BACOLOD CITY – A modern city hall will soon rise in a historic site in the downtown area here. City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez led the groundbreaking of the new four-story building on Luzuriaga-Araneta Sts. in Barangay 13 on Tuesday, August 6. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is distributing P30-million worth of free school supplies to more than 65,000 pupils here. BACOLOD City officials led by Mayor Albee Benitez (center) distribute free school supplies to pupils of Rizal Elementary School and Education and Training Center...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has approved the recommendation of the poll body's fact-finding panel to file a case of material representation against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. (MB file photo) In a memorandum dated August 6, the Comelec en banc said that it adopted...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has offered a cash reward to any information that would aid police in addressing unsolved killings in this city. BCPO chief Police Col. Joeresty Coronica pays a courtesy call on Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). (Photo courtesy of...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao condemned the killing of Vice Mayor Roldan Benito of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur in his hometown on Friday afternoon, August 2. The BARMM called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and hunt the...
The vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Friday afternoon, August 2. Police identified the fatality as Roldan Benito. BENITO (FB) His nephew, who was a security aide, was also killed. Benito's wife, the chairwoman of Barangay Pandan, South Upi, and one...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc is currently studying the case of misrepresentation that is set to be filed against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. (MB file photo) "Pinag-aaralan na po ng miyembro ng [Comelec] En Banc (It's being studied by members of the [Comelec] En Banc)," Comelec...
It is horrifying that a Chinese national succeeded in winning in the country’s elections and assume a local government seat, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros made this assessment following the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) discovery that the...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan has ordered building and fire officials to conduct a thorough inspection of all structures in the city following a tragic fire that killed 11 people at a residential-commercial building in Binondo, Manila on Friday, August 2. Photo from TXTFIRE Philippines/MANILA...
To acknowledge the contributions of senior citizens in Marikina City, Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro signed Ordinance No. 40, Series of 2024, or the “Ordinance Increasing the Grant of Birthday Cash Gift to All Bona Fide Senior Citizens in the City of Marikina and Appropriating Funds...
Seven hundred out of the more than 2,500 severely affected families in Pasig City who were evacuated during the onslaught of the southwest monsoon and Typhoon Carina have already received financial assistance from the local government to help them recover. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto during the...
ILOILO CITY – Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda of this city expressed sadness over the removal and replacement of her official portrait in a barangay hall here. THE portrait of Raisa Treñas-Chu (right), the daughter of Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, hangs inside the Barangay Lopez Jaena Hall...
