CAVITE – Local government units (LGUs) have launched recycling initiatives to give campaign materials a second life following the midterm elections. In Bacoor City, 39,654 pieces or 5,549 kilos of tarpaulins have been collected by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO),...
ILOILO CITY – Broadcaster Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. was found guilty of three counts of cyber libel filed by contractor Shariko Salcedo, three days after losing in the elections for councilor here. The Iloilo City Regional Trial Court Branch 39 on Thursday, May 15, found Capulot guilty. He...
BACOLOD CITY – Lawyer Rowena Lizares was elected as the first lady mayor of Talisay City in Negros Occidental. “Today, I was proclaimed the first woman ever to have been elected as mayor of my beloved Talisay City. I am at a loss for words but then I have so much to say in gratitude,” Lizares...
The Valenzuela City Police, led by station chief Col. Nixon Cayaban, arrested a woman for selling fake government IDs on Wednesday, May 14. The suspect, identified as "Tere", 29, a resident of Barangay Gen. T. De Leon, was caught in an entrapment operation conducted by the Valenzuela City Police...
The Navotas City government launched a program offering rice at P20 per kilo in support of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Project. The launch was held on Wednesday, May 14 at the Kadiwa Center in Navotas City Hall and Agora Market. According to the Public Information Office (PIO),...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Vehicles started to pile up after the Department of Public Works and Highways-8 imposed a temporary three-metric ton maximum gross weight limit on the San Juanico Bridge. DPWH-8 Regional Director Edgar Tabacon called for understanding and cooperation from the public in their effort...
A high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was nabbed in a buy-bust operation led by the City Drug Enforcement Team (CDET) of the Antipolo City Police on early Thursday morning, May 15. The suspect was identified as "Jimboy," 32, a resident of Barangay Bagong Nayon. He was arrested at...
Two people, including a 16-year-old girl and a 62-year-old man, died in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Barangay 81, Caloocan City on Wednesday, May 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), five other individuals were injured due to lacerations, abrasions, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – First district Rep. Khymer Olaso was proclaimed the new mayor here on Tuesday, May 13. REP. Khymer Olaso is proclaimed new Zamboanga City Mayor on May 13. (City Hall PIO) Olaso defeated Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe. Former Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco was elected vice mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – A 48-year-old high school teacher was gunned down inside a computer shop in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3 here on Tuesday, May 13. A 48-year-old high school teacher was shot dead inside a computer shop in Barangay 3, Bacolod City on Tuesday, May 13. (Photo via Llanee Zil Menardo) Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old college student who allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old man to death in a bar in Barangay Mandalagan here on Tuesday, May 13, surrendered to the police on Wednesday afternoon, May 14. Police Capt. Rondyl Tapang, head of Police Station 3, said that Adrian, accompanied by...
CEBU CITY – The losing mayoral candidates from three highly urbanized cities in Metro Cebu are not yet giving up their respective fights. RADAZA (FB) Former Lapu-Lapu Mayor Paz Radaza has filed a petition for disqualification before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against couple Junard and...
