Ten barangays and three police community precincts (PCPs) in Makati City were recognized by the city government for being the most child-friendly barangays and PCPs in the city during its 2022 Search for the Most Child-Friendly Barangay and Police Community Precincts. The awarding ceremony held at...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL DR. JUN YNARES The City of Antipolo – the Pilgrimage Capital of the Philippines – had a special “pilgrim” come and visit the country’s only international Catholic religious shrine: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The special “pilgrim” is the...
Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) are hunting down a security guard who robbed a drug store in Barangay Dona Josefa, Quezon City on Tuesday morning, Dec. 6. The QCPD identified the suspect as Erick Mercado, 35, a resident of Barangay Payatas, Quezon City. Police said the suspect...
A total of 1,000 beneficiaries of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantage (TUPAD) program in Pasay will be deployed to barangays in the city to render community work. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the TUPAD program in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Pasay...
The Parañaque City government lighted a giant Christmas tree at the City Hall grounds on Monday, Dec. 5. Mayor Eric Olivarez headed the ceremony, together with wife Aileen Claire and the city government department heads led by city administrator Atty. Voltaire dela Cruz. Olivarez said a show was...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval lauded on Monday, Dec. 5, the city rescuers and volunteers for successfully saving a woman who was trapped inside a four-story residential building that collapsed in Barangay Longos on Sunday, Dec. 4. The mayor thanked those who responded to the incident which...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started to roll out the execution of the first-ever Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in Luzon. In partnership with the Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and the Baguio City local government, the DOT led the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Dec. 5....
The Malabon City government held the grand opening of its first-ever “Musical Lights and Fireworks Display” at the Malabon City Hall on Monday, Dec. 5, for the Christmas season. Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval led the event along with City Administrator Alexander Rosete, Malabon City Police...
DA-Western Visayas FB ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday, Dec. 5, the first case of bird flu in Western Visayas after chicken in a poultry farm in Barangay Cagay, Roxas City, the capital of Capiz, have been infected. “The region now is on high alert for the first...
Operations of motorcycles-for-hire must be regulated by government in order to ensure the safety of its patrons. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte With this in mind, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte filed House Bill (HB) No. 4470. He said that while "habal-habal" or motorcycle...
CEBU CITY – Property worth more than P12 million was destroyed in two separate fires here on Sunday, Dec. 4. The first fire occurred past 1 .a.m. in Barangay Mambaling where at least 150 houses were destroyed. It took more than two hours before firefighters were able to put out the fire....
CEBU CITY – Multiple criminal charges were filed against a woman here who allegedly abused her four-year-old daughter through online sexual exploitation. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas raids the house of a Cebu City resident accused of sexually exploiting her daughter....