DIGOS CITY – The arraignment of eight individuals, including the barangay captain of Kapatagan, Digos City, accused of selling ancestral lands has been rescheduled to May 23. In an interview on Tuesday, May 9, Rogelio Manapol Jr., tribal chieftain of the Unified Bagobo Tagabawa, said that tribal...
Three men were nabbed by the Makati City Police for various offenses on Tuesday, May 9, along the Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge in Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City. The three suspects were identified as Rolando Lopez, Reynaldo Sabio, and Robert James, a British. According to the police, the Poblacion...
A public safety building that will house most of the city government's offices and departments affiliated with public safety services will soon open along Fortune Avenue in Barangay Fortune, Marikina City. Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro conducted on Tuesday, May 9, a site inspection...
A tricycle driver and a 16 year-old boy were arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by the combined team of the Pasay police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday, May 9. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, identified the suspects...
San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora said on Wednesday, May 10, that the dry run of the revolutionary single-ticketing system in Metro Manila held on May 2 was a huge success as it led to more improvements in the system. In an interview with the media, Zamora...
The Parañaque City government launched the "Barangay Zumba Choreo Dance Contest" to promote a healthy body and lifestyle. According to Mayor Eric Olivarez, the dance contest is open to individuals 18 years old and above, with 10 maximum members per group. Olivarez said the performance must be three...
ILOILO CITY – The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), the oldest existing Baptist union in the country, recently installed a new secretary general. REV. Danilo Azuela Borlado (center) and his family during his installation as the new general secretary of the Convention of Philippine...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 334.5279 grams of illegal drugs worth P2,274,789.82 here from April 1 to 31. Based on the data provided by the city police force, 50 police operations were conducted, resulting in the arrest of 57 drug personalities, including seven...
BACOLOD CITY – A young man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kingfisher A, Barangay 16, here, on Monday, May 8. The policemen found eight grams of suspected shabu worth P54,400 in the possession of Bryan Dequeña, 22, of Barangay 16. Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of Police...
The San Juan City government said the decision to transfer three monuments of the country’s national heroes to Pinaglabanan Shrine was done to “pay proper respect and reverence to the heroes who fought in the Battle of Pinaglabanan.” “With the relocation of the monuments of Rizal, Bonifacio,...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has approved an ordinance establishing a Learning Recovery Trust Fund for cash donations that will help learners in the city’s public schools as they recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The local government said the global education crisis was a...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A city hall built at a staggering budget of P500 million in Barangay Baguio and arguably the biggest in this province was inaugurated on Tuesday, May 9. MAYOR Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso (sixth from left), with Bishop Mel Rey-Uy, the city council, and provincial and local...
