TACLOBAN CITY – As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a 26-year-old tattoo artist paid tribute to the British monarch by tattooing her image on his client’s left leg. RAMIL Roy Feliciano's Queen Elizabeth II tattoo. Ramil Roy Feliciano from Cebu City took six hours to finish the...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) said Monday, Sept. 12, that at least 2,000 structures are up for demolition in this city’s massive drive to clear waterways from obstruction. Raquel Arce, CCDRRMO head, said they are just awaiting the go-signal...
The north and southbound portions of Meralco Avenue in Pasig City will be closed for six years, starting on Oct. 3, 2022 until the year 2028, due to the construction of the Shaw Boulevard Station of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). Photo from DOTr According to the Department of...
Two artist inmates of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) San Juan continue to give new meaning and color to their fellow persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) with their acrylic paintings after the facility introduced a program that will give inmates an honest and noble way of living...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police on Saturday, Sept. 10, arrested a mayor from Maguindanao who is facing murder charges in a hotel in Davao City. DOCTORS attend to Mayor Khadafe Mangudadatu (in bed) of Pandag, Maguindanao in a hospital where he was taken for difficulty in breathing after he was...
BY DIANN IVY CALUCIN The former officer-in-charge (OIC) of the City of Malabon University (CMU) on Friday, Sept. 9, gave a statement on the delistment of the university from the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFast)...
DAVAO CITY – Additional buses are ready to be deployed for commuters stranded during peak hours due to the insufficient number of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) here. Dionisio Abude, head of the City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO), said that operators have been given special...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here said the city government would only adopt the optional wearing of face masks outdoors as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) nationwide if there is data showing that it would not...
A total of 70 senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) were recognized on Friday, Sept. 9, after successfully finishing their 11-day recycling and weaving activities under Pasig City’s SiPAG-ASA project. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWD) beneficiaries of Pasig City's...
DAVAO CITY — A notice to proceed was issued on Thursday, Sept. 1, to the Chinese contractor of the highly anticipated Samal Island-Davao City (SIDC) connector project, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. DPWH Undersecretary Emil Sadain said that a geotechnical...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here wants every investment in Paquibato District carefully assessed to prevent the displacement and exploitation of the Lumad people from their ancestral domain. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte (left). Atty. Jonah Presto, focal...
In a bid to provide services to more barangays in Pasig City, the local government signed on Thursday, Sept. 8, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Ayala Malls The 30th for the expansion of the Business One Stop Shop (BOSS). Photo from Pasig PIO Among the signatories were Pasig Mayor Vico...
