BACOLOD CITY – The city government revoked the business permit and closed a junk shop on Mabini St., Barangay 25 here on Thursday, July 6, after the establishment yielded P14.7-million worth of stolen batteries owned by two telecommunications companies on June 29. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five persons were injured when a small wooden motorized boat caught fire off the coast of Rio Hondo, Zamboanga City on Thursday evening, July 6. A WOODEN boat locally known as jungkong exploded and caught on fire off the coast of Rio Hondo, Zamboanga City on Thursday night,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – If he can have his way, Mayor Rolando Uy wants the next chief of city police to be more hands-on who will not rely on station commanders. "[The next city police chief] should supervise all of the station commanders in the city without compromising his [other]...
By Richielyn Canlas Photo from Manila-PIO/Manila Bulletin The Manila local government received a brand new fire truck from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday, July 5. The turnover ceremony was held at the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Headquarters...
Photo from Diann Calucin/MANILA BULLETIN The city government of Manila and the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched the Manila leg of the Hop-On Hop-Off (HOHO) bus tour project at the Kartilya ng Katipunan in Ermita district on Thursday, July 6. HOHO is the new project initiated by the DOT as part...
BACOLOD CITY – Two casual government employees assigned as watchmen in an elementary school were arrested after they were found possessing 13 grams of suspected shabu worth P88,400 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6. THIRTEEN grams of...
The Quezon City government assessed the state and structural integrity of several infrastructures after an Intensity III earthquake was recorded in the city on Thursday, July 6. The local government immediately evacuated all the employees at the City Hall after the City Disaster Risk Reduction and...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested an alleged member of the Ansar Al-Khilafah terror group here on Wednesday, July 5. Police Col. Jomar Alexis Yap, city police director, identified the suspect as Wahab Binago Tacbil from Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Tacbil was arrested in his safehouse in Purok...
CEBU CITY – A 41-year-old dentist was severely injured after he was attacked by two men inside his clinic in Barangay Kamputhaw here on Wednesday afternoon, July 5. Police said the eyes of Dr. Charles Sia were punctured by the perpetrators who broke into his clinic around 3 p.m. Police Capt. Mark...
The Pasig City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) was recognized by the Department of Interior and Local Government - National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) as the "Best PESO" in Metro Manila after winning the first prize in the agency's 2022 search for the best employment office in the...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The city government is optimistic about attracting more investors and boosting local tourism amid record-high local revenues and tourist arrivals since the start of the year. In his State-of-the-City Address on Wednesday night, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said reforms and...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A fire of still unknown origin gutted down more than 90 makeshift homes in a village situated beside the Rio Grande de Mindanao River here on Wednesday afternoon, July 5. Barangay Poblacion 7 Chairman Hassal Adtong said the fire started at about 4 p.m. and quickly spread to...
