CEBU CITY — This year’s Sinulog Festival is the biggest in terms of the number of participating contingents. With this, authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure an orderly and peaceful conduct of one of the country’s most anticipated cultural events. CHURCH, police, and Cebu City...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon congratulated a student from San Beda College Alabang for winning medals in international math and science competitions. Antonio Pio Vivo, a Grade 6 student, visited Biazon to present the awards he received. “Ngayong January, bumisita siya ulit (This...
Mayor Abby Binay While nearing the end of her final term as the local chief executive of Makati City, Mayor Abby Binay proudly showcased the city's strides towards sustainability and improved public safety as she continues to make Makati a better city prepared for a better future. In terms of green...
ILOILO CITY – A hotel chain that started in this city is expanding abroad. THE Hotel101 chain began in Iloilo City with the Injap Tower that opened in 2014. (Tara Yap) The Hotel101 Group is set to open a hotel in Spain this year and working on expanding in Japan and the United States....
The Taguig Police seized shabu worth P741,200 and firearms, and arrested three men in two operations in Taguig on Jan. 14. In Barangay Napindan, operatives from the Taguig Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested two suspects identified as a certain Michael, 43, and a certain...
New principals and officers-in-charge (OICs) in public schools have been reassigned and appointed to their new assignments in Muntinlupa. “In the exigency of service and to fill vacancies due to the promotion and retirement of previous school heads, this Office hereby announces the...
A farmer was shot and wounded by a barangay chairman in Barangay Santa Isabel Sur, City of Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday night, Jan. 13. Police identified the victim as Jon Jon. Initial investigation said the victim and the suspect Rey, chairman of Barangay Santa Isabel Sur, were having a...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Mayor Carminia “Mencit” Bascon of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental passed away at the age of 88 in a hospital here before dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Her son, former Mayor Agustin Ernesto “Tinto” Bascon, confirmed the death of his mother. Agustin said she suffered...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The family of a Bureau of Fire Protection member shot dead in this city last Dec. 29 has offered a P100,000 reward for information leading to the identification of the suspect and mastermind. The offer came as police have yet to make progress in the case of...
The construction of the new Pasig City Hall , with a budget of P9.2 billion, is set to begin after Mayor Vico Sotto officially signed the contract on Monday, Jan. 13, marking the start of a future-ready facility for the Pasigueños. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto (4th from left) leads the contract...
CEBU CITY — “Don’t mess with me.” Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia did not mince words when she chided the head of the National Museum of the Philippines who will be charged for failure to return four pulpit panels that are in NMP possession after these were reported stolen from the Church in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police shot a suspected burglar who started a fire inside a commercial establishment on Gov. Camins Ave. here on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The suspect, Manny Dianseng Diaz, 38, was spotted trying to enter a house outside the store. Residents chased him and the suspect climbed up the...
