The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteers and staff have been helping in various Albay evacuation centers to provide assistance to the Mayon-affected families. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) On June 22, PRC food trucks arrived at Bariw Elementary School and Bariw National High School to give 937...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez led the distribution of social pension to the third batch of indigent senior citizens from the city's District I on Friday, June 23. Olivarez said the last batch, totaling 751 indigent senior citizens, received their social pension payout at Barangay Don Galo...
CAMP GENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu worth P480,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Cabuyao City, this province, on Thursday, June 22. POLICE conduct an inventory and document three suspected drug pushers arrested in a buy-bust...
The Muntinlupa City government activated the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) Desks in all its nine barangays. The PLEB Desks will help in the filing and processing of complaints against uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PLEB Chairperson Victor Lizardo...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command (MCC)-New People's Army (NPA)-South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has owned up the burning of two backhoes worth P7.5 million in Sitio Bulod, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. In a statement released to the media on...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) inaugurated its Northern Mindanao Regional Field Office (RFO) on Thursday, June 22, ensuring that the concerns and grievances of the people in the region lodged through 8888 Citizens Complaints Center are properly addressed. ARTA Director...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Thursday, June 22, that all scheduled activities in relation to the Wattah Wattah Festival on Saturday, June 24, will be held next week starting June 26 due to the death of incumbent San Juan City Vice Mayor Warren Villa. Zamora made the announcement...
Former Senate President Jovito Salonga To honor the achievements of one of the city's prolific Pasiguenos, the local government of Pasig has declared June 22 as “Ka-Jovito Salonga Day,” coinciding with the statesman’s birthday. During its regular session on Monday, June 19, the Pasig City...
DAVAO CITY – Classes were disrupted at the Santa Ana Elementary School in Poblacion District here after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday morning, June 22, authorities said. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, spokesperson for the Davao City Police Office, said in a text message that the Santa Ana...
CEBU CITY – One of the biggest schools here has prohibited its students from bringing "lato-lato" (cracklings) within the campus. LATO-LATO (Juan Carlo de Vela) Nathanael Flores, principal of Abellana National School, issued a memorandum dated June 20 directing teachers “to inform all students...
The City Council of Manila on Tuesday, June 20, passed resolutions to commend fashion designers and homegrown artists for their exceptional contribution to the city's milestones. Vice Mayor John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto presided over the regular session recognizing and citing the fashion...
A motorcycle rider died in a road accident involving a utility vehicle (UV) and a closed van along Ortigas Avenue Extension in Pasig City early Thursday morning, June 22. The Pasig City Police Station (CPS) identified the victim as Marvin Santos, 37. The drivers, identified as Rhian Sison, 42, and...
