CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council here passed proposed Resolution No. 2023-542 during its regular session on Tuesday, November 28, requesting the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) to defer its proposed 60 percent water rate increase in the next three years. Councilor Joyleen Mercedes...
CEBU CITY – A former political prisoner was arrested after he was tagged as the mastermind behind the robbery of a pawnshop here on Saturday, November 25. JIGGER Geverola was arrested after he was identified as the mastermind behind the robbery of a pawnshop in Cebu City on Saturday,...
“Christmas by the Lake,” touted as the country’s biggest lights park, opened in Taguig on Nov. 29, offering a dazzling display of lights and attractions. The Taguig City government brought back the “Christmas by the Lake,” a six-hectare attraction at the Lakeshore...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Councilor Imee Rose Moreno, the daughter of former Mayor Oscar Moreno, was was removed as chairperson of her two committees during the city council session on Tuesday, November 28. AN emotional Cagayan de Oro City Councilor Imee Rose Moreno faces the media after she...
CEBU CITY – Rice that can be bought at P20 per kilo is possible after all. The Cebu provincial government on Tuesday, November 28, launched the Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program where rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) is sold at P20 a kilo. The launching of the SMB program is part of...
Former senator Leila de Lima questioned the remarks of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte about the Marcos administration’s possible cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. “There are...
CEBU CITY – The security guard of the pawnshop in the downtown area here that was robbed by four heavily armed men was unarmed during the broad daylight robbery last Saturday, November 25. ABERIN (PRO-7 FB) Even the security guards of the nearby establishments also did not have firearms when the...
CEBU CITY – Police here are zeroing in on an influential person who could be behind the brazen robbery of a pawnshop on Saturday, November 25. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said they do not discount the possibility that an influential person was involved in the robbery of Oro Sugbo Pawnshop...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) met with business delegates from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore investment opportunities in New Clark City. During the UAE Investment Mission to the Philippines, Arab businesses and sovereign wealth funds showed interest in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A high school teacher was allegedly robbed and killed by three men in this city on November 23. Police identified the victim as Bernabe Basiano. Basiano died after he was stabbed in the neck by the suspects identified as Yasser Ivan Yu, 18; Mark Justine Conde, 23, and Darwin...
A man facing multiple warrants of arrest for robbery, multiple physical injuries and reckless imprudence resulting in homicide was arrested by authorities in Taguig. The man, 53, only identified by the Southern Police District (SPD) under the alias Jerry, was tagged as the Taguig police’s...
