BACOLOD CITY – Four-thousand households in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental have no water after the intake tank of a treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal. San Carlos City was damaged by a flashflood due to heavy rain on Sunday, Feb. 23. FLASHFLOOD damaged...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – Two persons were killed outside a bar in Barangay 8, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur before dawn on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Police Lt. Col. Reynaldo Mendoza Jr., Vigan chief of police, identified the victims as Robert D. Apanay, 29, of Barangay San Julian, Vigan...
Bacoor City and NHCP officials discuss the restoration and preservation of historical landmarks in Bacoor on Feb. 24 (Photo from the City Government of Bacoor/MANILA BULLETIN) The local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor has requested assistance from the National Historical Commission of...
DAGUPAN CITY – Sen. Grace Poe and Mayor Belen Fernandez on Monday, Feb. 24, led the groundbreaking for the MacArthur Memorial building in honor of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's landing at Bonuan Blue Beach here in 1945. SEN. Grace Poe and Mayor Belen Fernandez lead the...
CEBU CITY – A group of animal welfare advocates has expressed concern over increasing reports of puppies and kittens being used as live feed for pet snakes, crocodiles, and other reptiles. ANIMAL welfare advocates in Cebu have raised concerns over reports that puppies and kittens are being...
CEBU CITY – A new party-list seeking a seat in the midterm elections wooed voters during a series of consultative meetings here on Monday, Feb. 24. THE first three nominees of Aksyon Dapat party-list (from left) Atty. Bobbit Rocco, Hernani Braganza, and Edgar Lagman discuss their platforms during...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points, Anthony Edwards blocked Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s go-ahead shot attempt and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 25-point deficit in the second half to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 131-128, in overtime on Monday night, Feb. 24....
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., spearheads the sale of NFA rice at P1,650 per sack, equivalent to P33 per kilogram, under the Food Security Emergency Program of the National Government on Monday, Feb. 24. (Santi San...
(Photo from Paco Delta Venus Lim) A house was gutted by a fire inside Magallanes Village in Makati City on Monday, Feb. 24, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. The BFP said the blaze started at 1:06 p.m. and was raised to the 2nd alarm at 1:15 p.m. Firefighters declared fire out at...
Police arrested a business owner and a seafarer after they yielded P2 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa on Feb. 22. The operation was conducted by the Southern Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit in coordination with the District Intelligence...
ILOILO CITY — Ilonggos highly criticized Mayor Jerry Treñas for downplaying EDSA People Power, especially when he boasted of his heroism during the Marcos dictatorship, including being imprisoned. ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas' statement during the 36th anniversary of EDSA People Power in...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of this city fell victim to fake news on the alleged death of Pope Francis. “Prayer for the passing of Pope Francis,” Mabilog wrote on Monday, Feb. 24. While the Facebook post has since been deleted, Mabilog was criticized for the...
