The Taguig City government welcomed the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to place under its supervision the disputed 14 schools in Makati pending their transition. The Taguig and Makati City governments have been wrangling over the administration of the schools, located among...
The management and supervision of the schools affected in the ongoing dispute between the city governments of Makati and Taguig will be under the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte / DepEd / MB Visual Content Group In a statement issued Thursday,...
The Makati City local government said on Thursday, Aug. 17, that it will abide by the Department of Education's (DepEd) decision to take over the management and supervision of its 14 schools affected by the territorial dispute with the City of Taguig. "We welcome the decision of Vice President and...
BACOLOD CITY -- Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod City police director, has warned city government workers who test positive for illegal drug use to surrender or face arrest. “Huhulihin ko kayo and I mean it. Huwag niyo ako idare (I will arrest you and I mean it. Don’t dare me)," Aliño said as...
CAVITE – An escaped detainee of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was caught in Imus City on Wednesday, August 16. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as Mark Anthony C. Clemente, 23, who is reportedly involved in syndicated estafa. The Imus City Police...
A fire razed a home in an exclusive village in Muntinlupa, causing damage to property amounting to P10 million. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire hit a home on Kentucky Drive in Alabang 400 Village located on West Service Road in Barangay Cupang at about 8:21 p.m. on...
Jemboy Baltazar, the 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed by six Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) operatives after they mistook him for a crime suspect last Aug. 2, was brought by his family, relatives and friends to his final resting place at La Loma Cemetery in Caloocan City, on Wednesday,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Government and non-government organizations, including the business sector, unveiled advocacy billboards and materials on Wednesday, August 16, to raise awareness against child labor in this city. OFFICIALS from ChildFund Philippines, the Kaanib Foundation Inc.,...
Filipinos have always loved their libations—that’s a statistically and historically factual statement. An International Wine and Spirits Research report a decade ago published information about the habits of the Pinoy drinker, including how we consume 43 percent of the world’s gin, landing us...
Pasig Vice Mayor Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr. urged telecommunication and electric companies to take responsibility for clearing and disposing of dangling wires and fixing substandard utility posts within the city to ensure public safety. In the regular City Council session on Monday, Aug. 14,...
Archbishop Charles John Brown, the current apostolic nuncio to the Philippines and titular archbishop of Aquileia, will visit Pasig City on Aug. 21 to mark the Diocese of Pasig’s 20th founding anniversary and the city’s 450th Jubilee year. A thanksgiving Mass will be held at around 5 p.m. on...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Student Regent of the University of the Philippines condemned the “violence, disrespect, and abuse of law” allegedly committed by law enforcers after its student delegates were flagged down on Wednesday morning, August 16, while enroute to the venue of a protest...
