Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 8, three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. The alleged drug den maintainer, 34-year old Jurlit Sanchez, was the target of the operation. Two of her visitors Ulysses Redublado, 58, and...
Barangay San Antonio (BSA) in Pasig City has distributed around 800 coronavirus (COVID-19) care kits to infected residents since January 2021. The distribution of COVID-19 care kits to COVID-positive residents under isolation is part of the BSA health program which was initiated by Chairman Raymond...
Barangay San Antonio (BSA) in Pasig City allocated on Friday, Jan. 21, a total of P500,000 for college grant scholarships to resident scholars of the barangay. BSA Chairman Raymond Lising signed the P 500,000 in checks to be distributed among the 110 BSA college scholars in the upcoming college...
A fire burned down three houses in Pateros early morning on Wednesday, Jan. 19. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Pateros, they received a phone call from a concerned citizen about the fire, which started at about 5:23 a.m. in Sitio Pagkakaisa on Ragas Street in Barangay Sta. Ana....
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo believes the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections should not be postponed again because this would deny citizens their choice of leaders. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo, an opposition leader, noted the democratic process in...
Unvaccinated barangay captains should either resign or take a leave of absence from their posts, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño said on Sunday, Jan. 16. Diño issued the warning as the DILG ordered the barangay officials to...
Opposition senatorial candidate Chel Diokno has objections to the threats by the government to arrest unvaccinated Filipinos, saying it should instead launch a massive information campaign to address vaccine hesitancy. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) This will...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, Jan. 14, hit back at ACT-Teacher's Rep. France Castro, of the Makabayan bloc, for branding the inventory of the unvaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a “witch hunt’’ despite assurances that...
Three local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have not yet passed the ordinance that restricts mobility of the unvaccinated individuals as agreed by mayors of the National Capital Region following the hoisting of COVID Alert Level 3 in the metropolis. Department of the Interior and Local...
Unvaccinated individuals who would be caught outdoors will not be arrested, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified on Monday, Jan 10. However, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año warned that stubborn unvaccinated individuals resisting the barangay officials’ order will be...
The belief that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine would turn them into zombies is discouraging some people to be inoculated, a ranking official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Sunday, Jan. 9. DILG spokesperson Usec. Jonathan Malaya said he himself was...
Instead of scaring the unvaccinated with “punitive” measures, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, Jan. 9, wants the government to incentivize them in a bid to encourage more vaccinations. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during her Sunday radio show on Jan. 9, 2022....
