On top of the Pasig City government’s cash gift of P 3,000 to Pasig senior citizens, Barangay San Antonio (BSA) went the extra mile by adding P 500 to the cash gift. An additional P500 will be given to about 900 senior residents of BSA for a total amount of P450,000. In 2020, there were about 750...
An 11-year-old girl died while an eight-month-old baby was injured in a fire in Taguig on Dec. 13. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Taguig, the fire hit a house owned by Jaquiline Adre along J Ramos Street in Bgy. Ibayo Tipas, Taguig at noon. The fire in Bgy. Ibayo Tipas, Taguig...
Justin Brownlee (PBA Images) Justin Brownlee admitted that he felt like he was in dreamland after returning to his familiar role as import of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for the first time since the pandemic. The staging of the import-laden PBA Governors’ Cup allowed the Gin Kings to bring back...
Photo from PBA Barangay Ginebra San Miguel did just enough to outlast Alaska, 80-77, Sunday, Dec. 12 and start its title defense on a winning note in the PBA Governors’ Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Resident import Justin Brownlee made key plays in his return while Stanley Pringle...
Justin Brownlee (PBA Images) Barangay Ginebra opens its title defense of the PBA Governors’ Cup crown against early leader Alaska while NorthPort’s Arwind Santos faces his former team San Miguel Beer for the first time Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Justin Brownlee...
Papa Obet Sessions Now playing: your favorite song on your favorite radio station, sang by your favorite disc jockey. Barangay LS 97.1 disc jock Papa Obet is now officially a recording artist as he releases “Papa Obet Sessions EP,” under GMA Music, on-air and on digital streaming platforms...
A local suburb in Cebu was named as one of the world's "Best Tourism Villages" of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced. (Screen capture from World Tourism Organization's Facebook Page) Barangay Bojo in Aloguinsan, Cebu was among the 44...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) named Barangay 412, Zone 42 in Legarda, Manila as this year’s Best CEST Community. Barangay 412 (Screenshot from DOST-NCR Facebook page) The DOST conferred the award on Nov. 27 as part of the celebration of the 2021 National Science and Technology...
Justin Brownlee (PBA Image) Justin Brownlee finally joined preparations for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s title defense in the PBA Governors’ Cup. A video posted by Gin Kings veteran Joe Devance on his Instagram account showed Brownlee, already in his practice gear, arriving at Ginebra’s...
Contributed by Mark Vicson C. Peria After almost two years of lockdown, I have finally experienced freedom just two-and-a-half-hour drive away from Manila. Last July, I discovered a pet-friendly and affordable lodge just beside the Tinipak River in Barangay Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal. Finally, I...
A barangay in Mandaluyong City has already been cleared of illegal drugs, the local government announced Thursday, Nov. 25. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Health (DOH), and the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Several governors and mayors have vowed to troop to the Senate to hold protest action over the huge budget cut in the Barangay Development Program for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the 2022 budget....
