The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 69 officials from the provincial and municipal governments of Bohol, including its Governor Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado, due to their involvement in the controversial resort found in Chocolate Hills this year. Other...
The Muntinlupa City Council approved a resolution on May 27, calling on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Muntinlupa to investigate the killing of Barangay Buli Captain Ronaldo Loresca on May 22. Loresca, 48, was shot by two unidentified men at about 10:16 p.m. while he and his companions...
Veteran guard LA Tenorio knows a thing or two about basketball and he definitely showed it in Ginebra’s 90-71 win over Meralco in Game Four of the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals on Friday night, May 24, at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Barangay Ginebra's LA Tenorio (PBA Images) After a...
Picking its poison against the depth of Barangay Ginebra has been a running theme for Meralco in the first two games so far in their best-of-seven semifinals series in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup. But there was none of that in the Game 3 clash at the full house Dasmariñas City Arena on...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A barangay chairman was killed in a motorcycle accident on the national highway in Barangay Labut Sur, Santa, Ilocos Sur on Saturday morning, May 18. Police identified the victim as Jerome Jesus de Peralta Bueno IV, 40, chairman of Barangay Rizal, Santa....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deactivated more than 4.2 million voters from its records, the poll body's top official said. In a message to reporters, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that this number will be deducted from the present number of voters, which is 68 million....
Christian Standhardinger erupted for 36 points as Barangay Ginebra booked the first ticket to the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals with a 99-77 beatdown of Magnolia in the quarterfinals edition of Manila Clasico at the iconic Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, May 11. Christian Standhardinger...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives have expressed their support for a proposed legislation that aims to defer the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Dec. 1,...
(PNA) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants to move the conduct of the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Dec. 1, 2025 to Oct. 26, 2026, and then every three years thereafter. In a statement on Tuesday, May 7,...
BURGOS, La Union – Mayor Delfin Comedis Jr. here has offered a P100,000 reward for information on the mastermind and gunman in the murder of barangay kagawad Celso Apilado. Comedis mourned the death of Apilado. He described Apilado as a good person and a performing barangay official. Comedis...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 663,500 liters of water have been delivered to residents of 18 barangays here affected by the El Niño phenomenon since the start of this city’s water rationing program last month. RESIDENTS queue in line for water during the ‘Patubig sa Barangay’ program of the...
