 chief,...
ILOILO CITY – A police officer and a fireman were among those arrested in this city for illegal gambling. Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., chief of the Iloilo City Police Office-City Intelligence Unit (ICPO-CIU), said they were among the 29 arrested during an anti-gambling operation on...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo “Albee” Benitez of Bacolod City have publicly backed the sentiments of First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos against Vice President Sara Duterte. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and Mayor Jerry Treñas during the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said this city is far from being a “shabulized” – a word created by then President Rodrigo Duterte referring to shabu. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos joins the Buhay Ingatan,...
Lawyer Victor Aguinaldo, who served as officer-in-charge-mayor of Muntinlupa after the 1986 People Power Revolution, passed away on April 18. He was 80. The Muntinlupa City government announced Aguinaldo’s passing. “Paalam former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mayor, Atty. Victor...
DAVAO CITY – As the population grows each year, so is the solid waste problem here. ENVIROTECH Recycling Co. CEO Engr. Winchester Lemen inspects chairs manufactured from shredded plastic wastes inside the company plant in Davao City. (Keith Bacongco) With a population of at least 1.9...
Three female centenarians received P100,000 each as a birthday cash gift from the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano visited the homes of the three grandmothers to celebrate their birthday milestones. The recipients of the P100,000 cash gift are Severa Decasa, 100 years old, of...
BACOLOD CITY – A third-year veterinary medicine student was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros in this year’s 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival. Kyla Rose Romarate, from Victorias City, Negros Occidental, bested 28 other candidates during the coronation night at the Panaad Park and Stadium here on Friday,...
CEBU CITY – A disc jockey of a nightclub was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Barangay Cogon-Ramos here on Saturday, April 20. A DISC jockey of a nightclub is sprawled on the ground after he was shot by an unidentified gunman on Gen. Maxilom Ave. in Cebu City on Saturday, April 20....
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Local officials have belied the allegation of a solon who has sought an inquiry over the alleged presence of many Chinese nationals studying in this province, particularly in this city. CAGAYAN Gov. Manuel Mamba and Tuguegarao City Mayor Maila Rosario Ting-Que...
