DAVAO CITY – Delivery riders here are no longer required to secure business permits after the Davao City Council approved changes to the revenue code ordinance on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Councilor Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz, chairperson of the Committees on Trade, Commerce, and Industry...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – An 11-year-old Grade 5 pupil drowned after his head hit a rock while diving in the San Cristobal Dam in Barangay San Cristobal, this city, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police identified the victim as John Carlo Salcedo. Investigation said the victim went swimming with a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed appreciation to President Marcos for establishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Marawi...
South Korean actor Kim Ji Soo visited Tabaco City in Albay province on Friday, Dec. 6, to spread cheer and distribute relief goods to senior citizens. KOREAN actor Kim Ji Soo distributed relief goods to 800 senior citizens in Tabaco City in Albay province on Friday, Dec. 6. At...
DAVAO CITY – Fifty-nine workers of an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub were arrested during a raid in a warehouse in Purok 6 New Malitbog, Barangay Manay, Panabo City, Davao del Norte before dawn on Friday, Dec. 6. AN illegal POGO hub was raided in Panabo City on Dec. 6....
CEBU CITY — A lawyer insisted that dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes violated the law when he failed to disclose that he has a pending dismissal case when he filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for reelection in May. LAWYER Ervin Estandarte shows the portion of a...
ILOILO CITY — A former leader of the New People’s Army was arrested in this city on Thursday, Dec. 5. A FORMER secretary of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island was arrested in Iloilo City. (ICPO) The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sugar Regulatory Administration based here has warned the people against individuals soliciting money after two incidents were reported to the police recently. AZCONA (Glazyl Masculino) The first happened on Nov. 26 when an unidentified person called an SRA supplier and...
BACOLOD CITY – Two nursing graduates from Negros Occidental placed eighth in the November 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination. NAKAR (via UNO-R) Mary Catherine Nakar, a resident of Kabankalan City, and Ellisha Leigh Perocho, from Bago City, both obtained a 91 percent rating in the board...
DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority will step up its advocacy for public-private partnerships starting next year to support and increase the capabilities of local government units in Mindanao. MinDA Chairman Secretary Leo Tereso A. Magno, speaking at the Wednesday Media Forum in a...
A choir from the Sisters of Mary School in the Philippines will be performing a song written and produced by Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.Ap, Grammy-winning producer Keith Harris, and songwriter David “DC” Quinones. Titled “It’s That Time Of Year,” the song was recorded by 3,000...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) A congressman who holds Marawi City close to his heart has thanked President Macos for the creation of the Office of the Presidential...
