BACOLOD CITY – Solar power systems with a total of capacity of 1,340 kilowatts have been installed at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) and 16 barangays here as this city pushes for sustainable energy. These systems are expected to generate a total energy savings of approximately...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has released P100.4 million in healthcare assistance to more than 10,000 recipients of the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program. As of November, 267,319 members have been registered to the healthcare program, and 71,887 cards have been issued, ensuring...
ILOILO CITY – Construction of the new Roxas City Hall is underway. ROXAS City Mayor Ronnie Dadivas leads the groundbreaking of the new Roxas City Hall at Pueblo de Panay township in Roxas City, Capiz on Sunday, Dec. 1. (Mayor Ronnie Dadivas Facebook page) Roxas City Mayor Ronnie...
CEBU CITY – Be it in malls, hotels, or public parks, it is the time of the year when Christmas trees pop up and tree-lighting ceremonies are everywhere. But a hotel here provided a deeper meaning for such ceremonies as instead of a Christmas tree, it lighted lanterns or “parols” handcrafted...
ILOILO CITY – The heritage building Quezon Hall at West Visayas State University (WVSU) in this city has been unveiled after a brief restoration project conducted by the Henry Sy Foundation in collaboration with the SM Foundation. THE newly restored Quezon Hall at the main campus of West Visayas...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – This city marked the 18th anniversary of super typhoon “Reming” (international name “Durian”) on Saturday, Nov. 30. Residents of Barangay Padang who survived the onslaught of Reming on Nov. 30, 2006 trooped to the memorial shrine to offer prayers to victims. Anfe...
The Taguig City government welcomed the yuletide season by opening the Christmas by the Lake, an outdoor attraction. It is located in the Lakeshore Area along Laguna Lake Highway in Barangay Lower Bicutan. Now on its third year, the Christmas by the Lake showcases animated displays and...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Commission on Elections Second Division recently granted a petition declaring Adam Yap as a nuisance candidate due to his lack of genuine intent to actively engage in the election process as Benguet congressional candidate. ADAM Yap Rep. Eric Go Yap, who filed the...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P3.4 million was seized and a drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Molo District here on Wednesday night, Nov. 27. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P3.4 million was seized in Iloilo City. (ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo City...
BAGUIO CITY – Former Marine officer Ariel Querubin urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte to settle their differences and concentrate in performing their jobs. QUERUBIN (Zaldy Comanda) "They should try to settle the difference. There are more important...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that...
BAGUIO CITY – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, with Education Secretary Sonny Angara, former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos, and Mayor Benjamin Magalong here, led the lighting of the giant Christmas tree at The Mansion in this city on Wednesday night, Nov. 27. The...
