Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval has ordered the immediate delivery of assistance and relief to families displaced by the large residential fire that hit Sitio 6, Barangay Catmon, on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Sandoval directed the Malabon Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC), City...
DAVAO CITY – The 21st Davao City Council approved on Tuesday, Oct. 21, an ordinance under suspended rules authorizing acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte to utilize a portion of the city’s Quick Response Fund as financial aid to areas in Cebu recently struck by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake....
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Representatives Paolo Duterte and his son Omar Vincent Duterte have filed House Bill No. 5645 – Value-Added Tax Social Transfer for Indigent Citizens Act of 2025 – to ease the economic burden on the country’s poorest families. According to the Dutertes, HB No. 5645...
A fire broke out in a residential community in Sitio 6, Barangay Catmon, on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 22, authorities said. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started around 4:49 p.m. and reached the second alarm at 4:57 p.m., The blaze was raised to the third alarm at...
DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao expects 20,000 to 30,000 Catholics to join their first significant protest action against corruption – the Archdiocesan Penitential Walk and Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – on Saturday morning, Oct. 25, in Davao City. Speaking before the Davao Peace and...
Bacolod City is eyeing a P4.75-billion budget in 2026, a 7.96 percent increase or P350 million more than this year’s P4.4-billion appropriation. The proposed budget reflects growth in both local and external revenue streams. The Social Services Sector will receive P2.29 billion or 48 percent of...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured the public that all records for the ongoing flood control investigation remained safe after a fire hit its research and standards office in Quezon City on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Initial reports from DPWH indicated that the blaze, which caused...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city recently disbursed P6,000 cash aid each totaling P5.6 million to 936 solo parents as part of the city government’s Solo Parents Welfare Program. Each beneficiary P1,000 per month from January to June 2025 during the distribution at the Bacolod City...
The San Juan City government has allocated P1,000,000 as financial aid for the province of Davao Oriental after powerful earthquakes rocked the region earlier in October, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday, Oct. 21. According to Zamora, the aid was made possible through its City...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office (CHSO) reported a total of 2,657 influenza-like Illnesses (ILI) cases from January to October this year, a 44 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2024. CHSO head Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes said no outbreaks or deaths were recorded and the...
A fire broke out at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) office at NIA Rd. EDSA Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City on Wednesday, Oct. 22. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at 12:50 p.m. and escalated to 2nd alarm at 12:51 p.m. The blaze...
Hundreds of protesters trooped to the Chinese Consulate in Makati City on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to call for a stop to China 's aggression toward Filipino fishermen and demanded the country to stop its unlawful incursions and environmental destruction in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), including...
