MARAWI CITY – Prominent TV and radio personality Ben Tulfo is running for senator in the elections next year. Tulfo, 69, announced his independent candidacy here as he was conferred the title of Honorable Son of Marawi in a ceremony led by Mayor Majul U. Gandamra at the Marawi City Gymnasium on...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte said she is uncertain if the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) would still want to ally with Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) following the decline of support from political allies for her regional party. VICE President Sara Duterte (FB)...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-nine more barangays were added to the list of drug-cleared areas in Central Visayas. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing during a recent meeting. (Photo from PDEA-7) The 29 barangays were included after the deliberation process conducted by the Regional...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – A content creator-vlogger was shot dead in Barangay Palaming here on Wednesday, September 25. MANESE (FB) Police identified the victim as Goddard Gabriel Zacarias Manese, 30, of Barangay Calomboyan here. Investigation said Manese was riding a motorcycle driven...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has cited Basilan province for enacting an ordinance to protect human rights defenders. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance -- "Basilan Province Human Right Defenders Protection Ordinance" -- is the first-ever local legislation by any provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a man allegedly suffering from a mental illness after he climbed a 20-foot utility post in Barangay Taculing here on Wednesday, September 25. AUTHORITIES rescue a man who climbed a utility pole in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Wednesday, September 25....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development has urged local government units in Western Visayas to update their Comprehensive Land Use Plan. REGIONAL Director Eva Maria Marfil (center) of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) speaks at the...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano thanked the Senate and House of Representatives for their support to a concurrent resolution that will include the 10 EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays to the city’s two districts. “My heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Senate headed by Senate...
Bacoor City LGU breaks ground for an 18.96-kilometer stretch of bike lanes on Sept. 25 (Photo from Bacoor City LGU/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Bacoor City officials broke ground for an 18.96-kilometer stretch of bike lanes across the city on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Present during the ceremony...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Authorities seized suspected Ecstasy valued at P1.7 million from an online seller and his companion in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Francisco, this city, on Tuesday night, September 24. The suspects were identified as high-value drug personalities Mark Marvin...
CEBU CITY – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama simply could not catch a break. Rama, still serving a six-month preventive suspension, has found himself in another legal battle after the Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to charge him with three counts of violating Republic Act 3019...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs amounting to more than P1 billion were seized in Central Visayas in the past eight months. During the same period, a total of 206 barangays in the region were declared by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) as drug-cleared, the Police...
