ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two of the three suspects behind the murder of a village official in Basilan province on Tuesday, police said. Basilan police director Col. Cerrazid Umabong identified the two arrested suspects as Toh Lalung Acalul, 41, and Delpi Suratan, 32, both residents...
BACOLOD CITY – Barangay Tangub was declared the grand champion in the 46th MassKara Festival Street Dance and Arena Competition here on Sunday, Oct. 19. Led by Barangay Captain Noli Villarosa, Tangub, which last won the title in 2018, bagged the top prize of P1 million. The group was named Most...
BACOLOD CITY – Archbishop Charles Brown, Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, presided over the pontifical coronation of the original icon of the Virgen sang Barangay on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the San Sebastian Cathedral here. The historic event took place during the celebration of the Solemn Feast of...
President Marcos has encouraged barangay officials to undergo leadership training, stressing the important role of village leaders in local governance. During his meeting with Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) officials, Marcos discussed several ways to improve barangay governance. He emphasized proposals...
ALAMINOS, Laguna – A 55-year-old barangay councilor was gunned down inside his sari-sari store in Barangay 4 here on Thursday night. Police said the victim, Darwin Tolentino, was tending to his store when two men appeared. One of them disembarked and shot him. The suspects fled on board a...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested a barangay captain in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pulantubig, Dumaguete City on Thursday, Sept. 25. Recovered from the suspect – 49-year-old Inah of Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City – were five grams of suspected shabu valued at P34,000, improvised...
COTABATO CITY – A village chairwoman escaped death in a daylight ambush by six gunmen on separate motorcycles on a busy street here on Tuesday morning, police said. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said Barangay Poblacion 9 chief Pahima Ayunan Pasawiran-Pusaka was slightly...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto briefly explained on Sunday, Sept. 7, how the city government allocates financial aid to its barangays -- an initiative aligned with his administration 's mandate to uplift the lives of Pasigueños and advance his anti-corruption campaign. According to him, the...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso approved the disbursement of the 1st and 2nd quarter 2025 budget for all 896 barangays in the city on Friday, Sept. 5. Domagoso said the delayed budget, totaling P150,055,477.37, has already been signed, assuring the public that the city government will...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) defended the arrest of a son of barangay captain in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-7, said the arrest of the son of Barangay Carreta Captain Marciano Ando was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old former barangay councilor was gunned down in Hacienda Cabayao, Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. Investigation said a man was looking for a lost carabao in the area and asked for the house of the victim Pablo. The victim...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
