Nineteen-year-old Erika Cassandra Ballon from Barangay Maybunga was crowned the "Mutya ng Pasig" 2023, winning against 27 other contestants during the pageant coronation night on Saturday, June 24 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. After her exemplary performance in the preliminary rounds of...
*BY KHRISCIELLE YALAO AND HANNAH NICOL * Thousands of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, advocates, and allies raised their rainbow flags and marched for justice and freedom during the simultaneous pride festivals in Quezon City (QC) and Makati City on Saturday, June 24, serving as the culminating...
*By HANNAH NICOL * The Quezon City government on Saturday, June 24, launched the "Right to Care” card that will empower resident queer couples to make medical decisions for their partners. Hannah Nicol / MANILA BULLETIN Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the launching ceremony together with the...
The wife of Ignacio “Toting” Bunye, former mayor and congressman of Muntinlupa, and Monetary Board member, has passed away. Bunye announced that his wife, Dr. Miraflor Bunye, passed away on June 24. She was 79. Former mayor Ignacio Bunye and his wife, Dr. Miraflor Bunye (Photo from Ignacio...
*BY RICHIELYN CANLAS * Around 7,000 Manileños trooped to Moriones Street in Tondo to join and watch the civil and military parade that highlighted the celebration of the 452nd founding anniversary of the City of Manila on June 24. Photo from Manila City Hall Reporters Association (MACHRA)/Manila...
Cavite City once again celebrated Regada Water Festival after three years of hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic. Residents and tourists came in droves to Regada Avenue on Saturday, June 24, where they reveled in a concert to celebrate the feast of St. John, the Baptist. Cavite City's Regada Water...
Photo from Manila City Hall Reporters ' Association ( MACHRA )/MANILA BULLETIN A beauty from Malate was crowned Miss Manila 2023 during the grand coronation night on Friday, June 23 at the Metropolitan Theater in Ermita, Manila. Photo from Manila City Hall Reporters ' Association ( MACHRA...
A total of 1,072 members of the elderly community in Barangay San Antonio (BSA), Pasig City will receive their mid-year cash assistance from the barangay government this June. The local government began distributing the cash aid during the second week of June. "As of today, we are 96 percent done...
A Holy Mass was held at the St. John The Baptist Church in San Juan City on Saturday morning, June 24, for the repose of the soul of late Vice Mayor Warren Villa, who died earlier this week. San Juan City Council / MANILA BULLETIN Mayor Francis Zamora, other local government officials, and members...
More than a hundred well-decorated pagodas (boats) brought color to Calumpit River during the "Libad Festival 2023" on Friday, June 23, a day before the annual town fiesta in honor of St. John the Baptist in Calumpit, Bulacan. Thousands of people, including visitors from nearby provinces,...
*By HANNAH NICOL * The Malabon City Jail warden was relieved from his post after persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) staged a protest over poor treatment and dirty food in the facility on Friday, June 23. Authorities at the city jail said that inmates broke window glasses and threw things out of the...
*By RICHIELYN CANLAS * The city government of Manila offered 12,000 job vacancies during the Mega Job Fair held in Tondo, Manila on Friday, June 23. The job fair was initiated by Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto through the Public Employment Service...
