The Maynilad Water Service, Inc. has announced that some of their customers in Caloocan and Quezon City will experience water interruption from Jan. 17 to 23. Maynilad said the interruptions are due to scheduled maintenance activities in different barangays in the city which is part of its...
DAGUPAN CITY – Six men were arrested for allegedly engaging in online sabong or cockfighting in Barangay Herrero-Perez in this city before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 15. Police identified suspects as Ian Samayo Suyod, 41; Arsan Tolentino Manawat, 36; Armando Ponce Rosario, 66; Kevin Bustamante...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric L. Olivarez announced on Sunday, Jan. 15, that he ordered an investigation on the reported “malicious and deliberate” acts by city’s former garbage hauling contractor. Olivarez said he received reports that water and electrical facilities, as well as the sewage...
A total of 588 former users of illegal drugs completed rehabilitation since July, said the local government of Caloocan City on Sunday, Jan. 15. The rehabilitation program was established by the Community Assisted Rehabilitation and Research Outpatient Treatment and Training System (CARROTS) under...
The Caloocan City, through the City Social Welfare Development Department (CSWDD), conducted a reach-out operation for street dwellers in North Caloocan on Friday, Jan. 13. CSWDD deployed social workers to provide medical assistance, counseling, and hot meals to 34 individuals in Barangays 170,...
CEBU CITY -- The fluvial procession of the Señor Sto. Niño image on Saturday morning, Jan. 14, was generally peaceful with no untoward incidents whatsoever. Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said the number of people who joined the fluvial procession and the foot...
Local traders engaged in fruit exports, particularly durian, forecast that durian exports to China could reach $150 million (P8.24 billion) on the first year from the signing of the agreement. This was shared by the Durian Industry Association of Davao City (DIADC) led by President Emmanuel Belviz...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- A 52-year-old seaman and owner of a hardware store was shot dead by an unidentified assailant on Friday night, Jan. 13, in this city. The police identified the fatality as Ispin Luzanta Monteclaro, a resident of Purok 1, Barangay Bocohan, here. Around 7:30 p.m., the victim...
BAGUIO CITY -- The city government needs to pool in a total amount of P5 billion to be able to fully transform its smart city vision into reality, according to Executive Assistant Philip Puzon. Puzon said Mayor Benjamin Magalong is planning to solicit financial support from the national government...
A RESCUER assists a motorcycle rider who figured in an accident in Bangga Cory, Circumferential Road, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Friday, Jan. 13. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 6) BACOLOD CITY – A couple died after their motorcycle collided with an empty fuel tanker truck in...
The Pasig City local government welcomed a new batch of students, consisting of 545 sports scholars and 1,700 beneficiaries of the Continuing High School Program Incentive (CHIP-In), under the Pasig City Scholarship Program (PCSP) for academic year 2022 to 2023. A two-day orientation and general...
BENITEZ BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez recently revealed that a multi-billion company in China is planning to build an electric vehicle plant here. “It was an eye-opener,” Benitez said as he met several big companies in China during the state visit of...
