Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto encouraged Pasigueños to avail themselves of the free chest X-ray and check-up offered by the City Health Department (CHD) through the city's health centers to prevent tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, in observance of National...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has proposed a P4.2-billion budget in 2025. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Mayor Albee Benitez said the allocation is higher than the P3.6 billion this year. “That's an additional billion increase after three years,” Benitez said. Benitez said the expenditure...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental is probing a suspected molasses spill in the sea of Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7. A MOLASSES spill affects the sea at the Sagay feeder port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7....
DAGUPAN CITY – More than 200 Sangguniang Kabataan officials from San Carlos City, Pangasinan who suffered from suspected food poisoning during a seminar in a hotel at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone returned home on Thursday, August 8. The Olongapo and San Carlos city governments and the Subic Bay...
Filipino students won nine awards including a gold award in the XXXVI Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO). This year, Filipino students bagged one gold award, four bronze awards, and four honorable mention awards that put the Philippines in rank 24 out of 39 participating...
Senator Cynthia Villar stressed the importance of instilling awareness about environmental sustainability for future generations, a value she wishes to continue as Las Piñas held its Waterlily Festival anew, now in its 17th year. (Photo from the Office of Senator Cynthia Villar) "Through this...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities conducted a surprise unannounced two-part simulation exercise on Wednesday, August 7, in two separate areas in preparation for the 39th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival here starting on Thursday, August 8. The first scenario involved a bag with a fake explosive device left at...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized shabu worth P6.8 million from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok 15, Barangay Doongan, this city, on Monday, August 5. In a report to Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro, Police Col. Marco Archinue, chief of police...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City Council cited two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos “Caloy” Yulo for his achievements. YULO (AP) A resolution congratulating Yulo, proposed by Councilor Miguel S. Treñas, was unanimously passed during the regular session on Wednesday, August 7. “Despite the...
The police raided a warehouse in Taguig suspected of selling unregistered food products, particularly luncheon meat. The operation was led by the Southern Police District’s Special Operations Unit in collaboration with the District Intelligence Division, National Intelligence Support Group...
DAVAO CITY – The city government reported an increase in tourist arrivals here last year with 1,296,928 compared to the 897,406 in 2022. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian Duterte poses for a photo prior to his city address. (Photo via Ivy Tejano) Mayor Sebastian Duterte said in his...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Z. Duterte urged residents here, particularly couples, to consider their financial capacity before deciding to have children in his State-of-the-City Address on August 6. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte delivers his State-of-the-City Address...
