Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today (May 30) said it is better for the incoming Marcos administration to decide whether the December 5 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections shall go on as scheduled or reset them. Sotto said it would be better if next Congress should get the...
TNT continued the trend of winning the first leg of a PBA 3x3 conference after prevailing over Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 18-15, in the finals held Sunday, May 22 at Robinsons Magnolia in Quezon City. Photo from PBA Newcomer Gryann Mendoza scored the decisive basket off a foul with 29.8 seconds...
CEBU CITY -- Seven barangay captains in Lapu-Lapu City were arrested on charges of oral defamation that City Mayor Junard ‘Ahong’ Chan filed against them. Arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Central Visayas were Bankal Brgy. Captain Eduardo Cuizon, Gun-ob Brgy....
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong and other city officials lead the inauguration of the first modernized barangay hall of Bakakeng Central Barangay with basketball court, sports center, day care center, senior citizens’ center, offices, and evacuation center. Photo courtesy of Rizaldy...
BACOLOD CITY -- A barangay councilor survived an ambush in Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday. A policeman points to some of the fired bullets recovered from the crime scene in Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, where a barangay councilor survived an ambush...
Parañaque City City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has declared 15 barangays in the city as drug free and that only one community in the city remains to have a drug problem. Olivarez made the announcement during the Monday regular flag raising ceremony held at the City Hall quadrangle and hosted by the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are subdivided into barangays which constitute the smallest political units in the country. For most residents, the barangay constitutes the front line of public service. Typically, a barangay resident gets to meet and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A barangay councilor was shot by still unidentified gunmen inside the barangay hall of Guinoman in Diplahan municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay on Thursday, April 28. Witnesses rush to the side of Guinoman barangay councilor Cristituto Halop after he was gunned down by two suspects...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday said he favors the postponement of the December 2022 barangay elections so that the government can start desynchronizing the barangya and local polls. Should he secure a seat in the Senate in the upcoming...
Photo from PBA Barangay Ginebra San Miguel secured a quarterfinals slot after defeating Platinum Karaoke, 22-19, Wednesday, April 27 in the resumption of the PBA 3x3 Second Conference Grand Finals at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Jayson David and Encho Serrano combined for 14 points as...
Photo from PBA Japeth Aguilar’s availability for next month’s Southeast Asian Games could be determined this week, but team manager Butch Antonio hinted that it would be best for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel big man to take more time to recover from his ankle injury. Gilas is still...
Former defense secretary and senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gino” Teodoro on Sunday said he supports the strengthening of the Barangay Development Program, a hallmark program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The particular program aims to bring...
