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...
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...
A total of 158 public school teacher-scholars in Pasig City have completed the Certificate in Science Teaching (CST) Program offered by the University of Santo Tomas (UST) College of Education. The teachers at the completion ceremony Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl Peralta, DrPH...
BACOLOD CITY – A modern city hall will soon rise in a historic site in the downtown area here. City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez led the groundbreaking of the new four-story building on Luzuriaga-Araneta Sts. in Barangay 13 on Tuesday, August 6. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is distributing P30-million worth of free school supplies to more than 65,000 pupils here. BACOLOD City officials led by Mayor Albee Benitez (center) distribute free school supplies to pupils of Rizal Elementary School and Education and Training Center...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has approved the recommendation of the poll body's fact-finding panel to file a case of material representation against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. (MB file photo) In a memorandum dated August 6, the Comelec en banc said that it adopted...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has offered a cash reward to any information that would aid police in addressing unsolved killings in this city. BCPO chief Police Col. Joeresty Coronica pays a courtesy call on Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). (Photo courtesy of...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao condemned the killing of Vice Mayor Roldan Benito of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur in his hometown on Friday afternoon, August 2. The BARMM called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and hunt the...
The vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Friday afternoon, August 2. Police identified the fatality as Roldan Benito. BENITO (FB) His nephew, who was a security aide, was also killed. Benito's wife, the chairwoman of Barangay Pandan, South Upi, and one...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc is currently studying the case of misrepresentation that is set to be filed against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. (MB file photo) "Pinag-aaralan na po ng miyembro ng [Comelec] En Banc (It's being studied by members of the [Comelec] En Banc)," Comelec...
It is horrifying that a Chinese national succeeded in winning in the country’s elections and assume a local government seat, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros made this assessment following the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) discovery that the...
