A woman who survived stage 3 colon cancer 15 years ago has found a new purpose: feeding and caring for stray animals after a heartbreaking encounter with a dying dog outside her home. In an interview with the Manila Bulletin, Cherrie Lyn Arcio said her mission began on Jan. 17, 2024, when she...
The Quezon City government has opened applications for the first batch of fellows under the Betty Go-Belmonte Research Grants Program to support evidence-based research that will help shape public policy and advance the city 's sustainable development. Mayor Joy Belmonte said the program...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso vowed to turn President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for stronger local governance into “results, not promises,” saying the city is ready to deliver concrete gains after the Chief Executive’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). In a...
Quezon City has established a multi-sectoral body to coordinate and strengthen the implementation of programs under its three United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designations. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed Executive Order No. 22, Series of 2026, creating the...
The Manila Police District (MPD) is tracking down a man who allegedly posed as a water delivery boy and stole a teacher 's bag from a Tondo school faculty room. According to the MPD, the incident occurred between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at the school 's Science...
Manila has recorded 2,051 dengue cases from Jan. 1 to July 27, the highest number of infections among water borne, influenza like illnesses, leptospirosis, and dengue (W.I.L.D.) diseases monitored by the city health department. Three new dengue cases were added on the latest reporting day, the...
Six minors were taken into custody by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Monday, July 27, for alleged vandalism during protest actions linked to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr....
Police lines, mass protests, and bomb scares gripped Metro Manila early Monday, July 27, as authorities locked down key areas hours before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address. In Manila, police blocked around 100 protesters on C.M. Recto Avenue near...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Monday recalled the humble beginnings of the Iglesia ni Cristo in Santa Ana in 1914, as the church marked its 112th founding anniversary and celebrated its rise into a global religious organization. Speaking in his “Talk to the People”...
The Manila Police District (MPD) is investigating an early‑morning explosion near the Department of Justice (DOJ) compound in Ermita on Monday, July 27, which authorities suspect was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). The incident happened at around 12:17 a.m. on Padre Faura Street,...
Multisectoral groups staged protest rallies along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Monday, July 27, pressing demands for government action on hunger, poverty, rising fuel and electricity prices, job insecurity, and corruption in time for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the...
A 31-year-old man who allegedly posed as a Taiwanese national and scammed a woman of ₱3 million was arrested after an AirTag in her handbag led police to his residence in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified only as alias “Mic,” allegedly contacted...
