The Quezon City government has launched the “StartUp QC Business Plan Competition” to allow students in the city to enhance their skills and gain knowledge in entrepreneurship. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the competition aims to foster an innovative culture among the youth, enable...
The Pasig City Council approved a scholarship program catering to indigent students in private schools in the city in order to forge more paths to inclusive education for young Pasiguenos. Ordinance No. 118, series of 2023 or the Private Education for the Advancement of the Grassroots through...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has limited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages here until 12 midnight due to increasing bar fights and other criminal incidents. A DISCO bar in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Due the rising numbers of establishments engaging in unregulated dispensation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a minor and a construction worker on Thursday, July 27, for allegedly raping and killing a 17-year-old girl here. City police chief Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo identified the suspect as Nickson Sampuk Saavedra, 29. The identity of the minor was withheld. A...
The Taguig City government evacuated 23 families after a landslide occurred in Barangay Western Bicutan on July 27. It said the landslide caused a perimeter wall to collapse, possibly brought about by heavy rains due to typhoon “Egay.” The landslide that happened in Western Bicutan, Taguig...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police found the body of the lady physician who disappeared on July 23 buried in a shallow grave inside the government-owned medical center here. Police Col. Querubin Manalang, city police director, said the remains of Dr. Marivic Tello, an obstetrician-gynecologist, were...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 500 delegates from different regions in the Philippines participated in the 41st National Folk Dance Workshop (NFDW) that will introduce 11 new Filipino folk dances. Officials of the Philippine Folk Dance Society (PFDS) led by its president Dr. Randyll Villones and Vice...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A university-based non-profit foundation here said that the Cagayan de Oro River’s current condition is far from its previous state but it is continuously urging residents, especially those living in riverbank barangays, to help maintain its cleanliness. Rosalina...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested five brothers for allegedly selling shabu worth P408,000 in this city on Wednesday, July 26. Jovan, Jessie, Jamer, Jonel, and Joebert Billones were nabbed after they sold shabu to a police poseur-buyer. Police listed 35-year-old Jovan as a high-value drug pusher....
Photo from the Manila DRRMO/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) showcased its rescue equipment at the Handa Pilipinas Expo 2023 on Thursday, July 27. The exhibit is a Department of Science and Technology (DOST) project held at the World Trade Center on...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A legislator in this city has said that the lack of engineers in the local government may have been one of the factors behind over 100 delayed infrastructure projects here. The city council committees on public works, finance, and appropriations conducted a joint hearing on...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon congratulated the Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) in Muntinlupa for getting a high rating in the functionality assessment. The LCPC Muntinlupa got an overall score of 97.71 percent, which has an equivalent adjectival rating of “Ideal.” Mayor Ruffy...
