DAVAO CITY – Philtower Consortium Inc. aims to ensure that Mindanao enjoys network speed and availability on par with the rest of the Philippines following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Globe Telecoms Inc. for the full takeover of cell site operations on the island in a hotel...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City-based environmental group urged newly elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to be more proactive in addressing environmental issues. Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), said that local...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, said no power interruption disrupted the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in this city on Monday, October 30. A MORE Power team is deployed at Jalandoni Memorial Elementary School in Iloilo City...
Vice President Sara Duterte congratulated the winners of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) Elections 2023, and urged the defeated candidates not to lose their will to serve the people. Vice President Sara Duterte takes a selfie with her fellow Davaoeños after she casts her vote in the...
CALAUAN, Laguna – Nine individuals, three Filipinos and six foreigners, were allegedly kidnapped by armed men in Muntinlupa City before dawn on Monday, October 30. Calauan police identified the Filipino victims as Henry Catapat, Marian Arambulo, and John Ray Catapat. The three victims told...
Police and personnel from the Muntinlupa City government have been deployed to cemeteries as people observe this year’s Undas. Filipinos remember their departed loved ones by visiting cemeteries on All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. Personnel have been...
DAVAO CITY – The grieving family of former Philsaga Mining Corp. president retired Col. Samuel Afdal who was killed two years ago is optimistic that suspects in his tragic death will soon face the consequences of their actions. THE family of slain mining exec Samuel Afdal is hopeful that justice...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A popular mall here lighted their centerpiece giant Christmas tree on Saturday, October 28. Hundreds of people witnessed the unveiling of the SM City Lucena’s Yuletide attraction at the Atrium, with entertainment provided by local performers. SM City Lucena lights up its...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said that the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here and Negros Occidental were peaceful and orderly. RESIDENTS of Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City cast their vote in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections at AL Jayme Elementary School on Monday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez cast his vote in his first barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections as resident here on Monday, October 30. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ voted for the first time as resident of Bacolod City in the barangay elections at...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – The election process came to an abrupt stop in a polling center here on Monday morning, October 30, after six men barged in, locked themselves inside, and tore up hundreds of unused ballots in a clustered precinct. MAP of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan...
Police arrested a suspected member of a criminal gang on eve of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Taguig on Oct. 29. The Southern Police District (SPD) only identified the arrested suspect as alias Joseph, who they said is a member of the Kelly Calauad Dongalo robbery...
