Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste is prodding the Marcos administration to launch an investigation on the alleged discrimination and corruption in its "Bawat Bayan Makikinabang" programs, including the "Bawat Barangay Makikinabang" program. This, after the neophyte congressman told...
A Sangguniang Kabataan chairman and a kagawad in Taguig City have apologized after being seen riding a motorcycle without helmets on Friday, April 24, in violation of traffic rules. Ivan Guzman, SK chairman of Barangay Upper Bicutan, and Glenn Gacusan, SK kagawad, posted apologies on social...
Two security personnel were arrested after authorities uncovered unlicensed firearms and multiple regulatory violations during a condominium inspection in Barangay Lingunan, Valenzuela City, on Wednesday, April 22. The operation was conducted by the Regional Civil Security Unit–National Capital...
Blackwater isn’t only gunning for its first win streak of the conference but is also aiming to sustain its giant-slaying ways when it takes on Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, April 24. The Bossing are riding the crest of their...
Two fires ripped through residential areas in Taquig City and Muntinlupa City on Wednesday, April 22, gutting five houses and displacing nine families, authorities reported. In Taguig, flames razed three houses in Barangay New Lower Bicutan, affecting five families. The Taguig City Fire Station...
For Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan, barangay watchmen ("tanods") are the country 's indispensable, unsung first responders who deserve more benefits. Specifically, Yamsuan is eyeing the grant of Christmas bonuses, free legal aid and other benefits for barangay tanods...
For learners who often go unnoticed in broad national data, help may soon be closer to home as the Department of Education (DepEd) pushes for education mapping at the barangay level, in a move aimed at identifying learning gaps more precisely and directing support to communities that need it most. ...
A fire that broke out at a paint storage facility in Barangay Dalandanan, Valenzuela City reached second alarm before being placed under control early Tuesday, April 21. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Valenzuela City Command, Control and Communication Center, the fire was...
Senators are divided over the proposal to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections for this year, saying such a move requires serious study. “Although Congress has the power to suspend the election, it is necessary to study whether it is legal to do so,” Sen. Joseph...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, April 19, welcomed the government’s plan to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for this year 2026. Marcos said the postponement of the 2026 barangay and youth elections would be beneficial to a country still reeling with the impact of...
Barangay Ginebra was on target from deep and whipped Terrafirma, 111-103, to notch its third straight win in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Saturday, April 18. The Kings nailed 18 triples with Justin Brownlee and Stephen Holt combining for half of it as...
Malacañang said it is open to proposals to postpone the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), as some lawmakers push the move to save government funds amid the ongoing energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East. In a press briefing in Iloilo City on Friday, April 17,...
