The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, May 20, that it will conduct an investigation against a Quezon City barangay captain for participating in a videoke singing session without wearing a face mask during a birthday party. The incident went viral after a...
A fire broke out at a residential area in Barangay San Miguel, Pasig City on Wednesday night (May 19), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. Screenshot from the Facebook live of netizen John Armas Mojica In a phone interview, BFP-Pasig chief Supt. John Pinagod Jr. said that it was still on...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has ordered an investigation into a video circulating in social media involving a recent game participated in by minors without face masks during a fiesta in Barangay Baclaran last Sunday (May 16). Olivarez reiterated his call on Wednesday, (May 19) for barangay...
A barangay personnel in Caloocan City was caught using a falsified ID (identification card) in a remittance center to claim the cash assistance of another resident. Barangay 185 head Ronnie Masaoay, whose personnel was allegedly involved in the incident, confirmed this after it was posted on...
Scottie Thompson unveils the logo for his first signature shoe line with World Balance. (Photo from World Balance and Scottie Thompson's Instagram account) PBA star Scottie Thompson couldn't hide his excitement after unveiling the logo for his signature shoe line with World Balance. Taking it to...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to crank out health-related facilities amid the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A health center in the mountains of Iloilo. (Photo from DPWH) This, as the agency bared on Sunday, May 16 the completion of a two-storey...
In a bid to stress to the public the importance of following health protocols, the government's pandemic task force is set to distribute modules to different barangays in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Nograles made...
The investigation conducted on a barangay captain following the mass gathering in a resort in Caloocan City is a proof that barangay officials are accountable for the breach of the implementation of the health safety protocol in their areas of jurisdiction, Department of the Interior and Local...
Barangay officials who fail to enforce the country's quarantine rules could be held liable, President Duterte said in a televised address Monday as the country continued to battle the surge of coronavirus cases. President Duterte delivers a public address in Davao City on May 10, 2021 (Malacañang)...
Vice President Leni Robredo owns a residential property in Magarao, Camarines Sur, but her spokesperson clarified it’s not intended for her supposed 2022 political plan to run for governor in her home province. Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said the vice president and her siblings...
Vice President Leni Robredo has never been mum about possible plans to run for local office in her hometown of Camarines Sur, and a seemingly harmless social media post might add fuel to the rumors that she may not run for president in the May 2022 polls. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Two senators are seeking further probe into the status of the government’s school-based Barangay Health Stations (BHS) project, which was stalled due to an ongoing litigation. Senator Nancy Binay raised the issue during the Senate Committee on Health and Demography’s virtual hearing on the...
