Hagonoy, Bulacan was placed under a state of calamity after floods swamped 26 barangays due to monsoon rains intensified by Typhoons Luis and Maymay and high tide. The Sangguniang Bayan approved Municipal Resolution No. 2026-198 on Aug. 13, following the recommendation of the Municipal Disaster...
The body of one of four missing teenagers swept away by strong currents in the Marilao River was recovered Wednesday night, Aug. 12, in Sitio Kaybanban, Barangay Parada, Santa Maria, Bulacan. Authorities said the victim, a 17‑year‑old boy, was identified by his family. His body, swollen and...
More than 6,500 families in Calumpit, Bulacan received relief goods from the provincial government on Wednesday, August 12, as floodwaters continued to swamp the town. Gov. Daniel R. Fernando, Vice Gov. Alex Castro, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) head Rowena J. Tiongson,...
With nearly the entire town of Hagonoy submerged, Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado Mendoza directed police to provide free rides to stranded residents. At 8:27 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, personnel of the Hagonoy police led by Lt. Col. Leonard M. Lim launched the “Libreng Sakay” program in Brgy. Sto....
Flood‑hit families in Bulacan received food packs and hot meals during a relief operation in Barangay Malis, Guiguinto, the most populous village in the town, after the recent southwest monsoon and Typhoons Luis and Maymay. The Provincial Police Office (PPO), headed by acting director Col. Jay...
Mayor Lem Faustino on Tuesday, August 11, placed Calumpit, Bulacan under a state of calamity after all 29 barangays were submerged by floodwaters from days of heavy rains. Faustino said the declaration was based on the worsening situation in low‑lying areas, the number of families forced into...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., urging the anti-graft court to partially reconsider its July 31 resolution and deny his petition for provisional liberty. On July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third...
The Provincial Government of Bulacan has equipped the Emilio G. Perez Memorial District Hospital (EGPMDH) in Hagonoy with a state of the art 2D Echo Ultrasound Machine with Doppler, courtesy of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). This advanced cardiovascular diagnostic tool allows...
Twenty local government units (LGUs) in Bulacan suspended face-to-face classes at all levels in both public and private schools on Monday, August 3, as heavy rains from the southwest monsoon (Habagat) intensified by Typhoon Luis continued to affect the province. Governor Daniel R. Fernando said...
Very alarming. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas described the possibility that former and incumbent high-ranking government officials facing corruption charges could be allowed to post bail and obtain provisional liberty. The statement came two days after the...
BULACAN – The alleged mastermind in the killing of a former village secretary and teacher surrendered to police after learning he had been named in the victim’s dying declaration. Sta. Maria police chief Lt. Col. Mark Louie M. Sigua reported to Col. Jay B. Baybayan, acting Bulacan police...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Saturday, Aug. 1, that the Sandiganbayan’s decision granting bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his pending malversation case involving the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan was “part...
