BACOLOD CITY – “Respect begets respect.” This was the reaction of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran here after he was declared persona non-grata by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas through an executive order issued on Friday, June 23, over the “uncoordinated transfer” of Badjaos from Bacolod to...
BACOLOD CITY – A former security yielded 70 grams of suspected shabu worth P476,800 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Thursday, June 22, police said. POLICE conduct an inventory of 70 grams of suspected shabu worth P476,800 seized from a former security guard in a buy-bust...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) 'You can achieve anything you set your mind to." Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar used these words, and more, to galvanize the new graduates of Northern Iloilo State...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said that 47 donors joined in the blood donation drive conducted at Ospital ng Parañaque II on Thursday, June 22. Mayor Eric Olivarez together with blood donors during the blood donation drive/Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO Olivarez said the blood...
Photo Courtesy of Manila Police District/MANILA BULLETIN Two people were arrested on Friday, June 23, for allegedly selling fake Persons With Disability (PWD) IDs in Tondo, Manila. Police identified the suspects as Ralph Lawrence Doblada, 21, resident of Barangay 246, Tondo, and Lizel Lopez, 46,...
CEBU CITY – A 33-year-old mechanic was arrested for spreading the videos of his intimate moments with his supposed ex-girlfriend. JR Villagracia, a native of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental but has been living in Barangay Parian, Cebu City, was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by...
ILOILO CITY – A word war between Mayor Jerry Treñas here and Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran erupted on Friday, June 23, over the repatriation of Badjaos, a nomadic and Indigenous Peoples group. TRENAS (FB) Treñas declared Familiaran persona non-grata for allegedly sending 80 Badjaos...
A fire hit a warehouse containing motor vehicles at Avis Street, Barangay Bagong Ilog, Pasig City on Friday afternoon, June 23. The fire started at around 2:52 p.m. and was raised to the third alarm at 3:02 p.m. by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). It was put under control at 3:05 p.m. and...
Photo Courtesy of Manila City Hall Reporters' Association (MACHRA)/MANILA BULLETIN Around 40 companies and individuals were recognized during the Gawad Manileño awarding ceremony at the Metropolitan Theater, Ermita, Manila, on Thursday, June 23. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, together with...
Pasig City roads will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, to make way for the city’s Pride March in celebration of Pride Month. According to the Pasig Public Information Office (PIO), the affected roads include the westbound lane of Caruncho Avenue (in front of...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteers and staff have been helping in various Albay evacuation centers to provide assistance to the Mayon-affected families. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) On June 22, PRC food trucks arrived at Bariw Elementary School and Bariw National High School to give 937...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez led the distribution of social pension to the third batch of indigent senior citizens from the city's District I on Friday, June 23. Olivarez said the last batch, totaling 751 indigent senior citizens, received their social pension payout at Barangay Don Galo...
