The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the tuition-free college education offered by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University (PUPOU) to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Manila City Jail. In an agreement forged last July between the Manila City Jail and...
Olympic Pole Vaulter EJ Obiena and Hans Lopez-Vito, Ayala Land's head of brand experience and brand strategy for residential, estates, and corporate group, officially kick off the first-year anniversary run of Ayala Land and Make It Makati's Car-Free Sundays. In celebration of Car-Free Sundays’...
Voters in Taguig will be electing 12 councilors in each of the city's two districts in the May 12, 2025 local and national elections. This will be implemented after the Senate and House of Representatives adopted Concurrent Resolution 23 , authored by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, adding the...
MARAWI CITY – Prominent TV and radio personality Ben Tulfo is running for senator in the elections next year. Tulfo, 69, announced his independent candidacy here as he was conferred the title of Honorable Son of Marawi in a ceremony led by Mayor Majul U. Gandamra at the Marawi City Gymnasium on...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte said she is uncertain if the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) would still want to ally with Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) following the decline of support from political allies for her regional party. VICE President Sara Duterte (FB)...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-nine more barangays were added to the list of drug-cleared areas in Central Visayas. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing during a recent meeting. (Photo from PDEA-7) The 29 barangays were included after the deliberation process conducted by the Regional...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – A content creator-vlogger was shot dead in Barangay Palaming here on Wednesday, September 25. MANESE (FB) Police identified the victim as Goddard Gabriel Zacarias Manese, 30, of Barangay Calomboyan here. Investigation said Manese was riding a motorcycle driven...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has cited Basilan province for enacting an ordinance to protect human rights defenders. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance -- "Basilan Province Human Right Defenders Protection Ordinance" -- is the first-ever local legislation by any provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a man allegedly suffering from a mental illness after he climbed a 20-foot utility post in Barangay Taculing here on Wednesday, September 25. AUTHORITIES rescue a man who climbed a utility pole in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Wednesday, September 25....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development has urged local government units in Western Visayas to update their Comprehensive Land Use Plan. REGIONAL Director Eva Maria Marfil (center) of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) speaks at the...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano thanked the Senate and House of Representatives for their support to a concurrent resolution that will include the 10 EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays to the city’s two districts. “My heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Senate headed by Senate...
Bacoor City LGU breaks ground for an 18.96-kilometer stretch of bike lanes on Sept. 25 (Photo from Bacoor City LGU/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Bacoor City officials broke ground for an 18.96-kilometer stretch of bike lanes across the city on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Present during the ceremony...
