Police arrested Mayor Miguel Silva Jr. of Pangantucan, Bukidnon on Sunday night, Feb. 2, in Compostela, Davao de Oro for allegedly raping a minor. The 59-year-old Silva was apprehended through a warrant of arrest dated Dec. 10 issued by Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Regional Trial Court Branch 9 Judge...
BACOLOD CITY – Talisay City, Negros Occidental Mayor Neil Lizares is alarmed by the land dispute in Hacienda San Antonio Dos, Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City. A video of the incident recently went viral on social media. A SCREEN grab of a viral video showing an alleged security guard pointing...
Job seekers attend one of Makati's job fairs. A total of 14,710 individuals were hired in 2024 through Makati's Job Referral and Placement Program spearheaded by its Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Makati Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Feb. 3. From January to December last year, 14,710...
ILOILO CITY – Maintenance is being eyed for an unfinished P2.2-billion road traversing this city and neighboring town of Oton that has been trashed while being used as an illegal parking lot and an offroad drinking area a week after it was inaugurated. PART of the Iloilo Sunset Boulevard that...
Mayor Joy Belmonte Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the city's calorie labeling ordinance that will soon require restaurants operating in Quezon City to display the calorie count of food items in their menus. Under the ordinance, food...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy was warmly welcomed during the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival here on Thursday, Jan. 30. Sy, accompanied by his son Harvey and daughter Hanna Carinna during their visit at the Bacolod City Government Center, was named Honorary Mayor and...
ILOILO CITY – Marivic Mabilog, wife of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, was irked by the contradicting statements made by Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa following the presidential pardon of her husband. SEN. Ronald dela Rosa and former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during...
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija – Former Mayor Allan Gamilla of Bongabon town in Nueva Ecija province has cited the recent dismissal of the graft case filed against him in 2020. As expected, truth and justice will emerge. No matter what the slander and criticism of my administration is, I remain silent...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here is facing backlash for calling out singer JK Labajo’s performance during the Dinagyang Festival when the mayor himself is known to publicly utter profanities and threats. TRENAS and Labajo Ilonggos took to social media to point out the double standard...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Jan. 27, that the city has breached its 2024 revenue target by 31 percent after collecting P24,151,652,347 last Dec. 31, 2024. Based on the report of the City Treasurer, Makati's local revenue sources comprised the bulk of collections...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog maintained that the executive clemency granted by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is a vindication to him and this city. MABILOG (Tara Yap) “This is not about me. This is about God and Iloilo City,” Mabilog said. The...
Marikina Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro remains a candidate for congressman of the city’s 1st District, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Jan. 27 resumed its ballot printing for the 2025 elections. The printing was delayed for three weeks due to temporary restraining orders...
