CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Thousands of indigent Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in this city are expected to receive monthly social pension from the city government starting next year. THE city government of Cagayan de Oro temporarily places several massage therapists who are deaf and...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Saturday, August 12. The suspect was identified as Arturo Peñoso, of Barangay 2. Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon, head of Police Station 2, said that 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P127,500 were...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 42-year-old man and seized suspected shabu worth P1.8 million in a buy-bust operation in Purok 4, Barangay Bolocboloc, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Sunday, August 13. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-Central Visayas identified the suspect as Ian Rey Completo of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council on Monday, August 14, declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente, also known as Pura Luka Vega, persona non grata. Resolution No. 2023-478 was approved for Pagente’s “serious disrespect and mockery of the Christian faith by portraying himself as the Black...
DAVAO CITY – A group is pushing for the declaration of the San Pedro Square here as a heritage zone. Patmei Ruivivar, vice president of the Davao Historical Society, told the Kapihan sa Dabaw on Monday that San Pedro holds cultural and historical significance to Dabawenyos because it is where...
The local governments of Malabon, Caloocan, Pasig and Quezon Cities launched their respective “Brigada Eskwela (BE)” activities in different public schools on Friday, Aug. 11, and Monday, Aug. 14, to prepare the facilities for the new academic year, which will start on Aug. 29. The BE,...
Some 206 Navotas City residents have completed technical-vocational (tech-voc) courses offered by the Navotas Vocational Training and Assessment (NAVOTAAS) Institute while 28 students and teachers became city academic scholars, the local government announced on Monday, Aug. 14. Navotas City Mayor...
Photo Courtesy of Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) received 35 helmets and five motorcycle units during the flag raising ceremony at Bulwagan ng Katipunan, Manila City Hall on Monday, Aug. 14. Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto and...
The Senate on Monday, August 14, unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill renaming Agham Road and the BIR Road in Quezon City after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. The late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago during a press conference at the Senate in 2012. She succumbed to lung...
CEBU CITY — Tension flared in a mountain barangay where this city’s famous flower gardens are located after several vehicles were clamped by personnel of Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) on Saturday, August 12. A VEHICLE is clamped while parked near the flower gardens in Barangay Sirao,...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) formally opened the Pacific Airlift Rally (PAR) 2023 at the Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Monday, August 14, bringing together hundreds of participants from 13 other countries. Participants to the Pacific Airlift Rally (PAR) 2023 salute during the...
MARAWI CITY – The Amai Pakpak Medical Center (APMC) opened its heart institute on August 11 which aims to deliver quality and advance healthcare services to patients with heart problems here and the province of Lanao del Sur. AMONG the state-of-the-art facilities of the Amai Pakpak Medical...