Sometimes it’s challenging to figure out what we’re craving for when we’re out on an empty stomach. How often have we gone out with friends or family and asked what they’d like to eat only to be met with the dreaded “kahit ano” answer? Fortunately for those on the hunt for something to...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez recently announced that the city government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Grab Philippines to track the movement of city government vehicles. MAYOR Alfredo Benitez meets Grab Western Visayas director Jocelyn Yoshida (center) and...
BACOLOD CITY – Four houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Neptune St., Purok Paho, Fuentebella, Barangay Taculing here on Tuesday, September 26. Three houses were totally damaged while another was partially damaged, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Damage to...
BACOLOD CITY – The families of six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in a clash with the military last week in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas on Monday, September 25. Each family...
A total of 37 families were given financial assistance after their houses were razed in a fire in Taguig on Sept. 25. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire started from a three-story residential structure on Kasoy Street in Barangay Western Bicutan at about 11:07 a.m. ...
The University of Caloocan City (UCC) College of Education conducted the pinning ceremony for almost 200 future teachers on Wednesday, Sept 27. It was organized to officially commence the first 200 hours of internship of the students, which will take place at various city schools. Photo credit from...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested in a drug den raid in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Tuesday afternoon, September 27. AN agent (right) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas examines packs of suspected shabu seized in a drug den in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. (PDEA-7) The...
BAGUIO CITY – Five suspected drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera in a drug den in San Carlos Heights, Irisan, here on Tuesday, September 26. PDEA-Cordillera Director Julius Paderes identified the suspects as...
CEBU CITY – An operator of modern jeepneys in Metro Cebu will suspend its operations for six months due to several “severe problems.” In a memorandum sent to its drivers and public assistance officers (PAOs) or conductors, Beep Cebu informed them that it will suspend operations starting...
The Manila City Council (MCC) has warned the public on Wednesday, Sept. 27, against fake medicines being sold in some drugs stores in the city. The council cautioned the public on the potential health risks associated with the consumption of counterfeit version of the nine commonly bought...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Health-Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) confirmed on Wednesday, September 27, that over 190 students from private schools in this city experienced flu-like symptoms this month. PARENTS waiting for their children witness an event at West City Central School in...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 63-year-old foreman died and his daughter was injured when a tree fell on them while they were on board a motorcycle in Barangay 7 here on September 20. “Julie,” 35, the daughter of the victim, Sammy Aplaon, a resident of Barangay 7, told police Tuesday, September 26,...