BACOLOD CITY – The city government here has strengthened ties with its sister city, South Korea’s Andong City, in a cultural exchange it hosted this week, highlighted by a MassKara Festival performance. ANDONG City, South Korea officials with their counterparts from Bacolod City pose during a...
ILOILO CITY – The Competitiveness Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for improving their competitiveness. THE Iloilo city government is awarded the Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in Western Visayas region....
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The cities of Ilagan and Cauayan in the province of Isabela have been declared as the first two drug-cleared cities in the country. This was revealed during the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing (ROCBDC) deliberation chaired by Philippine Drug...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The Global Innovation Sustainability Index 2023 was recently announced by Tholons. It is so refreshing to see that the Philippines ranked 15th among the Top 50 Global Digital Nations in the report. In fact, the country is bunched with Sweden and South Korea as among the...
CEBU CITY -- Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado welcomed the inclusion of Bohol as one of the 10 safest cities in the Philippines. A list released by a travel website showed that Bohol is one of only three places in the Visayas that are safe to visit. According to travelsafe-abroad.com, the 10 safest cities...
AFP/File LONDON, United Kingdom – New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed Thursday. The pair displaced last year's number one Tel Aviv, which fell to third place this time round in the Worldwide Cost of...
SHANGHAI, China – China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. Police vehicles are pictured along a street in Beijing on November 28, 2022. Noel CELIS / AFP...
The Quezon City government, in collaboration with the C40 Cities, has launched a new environmental initiative that will address the climate crisis in the city. Mayor Joy Belmonte led the Climate Action Implementation (CAI) program launching ceremony at the Novotel Manila in Araneta City, QC on...
Celebrating the sixth year of bilateral cooperation between the "sister cities," officials of Sakai, Japan gifted the local government of Marikina City a new ambulance and firetruck on Monday, Aug. 8. Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro and Sakai, Japan Mayor Masahiro Hashimoto at the turnover ceremony of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged local government units (LGUs) to initiate programs and projects based on the concept of public-private partnership (PPP). Abalos said LGUs can engage in a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement...
RAMA (FB photo) CEBU CITY – The mayor of this city, Michael Rama, has been elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). Ninety-five member city mayors signed a petition endorsing Rama and 55 others to comprise the new elective board members and appointive officers of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was elected national chairperson of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (3rd from left), along with other newly elected LCP officials, is sworn in by Interior and...
