ZAMBOANGA CITY – A security officer was gunned down here on Monday, November 27. POLICE and paramedics attend to a shooting victim in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Police identified the victim as Ricky Funtilon Casipe, 48, of Sitio Buenagatas, Boalan, this city. Casipe,...
ILOILO CITY – Markets in this city are going cashless. This was after the Iloilo City government launched Paleng-QR PH Plus, the cashless payment scheme implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), at the Iloilo Terminal Market...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bago City government in Negros Occidental recently unveiled a P6-million youth development center for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children at risk (CAR) in Barangay Lag-asan. HALFWAY House, a youth development center for children in conflict with the law...
The Taguig City government encouraged real property owners in its 10 new barangays in the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) areas to register and pay their taxes. “The Supreme Court has ruled with finality that the 10 EMBO barangays are under the jurisdiction of Taguig,” the Taguig city...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The province of Albay recently launched the electronic Local Government Unit (eLGU) system which is part of the government's effort to digitalize public transactions in every LGU. THE Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) and Gov. Grex...
BINALONAN, Pangasinan – Vice President Sara Duterte called on the people of Pangasinan on November 25 to unite and support the government for the country’s progress. VICE President Sara Duterte poses for a selfie during a visit to Pangasinan on Saturday, November 25. (Liezle Basa...
BORONGAN CITY – Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda here said that their hosting of the fourth leg of the NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour helped raise the popularity of this city as a surfing site and gave pride to the people. AGDA (FB) "The impact of this surfing competition in Borongan is...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao (OPAMINE) distributed government assistance to various irrigators associations in Region 12 or the Davao region on Friday, November 24. AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu...
LONDON (AFP) -- Wayne Rooney finally secured his first win as Birmingham boss with a 2-1 victory against Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, Nov. 25. Wayne Rooney (AFP) George Byers put bottom of the table Wednesday ahead in the first half at St Andrew's. But the lead was...
The Office of Pasig Vice Mayor (OVM) Robert "Dodot" Jaworski Jr. and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) recently launched an upskilling initiative to help college students prepare their future careers. Through the Student Success Office of PLP, the OVM seeks to guide and teach students...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – A 62-year-old Taiwanese was gunned down outside a restaurant in Barangay Del Remedio, this city, on Saturday morning, November 25. POLICE cars are seen outside a restaurant where a 62-year-old Taiwanese was shot dead on Saturday morning, November 25 in San Pablo...
CEBU CITY – Four armed men posing as National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents robbed a pawnshop on a busy street here on Saturday morning, November 25. TWO men take pieces of jewelry from a glass case in a robbery inside a pawnshop in Cebu City on Saturday morning, November 26. (Screengrab...