Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay announced on Thursday, Jan. 23, her plan to push for tax exemptions for the 13th month pay and overtime pay of workers working in both private and public sectors saying that this will help alleviate the financial burden of...
The local government of Pasig clarified on Wednesday, Jan. 22, that no announcement has been made yet regarding the schedule of the Katuwang sa Agarang Hanapbuhay (KAAGAPAY) program for this year, contrary to information that is currently circulating. An incident in Barangay Pinagbuhatan where...
ILOILO CITY — More than 7,250 law enforcers were deployed for the Jan. 24 to 26 highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival in this city. MORE than 7,000 law enforcers were deployed to secure the Jan. 24 to 26 highlight of the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO) “It is our...
The Taguig Police scored a major drug haul when they seized P4.8-million worth of shabu on Jan. 22. The buy-bust operation in Barangay South Signal, conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU), also led to the arrest of a female suspect identified as alias Sherhana, 32, who was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-bed hospital will soon rise in Barangay Tinampaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) and Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. lay down a time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the P270-million Cadiz City Medical Center in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government has built 14 modern nipa huts for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees in a seven-hectare relocation site in Barangay Napoles, Bago City. NIPA huts for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental. (Photo via the Citybridge)...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved a P5-million financial assistance to support the staging of the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival this year. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez, Bacolaodiat Festival chairman John Stephen Sy (third from left), and Bob Cordova...
CEBU CITY – Dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes welcomed the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order by the Supreme Court that allowed him to seek reelection in May. Cortes denied allegations that a P1-million bribe was involved in the granting of the TRO against the Commission on...
ILOILO CITY – This city had the second highest inflation rate in the country last December but a bank executive sees this as a sign of the growth and development here. EASTWEST CEO Jerry Ngo (right) and Chief Investment Officer Bede Gomez speak during an economic briefing in Iloilo...
DAVAO CITY – Six years since being at the helm of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, interim Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim reiterated that education remains as among the keys in solving peace and sustaining development in the region. BARMM officials during the...
ILOILO CITY – Anthony Barredo Aguirre, a taxi driver here, was feted for returning P2.4 million in cash left by his passenger inside his vehicle on Jan. 18. AGUIRRE (Office of Congressman Gorriceta) The passenger, a businesswoman, inadvertently left the bag in the A&A Marie Taxi driven...
A 23-year-old man was nabbed by the police for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in Taguig on Jan. 21. The suspect, identified as alias Ryan, was apprehended by the Taguig Police at about 5:40 p.m. in Barangay New Lower Bicutan. His arrest was made after the police received...
