ZAMBOANGA CITY – Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco arrived here on Tuesday, February 27, to launch the agency’s Philippine Experience Program (PEP): Culture, Heritage and Art Caravan in Western Mindanao. MAYOR John Dalipe hosts a fiesta lunch at Santa Cruz Island for...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A village chief from one of the numbered barangays here and some city lawmakers have disagreed with the ordinance institutionalizing the “purok” system in providing development programs in every barangay in this city. POLICE Station 6 Puerto, members of the Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) died in a fire that gutted his house in Sitio Bunga-Bunga, Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon, February 26. ONLY galvanized iron sheets are left of a house razed by a fire in an upland area in San...
ILOILO CITY – Two people died in a fire in a residential area in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, on Tuesday afternoon, February 27. Roxas City Mayor Ronnie Dadivas confirmed the death of two senior citizens in an official statement released via his official Facebook page. SMOKE rises...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong doesn't see a repeat of the 2017 Marawi siege any time soon. “With the support of the LGUs (local...
DAVAO CITY – A conservation group has expressed alarm over the increasing number of air gun shooting incidents against the critically endangered Philippine Eagle. VOLUNTEER veterinarian Sheen Gadong (left) checks Philippine Eagle Kalatungan. (PEF photo) The Philippine Eagle Foundation has...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar with James Allen Papango (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO) The local government of Las Piñas City congratulated swimmer James Allen Papango for bringing home bronze medals from the prestigious Asian Schools Invitation Championship 2024 held in Bangkok. Papango, a native of...
CEBU CITY — A couple and their two children died and eight others were injured in a fire in Barangay Tinago here on Tuesday, February 27. ARSON investigators sift through the rubble of several houses that were razed by a fire in Barangay Tinago, Cebu City at dawn on Tuesday, February 27....
Mayor Eric Olivarez receives donations from Rotary Club of Parañaque East (Photo from Parañaque PIO) Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the Rotary Club of Parañaque East donated some equipment for distribution to 135 child development centers around the city on Monday, Feb....
Evidence recovered from the arrested suspect (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas police) Members of the Las Piñas Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested a 25 year-old man and confiscated from him around P122,400 worth of shabu on Tuesday, February 27. The Southern Police...
TACLOBAN CITY - A 73-year-old farmer was stabbed dead by his oldest son in Purok Camia, Barangay Guintiguian, Ormoc City, Leyte, on Sunday night, February 25. The victim was identified as Vicente Ramirez Jr. Initial investigation disclosed that Vicente and the suspect, Junrey, 28, were...
The Muntinlupa City Council amended an ordinance that requires companies operating in the city to hire 70 percent of their rank-and-file employees from among residents. Under existing ordinances 08-028 and 96-80, all companies that have at least five employees are mandated to hire at least 70...
