BATANGAS CITY – The Embassy of Israel in the Philippines led by Ambassador Ilan Fluss launched an innovation exhibit entitled “From Israel to Batangas: Exploring Innovation Together (Laurel Legacy Lecture)” at the Lyceum of the Philippines (LPU) main campus here on Monday, October 2. Fluss...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council on Monday, October 2, approved the proposed resolution authorizing Mayor Rolando Uy to negotiate a loan to fund the proposed Cagayan de Oro Government Center and Economic Enterprises and Tourism Site in Barangay Carmen. Resolution No. 2023-151 authorizes Uy...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon awarded Sucat as the most resilient barangay in Muntinlupa in the inaugural search conducted by the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (LDRRMC). All the nine barangays in Muntinlupa underwent inspection from the LDRRMC, assessing their disaster preparedness,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, Oct. 2 that there should be clear rules and limitations in the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), whether it's at the local government or national government level. According to her, the 1987 Constitution empowers local government units...
BACOLOD CITY – Four policemen in this city are being investigated for their alleged involvement in a P15-million Philippine National Police recruitment scam in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, in a media interview, said that these policemen...
BACOLOD CITY – Fourteen meticulously crafted masks were displayed in an exhibit at the Art Cove of Park Inn by Radisson Bacolod to give a vibrant tribute to the MassKara Festival being celebrated throughout this month in this city. Dubbed Festive Faces, the exhibit features the artwork of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok Tultugan, Barangay Mandalagan here on Saturday, September 30. POLICE arrest two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Saturday, September 30. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion engaged remnants of Central Negros 2 of the New People’s Army twice in Sitio Bulasot, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 1. According to the Army, the first clash broke out at around 8:15 a.m. after soldiers...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A transport group has called on the city government to fully implement the Local Public Transport Route Plan to enable cooperatives or corporations with modern public utility vehicles here to survive. Luzminda Escobidal, manager of the PN Roa Canitoan Transport...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairwoman was wounded in an ambush in Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Susan Sumulong, 50, of Barangay Calocnayan, Seven Hills, Calbayog City. Initial investigation said Sumulong was on board a pedicab around noon...
Photo from the Manila Public Information Office (MPIO) / MANILA BULLETIN Manila Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto unveiled his third solo exhibition "Directions Three" at the Manila City Hall on Monday, Oct. 2. VM Nieto said the exhibition was called Directions Three because it was his third...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Robert "Dodot" Jaworski Jr. expressed their support for the city's cooperatives as it kicked off celebrations for the "Cooperatives Month." Photo from Councilor Quin Cruz FB Page In a speech on Monday, Oct. 2, Sotto lauded the multi-purpose...
