CEBU CITY – The death toll in the collapsed dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here increased to 13 as two more fatalities were recovered on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13. SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Department, said rescuers are still searching for 23 persons...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 38-year-old Chelamie Dinawanao was transported from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to her hometown in Barangay Santiago, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday, Jan. 12. The local government of Sibulan in Negros Oriental, in coordination with the provincial...
CEBU CITY – Businesswoman Sarah Discaya denied involvement in the alleged anomalous P96.5-million flood control project in Davao Occidental. Discaya pleaded not guilty to charges of graft and malversation of public funds when she appeared for her arraignment before the Lapu-Lapu City Regional...
The Marcos administration’s flagship Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program has translated long-standing housing commitments into concrete results by enabling hundreds of informal settler families in Valenzuela City to finally secure land ownership after decades of uncertainty. A...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) seized shabu valued at P8.8 million for distribution at the Sinulog Festival in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental after arresting two high-value drug personalities in a buy-bust operation in this highly urbanized city on...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council is exploring the establishment of a People’s Council, a body mandated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to promote the active participation of civil society organizations in local governance. Committee on Cooperative Development and...
Mayor Maan Teodoro on Monday, Jan. 12, vowed to support all plans and programs of the Marikina City Police Station to strengthen peace, order, and the safety of residents in the city. The partnership between the city government and the Marikina CPS was further reinforced during a New Year’s...
An unidentified man with gunshot wounds and handcuffed hands was found dead along the roadside of Sitio Aduas in Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, on Sunday morning, Jan. 11. The Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS) said the victim was discovered by a barangay personnel, who...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Police cited a barangay tanod here for returning a lost wallet containing cash amounting to P9,350. The honest barangay tanod was identified as Rey Agripa Besmejo of Barangay Tula-Tula. Besmejo turned over the wallet to the police instead of keeping its contents. In a Facebook...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte won’t return to the Philippines as long as Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is president, Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte said Monday. Speaking to Duterte supporters outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Rep. Duterte said his...
DAVAO CITY – City government officials criticized on Monday, Jan. 12, the renewed move to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, describing the effort as politically motivated and a distraction from more pressing concerns. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Ormoc City government has ordered the closure of the nearly century-old Ormoc Maternity and Children’s Hospital, citing multiple violations of its memorandum of agreement with the local government, Mayor Lucy Torres Gomez said in a statement on Monday. Gomez said the closure...
