DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II announced on Tuesday afternoon, July 22, plans to visit his grandfather, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, in The Hague, Netherlands, in August. Vice Mayor Duterte said his elder brother, second district Rep. Omar Duterte,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) announced Tuesday the creation of a task force to thoroughly investigate the killing of a radioman in Bislig City. “We want to inform the people of Surigao del Sur and the whole nation that the Special Investigation Task Group...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a woman who purchased a newborn baby at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) four months ago. The 45-year-old suspect was listed as the city’s second most wanted person. She was arrested by the City Investigation and Detective Management Unit of the Cebu City Police...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative reported P1.1 million in damage to infrastructure in its service area due to tropical cyclone “Crising” and southwest monsoon. Beneco said as of 8 a.m. July 22, three transformers – two in Tuba, Benguet (Tadiangan and Tabaan) and one in Apugan,...
The Quezon City government declared a state of calamity on Tuesday, July 22, following continuous heavy rains and flooding brought on by the southwest monsoon (habagat). The declaration was approved during a special session of the 23rd City Council, presided over by Vice Mayor Gian Sotto, to...
To enhance student mobility and foster sustainable city planning, the Department of Education (DepEd), in collaboration with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the United Kingdom government, has officially launched the Senate-DepEd (SEED) Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project. In a...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that 4,084 families or 14,249 individuals have sought shelter in the city 's evacuation centers as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22, due to continuous heavy rains brought about by the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, that has battered Metro Manila and...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is targeting the breakthrough of the southbound tunnel of the 45.5-kilometer Davao City Bypass within the third quarter of 2025. In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said only 32 meters of excavation...
Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro on Tuesday, July 22, said that more than 23,380 Marikeños were evacuated from their homes due to the continuous onslaught of heavy rains brought about by the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat that also caused the water level of Marikina River to rise to...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced the different areas in barangays that experienced flooding due to the monsoon rains. Several areas in Muntinlupa were flooded as heavy rains continued overnight. Muntinlupa is under blue alert status and personnel from the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster...
Netizens have started naming the portions of Commonwealth Avenue near Don Fabian Street that were heavily flooded into "Commonwealth Beach" on Monday, July 21, due to continuous rains brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat). The flood waters reached knee-deep on sidewalks and tire-deep on the...
A child miraculously survived a fall into raging flood waters in a large road excavation site in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, on Monday afternoon, July 22. Based on initial reports, the child followed his father who was on his way to fetch another child who had been playing in the rain. The father,...
