ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered the Office of the Building Official (OBO), the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), and the Boarding House Commission to step up the inspection of boarding houses following a fire here that killed two persons here recently. AN aerial photo of...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Are we gearing up for an all-out conflict over West Philippine Sea issues? This was the question we heard our friends and colleagues in the local government sector ask over the weekend. Their question comes on the heels of recent developments concerning the West Philippine Sea...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte donated on Tuesday, February 20, 24,000 bags of five-kilo rice to Davao Oriental province. DUTERTE (Inday Sara Duterte FB) In a statement, Mati City Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat said the donation followed the aftermath of weeks of non-stop heavy...
APARRI, Cagayan – The families of Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda here and his five companions, dubbed the Aparri 6, who were gunned down one year ago in Nueva Vizcaya, marked their first death anniversary on Monday, February 19. “Today, we commemorate the tragic death of Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas showcased the environmental programs of this city at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (right) at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Mayor Jerry Treñas FB) “I shared the Tree...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental distributed cash gift amounting to P1.2 million to 41 nonagenarians and centenarians on Valentine’s Day. CENTENARIAN Estelita Alimpolos from Barangay Sicaba (seated on a wheelchair) was awarded P100,000 by the city government of...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will develop a new relocation site for informal settlers following the ratification of the City Council on Wednesday, February 14, of the deed of absolute sale of a 17-hectare lot in Barangay Granada here. BENITEZ (FB) Lawyer Karol Joseph Chiu, Secretary...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, February 12, that the Diocese of Bacolod has temporarily stopped the restoration and repair of the San Sebastian Cathedral here pending the approval of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). MAYOR...
CEBU CITY – Valentine’s Day came a day early as 30 couples in Dapitan City tied the knot in a mass church wedding dubbed “Kasalan ng Bayan” on Tuesday, February 13. COUPLES pose after a mass church wedding at the Saint James the Greater Church in Dapitan City on Tuesday, February 13....
BACOLOD CITY – Two building inspectors assigned to the Office of the Building Official (OBO) here were suspended for 60 days for alleged extortion. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) In a press briefing on Monday, February 12, City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. said these two building inspectors...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, Feb. 12, condemned the dispersal of students by the police during a protest in front of the House of the Representatives. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte “Mariin nating kinokondena ang dispersal ng mga pulis sa mga estudyante na nagpapahayag ng kanilang...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio L. Co has been named adopted son and honorary mayor here as the city celebrated the 19th Bacolaodiat Festival on Saturday, February 10. CAMILLE Clarisse Co Lao (third from left) and husband, Michael Stephen Lao (second from left), accept a...
