BACOLOD CITY - Twenty-two pupils from Bubog Elementary School in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, fell ill after consuming expired chocolates and chips on Wednesday morning, March 26. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Department of Education (DepEd)-Negros Occidental, confirmed that 15 Grade...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old farmer was found dead in a sugarcane field in Sitio Kabangahan, Barangay Mandu-ao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, March 24, six days after he was reportedly abducted in Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on March 18. A 51-year-old farmer was found...
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their seventh straight win and 60th of the season with a 121-105 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night, March 25. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, center,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Borongan City market tenants, business owners, and local tricycle drivers can now opt for cashless transactions with just a scan of a digitally rendered QR code through the Paleng-QR PH Plus. Borongan City is the first local government unit in Eastern Samar and the first city in...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City’s Kadalag-an Festival in Negros Occidental earned its first grand slam title after winning the Best of Festival Dances competition in the city category during this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival held at the Panaad Park and Stadium here on Monday, March 24....
Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH) now has its own Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory (Cardiac Cath Lab), allowing patients to undergo life-saving heart procedures without the need to travel to national hospitals or spend hundreds of thousands in private facilities. Mayor Vico Sotto...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of a barangay (village) official in Baguio City in four counts of malversation of public funds involving P52,000 cash prizes during the 2011 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) sportsfest in 2011. Affirmed was the conviction of councilman Romel H. Beltran who, in...
Candidates running for different local positions in the May 12 elections in Muntinlupa held a unity walk and signed a peace covenant to ensure clean and orderly polls. Joining the event were representatives from the Philippine National Police-Muntinlupa (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde's Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde's first three years as congressman has been all about providing aid to his constituents in more ways than one. In his State of the District Address (SODA), which he...
BACOLOD CITY – The 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival kicked off in this city on Monday, March 24. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson leads the opening of the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City on Monday, March 24. (Glazyl Masculino) Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policewoman shot and wounded his live-in partner, also a police officer, during a heated argument inside their house in Barangay Sinawal, this city, on Monday morning, March 24. THE suspect (left) as her mugshot is being taken. Her live-in partner (right) is being...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has implemented a six-month preventive suspension without pay of Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro, Vice Mayor Marion S. Andres, and 17 other local officials for the reported misuse of P130 million in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
