The Quezon City local government distributed cash assistance and tablets to public school students in the city on Thursday, Feb. 2. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Social Services Development Department (SSDD) officer-in-charge Rowena Macatao led the distribution of P3,000 cash aid to each...
A total of 61 individuals from various civil society organizations (CSOs) graduated on Thursday, Feb. 2, from the Pasig City CSO Academy, the first educational institution in the country dedicated for civil society leaders, workers, and volunteers. PASIG PIO / MANILA BULLETIN The graduation...
Image by Mark Stebnicki/Pexels Agriculture in cities is becoming more common in response to achieving food self-sufficiency. Data suggests that 15 to 20 percent of the global food is already produced in cities. A recent study found that cucumbers, tubers, lettuces, and other crops that are...
BACOLOD CITY – Two drug pushers were arrested and 26 grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. TWENTY-six grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized from two individuals in a...
A total of 8,914 daycare students will receive nutribun (nutritious bun) in Valenzuela City starting Friday, Feb. 3, the local government said. Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "Wes" Gatchalian along with City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) led the launch and distribution of food packs...
BACOLOD CITY – Two teenage cousins died after their motorcycle crashed into a parked truck loaded with sugarcane pulp in Hacienda Baga-as, Barangay Efigenio, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. Police identified the victims as Nataniel Conde, 18, and Alvin Bendoy, 19, residents of...
The Pasig City local government visited Carmona, Cavite on Thursday, Feb. 2, to study the town's projects and efforts for its persons with disability (PWD) residents. The city government said that the benchmarking visit's main goal is to learn and adopt the town's good practices in conducting its...
MARAWI CITY – The Bangsamoro Transition Authority, through its Committee on Rules, discussed the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code in a public consultation on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Lanao del Sur provincial capitol gymnasium here. THE proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code is discussed in an...
Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian held a public consultation with the commuters about a route modification in a bus terminal in Barangay Paso De Blas in the city on Thursday, Feb. 2. This was after the mayor received some complaints from the commuters regarding the modification of a...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay congratulated the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) for receiving ISO certification anew for its top-notch medical services to the public amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. According to Binay, the hospital passed the surveillance audit of the Societe Generale de Surveillance...
The anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrested a police officer in Davao City for allegedly killing a colleague having an affair with his wife. In a report on Friday, Feb. 3, Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon, chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), said...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto was one of the young leaders endorsed and selected by the Embassy of France to the Philippines and Micronesia to join the “Future Leaders Invitation Program” or “Programme d’invitation des personnalités d’avenir” (PIPA) in Paris, France last Jan. 21 to 28....
