(From left) Tim Cone of Barangay Ginebra, Chito Victolero of Magnolia and Chot Reyes of TNT As the PBA braces for its return, the 12 teams are ready for the resumption of the Philippine Cup anytime this week at the Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor, Pampanga. Just like the other...
A barangay in Pasig City has launched a telemedicine consultation project to help barangay residents get free doctor consultation in their own homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Barangay San Antonio Facebook) Barangay San Antonio (BSA) recently launched its telemedicine consultation...
A barangay chairman and three others were arrested on Thursday (Aug. 26) for allegedly stealing Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds in Sta. Mesa, Manila. (mp Police identified the suspects as Mario F. Simbulan, 73, Barangay 608 chairman; Ma. Cristina D. Zara, 53, barangay councilor; Isagani B....
7121 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s LA Tenorio is pleased that fellow captains from other teams were able to come on board and find ways to resume the PBA Philippine Cup as early as Sept. 1 in Bacolor, Pampanga. Tenorio led an initiative that saw the players commit to chip-in to some of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified on Thursday, Aug. 12, that barangay tanod (barangay security officers) and other members of the “police auxiliary units (PAU)’’ are not allowed under the law to carry firearms while on official duties and other functions....
A Parañaque barangay captain apologized Wednesday after the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) called his attention about his refusal to give quarantine passes to residents who have not completed their vaccination against COVID-19. The ARTA earlier served a show-cause order to Noel Japlos, chairman of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) clarified on Tuesday, August 10, that the shooting incident incident in Manila involving a barangay security development officer (tanod) and a man believed to have mental health problems is not connected with the enforcement fo the enforcement of the Enhanced...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. did not mince his words in criticizing Vice President Leni Robredo and some "senior senators" over their proposal to realign the multi-billion peso budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the social...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Monday, August 9, the police to investigate the death of an alleged mentally unstable man who was gunned down by a barangay tanod (village watchman) in Manila last Saturday, August 7. “Iniimbestigahan na po natin ang report na...
The chairman of Barangay Central in Quezon City has decried the action done by a resident, who uploaded a video of a barangay officer asserting that no quarantine pass would be issued to those who are not yet vaccinated. Rosa Magpayo, head of Barangay Central, said in a statement Saturday that what...
Another barangay in Quezon City is requiring its residents to be vaccinated first against COVID-19 before they are issued their quarantine passes. A video posted on Twitter by a Barangay Central resident, who requested anonymity, showed a female barangay officer telling the constituents that they...
A fire broke out at a commercial establishment in Pasig City on Thursday (August 5), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-Pasig) said. In its initial report, BFP-Pasig said the establishment is located on Shaw Boulevard in Barangay Oranbo, Pasig. First alarm was raised by BFP-Pasig at 1:10 p.m. At...
