With compassion and unity driving his goal of turning Marikina into a better city, Mayor Marcy Teodoro shared how the city hurdled the challenges over the past nine years. Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro delivers his final State of the City Address (SOCA) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, highlighting the...
Improving quality of life is one of the goals of Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay, who aims to promote better preventive healthcare programs in the Senate, ensuring all Filipinos, regardless of socio-economic status, have access to quality care. [FILE] Makati Mayor Abby Binay On...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL There is an ongoing public debate concerning bills passed in both houses of Congress regarding so-called “comprehensive sexuality education” (CSE). The discussion is healthy, even if it seems contentious and bitter at times. We would have chosen to watch the...
The city government of Bacolod has released food vouchers worth a total of P500,000 for tenants of the Manokan Country in Bacolod. CHICKEN inasal is served at temporary stalls at Manokan Country at the terminal hub of SM City Bacolod. (Photo via John Dale Salazar) Councilor Celia Flor, chairperson...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy recently announced that the old Bacolod airport in Barangay Singcang-Airport here will be developed as an urban oasis. MAYOR Albee Benitez with Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy, chairman of the executive committee of SM Prime...
TACLOBAN CITY – Matuguinao, Samar Mayor Aran Boller condemned the death of a soldier in an encounter with the New People’s Army in the hinterlands of Barangay San Roque, Matuguinao recently. Killed-in-action was Corporal Bobby Barocaboc. He was deployed as part of the Alpha Company of the 19th...
An academic discussion with the subject Political Dynasties and the Northern Luzon Perspective will be held on Feb. 10 at the Saint Louis University in Baguio City. MAGALONG (FB) Main speaker Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong will delve on the theme “Daton Wenno Dusa” (Boon or Bane). Other...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Candidates here on Tuesday, Feb. 4, signed a peace covenant for the May elections. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso signs a peace covenant for the upcoming elections. (Danny Estacio) They vowed to avoid spreading fake information against rivals using...
The Hooked on Books (HOB) Library and its affiliated reading program were officially launched and opened at Pinagbuhatan Elementary School in Pasig City on Monday, Feb. 3, aiming to nurture the imagination and abilities of the youth toward a brighter future through reading. Pasig City Mayor Vico...
Mayor Abby Binay during the Eastern Samar Provincial Liga Assembly. Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay underscored the need to reform the country's barangay governance system and advocated for the payment of salaries to barangay officials rather than just honorariums. Binay made...
ILOILO CITY – A lawyer said that former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here is not yet free from any legal liabilities despite a presidential pardon granted by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. FORMER Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog with Rep. Julienne ‘JamJam’ Baronda. ...
