DAVAO CITY – Mindanao has again proven its significant role in propelling the country’s economic growth, achieving a remarkable 7.2 percent Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) last year. Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) Secretary Leo Tereso A. Magno said in his closing...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 33-year-old man and seized suspected shabu worth P7.5 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sawang Calero here on Wednesday, July 19. Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said that aside from being a high-value individual, the...
Photo Courtesy of Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna- Pangan led the inauguration of "Tulay Pangarap- Abante Footbridge" in Sta. Ana, Manila, on Thursday, July 20. Abante Footbridge is a project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Health Office recorded seven leptospirosis fatalities from January to June this year. The ZCHO logged a total of 73 leptospirosis cases in the same period....
The Quezon City government and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Thursday, July 20, a traffic re-routing scheme to assist motorists as heavy traffic is expected in parts of the city during President Marcos' second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July...
CAMP ROMUALDO RUBI, BANCASI, Butuan City – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in collaboration with the city government of Gingoog and the Army 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (23rd IB), distributed starter toolkits to 150 Special Training and Employment...
ILOILO CITY – Power rates in this city have dropped for the seventh straight month. MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) announced a decrease of P0.2410 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for billings this month to P11.4173/kWh from P11.6583 per kWh in June. “This achievement is a testament to the...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A farmer died and a barangay chairman was injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Ilayang Nangka, this city, on Tuesday afternoon, July 18. Tayabas police chief Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga identified the fatality as Romeo Sayam, 30. Sayam was taken to the Tayabas...
The Quezon City government and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the improvement of the application and renewal of business permits in the city on Monday, July 17. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte...
CAVITE – Two high-value individuals (HVI) were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Wednesday, July 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspects as Mark Vincent Constantino, 36, and Ma. Lolita Gardon, 47. Photo from Cavite Police Provincial Office (MANILA...
Two grandmothers received P100,000 each from the Muntinlupa City government for their 100th birthday. Mayor Ruffy Biazon visited centenarians Joaquina Alvarez of Barangay Putatan and Libertad Gervasio of Barangay Ayala Alabang to personally give them their checks worth P100,000 each. Mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver was gunned down near a shopping mall on Rizal St., Barangay 12 here on Tuesday, July 18. The victim was identified as Joenel Pahilanga, 29, of Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan, this city. Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of Police Station 1, said the victim...
