LIPA CITY, Batangas – Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Chavit Singson, LCS Emon chairman, opened the first electric jeepney factory in the country at the Lima Park here on Wednesday, April 30. FORMER Ilocos Gov. Luis Chavit Singson, chairman of LCS Group (center), opened the first e-jeepney...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 13 4Ps beneficiaries were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day job fair in a mall here. 4Ps applicants were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day Job Fair spearheaded by DOLE-9. (DOLE-9) The applicants were among 500 exited and exiting 4Ps...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five-hundred sixty-six bundles of official ballots for the elections were turned over for safekeeping at the City Treasurer's Office at the Zamboanga City Hall on Wednesday, April 30. BALLOTS are unloaded for storage at the City Treasurer’s Office until distribution a day...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly killing a 17-year-old girl in Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday, April 30. The suspect was arrested 36 hours after a massive manhunt operation against the suspect was conducted. “The regional command of Police...
Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso Manila mayoral candidate Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso denied on Wednesday, April 30, allegations of vote-buying, following the issuance of a show-cause order (SCO) by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The order stemmed from allegations that he handed...
A look at the ₱20-per-kilo rice in Cebu City (DA photo) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel spearheaded the launch of the agency’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program in Cebu City on Thursday, May 1, describing it as the fulfillment of President Marcos’...
CEBU CITY – One of the biggest real estate industry groups in the country welcomed the government’s decision to shelve a proposed increase in capital gains, donor’s, and estate taxes, following stronger-than-expected government revenues in the first quarter of this year. REAL estate industry...
Protesters and police clash along Recto Avenue in Manila during Labor Day protests by various militant groups. (Photo by Altermidya) A policeman was injured when a scuffle erupted between militant groups and the police over the steel barricades placed by the police on Recto Avenue in Manila...
The Southern Police District (SPD) arrested a helper, tagged as a most wanted person, in Taguig on April 29. The suspect, identified as alias Rene, 29, a resident of Grace Park East in Caloocan, was arrested in Barangay Western Bicutan in Taguig. A police officer with the suspect (left)...
Part of the stolen money recovered from "CV" amounting to P860,000. After days of evading the law, another suspect in the theft of P4 million worth of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) funds was finally arrested, the Eastern Police District reported on Thursday, May 1. The suspect was identified as...
Firefighters respond to a 2nd alarm fire in Malate, Manila. (Photo by Malabon Filipino Chinese Volunteer Firefighters Association) Several bars were gutted by a fire that hit a commercial area along Maria Orosa corner Nakpil Street in Malate, Manila early Thursday morning, May 1. The Bureau...
Protesters march along España Boulevard going to Mendiola on Labor Day, May 1. (Photo from Altermidya) Militant groups and labor organizations rallied in Metro Manila on Labor Day, May 1, and urged the national government to certify the proposed P200 wage hike bill as urgent. The House of...
