A total of 82 buildings with 8,200 residential units will rise in Davao City as part of the government’s housing projects, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said on Sunday, Oct. 15. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said five of the buildings are already in the...
Gertrudes and Rogelio Alowa have been married for 53 years and they, together with 18 other senior couples, celebrated the renewal of their marriage vows through a ceremony organized by the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano officiated the renewal of marriage vows of the 19 senior...
CEBU CITY – Police here have been in close communication with the Jewish and Muslim communities amid the ongoing war in Israel. POLICE Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Police Regional Office-Central Visayas chief Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, assures that there is no...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit a recycling facility in Purok Paho, Barangay Felisa here on Friday, October 13. Damage to property was estimated at P4.2 million. BFP personnel put out a fire in a recycling facility in Barangay Feslisa, Bacolod City on Friday, October 13. (BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau...
CEBU CITY – Fully grown marijuana plants worth P1.2 million were uprooted in a mountain barangay in Toledo City, Cebu. The vast marijuana plantation was discovered shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, October 13, in Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Tungkay. The 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company...
The Pasig City local government unit (LGU)’s newborn screening program was recognized by the Department of Health - Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) during the “Newborn Screening Recognition and Awarding Ceremony” in Quezon City. Photo from Pasig PIO Pasig was given the...
In preparation for All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, locally known as "Undas," the Caloocan city government, led by the City Environmental Management Department (CEMD) and the Public Safety and Traffic Management Department (PSTMD), conducted cleanup operations in local public cemeteries. Photo...
The Pasig City local government has committed to strengthen the city’s efforts in eliminating tuberculosis (TB) cases and utilizing a “people-centered” response to the disease. Vice Mayor Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr., and Councilors Eric Gonzales, Corazon Raymundo, Simon Romulo Tantoco,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Tourism Secretary Maria Christina Frasco launched the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) program in Eastern Visayas on Friday, October 13, here. FRASCO (DOT-8 FB) "We've seen that there is a massive potential for further development here that is why we brought the BBMG program in the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a 35-year-old single mother in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mayao here on Friday night, October 13. Seized from the suspect “Cha” was 32 grams of suspected shabu valued at P663,612 placed in three heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets, a pouch, and...
The failure of Philippine trial courts to deliver justice swiftly contributed to extra-judicial killings and Filipinos exacting revenge through “street justice,” Vice President Sara Duterte said, stressing the need for “speedy justice.” Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the 30th...
BACOLOD CITY – Billiards legend Efren “Bata” Reyes edged Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, 2-1, in an exhibition match during the last day of the 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball billiards tournament at The Main Atrium of SM City Bacolod here on Thursday, October 12. Benitez and...
