The Caloocan City government announced on Thursday, Oct. 5, that it received a new and advanced mobile Material Recovery Facility (MRF) from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) that will help in its waste management programs in line with its goal to reduce pollution in the city. The UNDP...
Drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente or Pura Luka Vega is now detained at the Manila Police District- Sta. Cruz Police Station (MPD-PS 8). (Photo taken by Diann Calucin/MANILA BULLETIN) Viral drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente or Pura Luka Vega said he still stands by his art amid his arrest....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The government highlighted the bamboo’s capabilities as a strategy, especially for local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao, in reducing disaster risk during the occurrence of natural hazards as well as climate change adaptation during the HANDA Pilipinas: Innovations in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office has shown that it is ready to respond in emergency situations in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). The Bacolod City Mobile Force Company (BCMFC) led by deputy commander Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon held a simulation...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) will fully enforce clamping and towing measures here on October 9 as part of the city’s initiative against illegal parking. Police Major Junji Liba, BTAO head, said these measures aim to alleviate traffic congestion and ensure smooth...
BACOLOD CITY – Six barangay captains here are running unopposed in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said these candidates are from Barangays 7, 15, 24, 25, 32, and 36. The SK chairmen from Barangays 24, 36, and 37 and SK kagawads...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A barangay councilor running for chairman in the barangay elections on October 30 was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Gracia Village, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan on Tuesday night, October 3. Police identified the victim as Salvador Tan Garcia, 45, a resident of...
Photo taken by Diann Calucin/ MANILA BULLETIN Drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente or Pura Luka Vega was arrested by operatives of the Manila Police District (MPD) in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Wednesday, Oct. 4. He was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued Judge Czarina Villanueva of Manila...
CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
BUTUAN CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte is set to emphasize the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to supporting teachers in the Matatag Agenda and enumerate some plans of the agency to improve their welfare during the culminating program of National...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly Japanese died in a fire that hit his house in Purok Lumboy, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, October 3. The victim was identified as 80-year-old Gaiji Fukuda. A JAPANESE national was killed in a fire in Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized suspected shabu worth P510,000 shabu and apprehended two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Santo Tomas City, Batangas at dawn on Wednesday , October 4. The suspects were identified as high-value individuals Rubelyn...
