BACOLOD CITY – A 14-story residential tower under construction within the 34-hectare township of Upper East Megaworld in Barangay 41 here was hit by a fire on Thursday, February 1. FIREMEN battle a blaze at Upper East Megaworld in Barangay 41, Bacolod City on Thursday, February 1. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will deploy 495 personnel to secure this year’s Bacolaodiat Festival here beginning February 4. BACOLAODIAT Inc. Vice President Bobby Cordova, Jennifer Gochangco-Ong, Oddette Ong-Gomez, festival chairman John Stephen Sy, and Councilor Jason...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod recorded a 24.10 percent decrease in fire incidents from 336 in 2022 to 255 in 2023. BFP-Bacolod Fire Chief Insp. Stephen Jardeleza, city fire marshal, said that residential topped the list of structural fires last year with 94, up...
BAGUIO CITY – The month-long 28th Panagbenga Festival 2024 with the theme "Celebrating Traditions, Embracing Innovation" kicked off on Thursday, February 1, with the opening of the Panagbengascapes and Market Encounter. Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Rep. Mark Go, city officials, and...
The Taguig City government scored the closure of daycare centers in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays. Ten 10 EMBO barangays are now part of Taguig based on a final Supreme Court decision last year. In a statement, the Taguig City government said recently the Makati City...
Operatives of the Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) seized a total of P1,469,000 worth of shabu from two drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Navotas City, on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Confiscated from the suspects were 220 grams of shabu worth P1,469,000, a black digital weighing scale, a brown...
MANCHESTER (AFP) -- Premier League leader Liverpool stepped up its title bid with a 4-1 rout of Chelsea, while Erling Haaland made his Manchester City comeback as the champions beat Burnley, 3-1, on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Liverpool's Portuguese striker Diogo Jota (right) celebrates after scoring his...
DAVAO CITY – Thousands of people gathered here on January 28 to express support for the Duterte family and oppose the People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the Constitution. PEOPLE attend a peace rally at San Pedro Square in Davao City on Sunday evening, January 28, opposing People’s...
DAVAO CITY – The P23-billion bridge project connecting this city and the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) is proceeding as planned. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) denied the statement of the National Economic and Development Authority-11 which said the...
Mayors from Metro Manila are now in Los Angeles, California for a study tour facilitated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, in a Facebook post on Jan. 31, said they visited the Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center where they were given a...
Senators on Wednesday, January 31 renewed the push for the creation of a special economic zone in the province of Bulacan. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he believes the creation of the Bualacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (BACSEZFA) would entice...
A total of 10,273 students from public elementary schools received their scholarship allowance from the Muntinlupa City government. The Muntinlupa Scholarship Division (MSD) of the city government distributed the first tranche of educational assistance amounting P2,500 to each student in...
