CEBU CITY – The Visayan Electric Co. has called on its industrial customers to enroll in its Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to cushion the impact of possible power shortages. ILP is a voluntary, demand-side management program where business customers of a distribution utility with loads of at...
DAVAO CITY – A Philippine Navy ship arrived here on Tuesday afternoon, April 23, to bolster security in Eastern Mindanao. PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno, Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao commander Commodore Alfonspin Tumanda Jr., and Eastern Mindanao Command acting...
The Muntinlupa City government is welcoming teenagers into adulthood by launching the Responsible 18 (R-18) Month this April. R-18 Month is the Muntinlupa version of coming-of-age celebrations in other cultures such as in Japan and Korea. Mayor Ruffy Biazon with city officials and the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer was shot dead in a checkpoint in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday night, April 23. MAP of Basilan with Lamitan City highlighted. Police Patrolman Khalid Ahmad of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company was manning a checkpoint in Barangay Colonia at around 8 p.m....
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon suspended face-to-face classes in all levels in public and private schools on April 24 due to the extreme heat index forecast. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon and his announcement (Photos from Mayor Biazon's Facebook account) “Suspendido ang face-to-face classes...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 1,566 pertussis cases in the Philippines, with Quezon City accounting for 19 confirmed cases and two deaths. (Manila Bulletin Team) "The good news in Quezon City is their mayor is proactive and responsive to the pertussis outbreak recently and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People’s Army-South Central Negros Guerrilla Front said it killed a resort employee in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental last Sunday for being an alleged government operative. READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old man was killed and his son was injured in an explosion in Purok Lomboy, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 22. A MAN and his son were killed and injured in an explosion in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Former Mayor Jefferson Soriano here distributed free water and ice cubes to residents passing through Mabini St. on an extremely hot Monday, April 22. FORMER Mayor Jefferson Soriano distributes free water and ice cubes to residents amid the extreme heat in...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) opened its new licensing office in this city on Tuesday, April 23. ASSISTANT Secretary Vigor Mendoza (second from left), chief of the Land Transportation Office, attends the blessing of the new licensing office of the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief of this city, warned the public against an individual using his name to scam people. CORONICA (Tara Yap) “Gusto ko lang i-warn ang publiko nga may magtawag kag magpakilala nga ako, i-validate gid nila kung ako gid (I want to warn the...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Fort Bonifacio, Taguig on April 23. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 10:57 a.m. followed by a second alarm at 11:06 a.m. It reached the third alarm at 11:11 a.m before it was put out at 12:54 p.m. According to the Taguig City Fire...
