Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano held a meeting with barangay officials in the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) areas on Jan. 5 amid the ongoing dispute over the closure of health centers and fire stations. The meeting was held to discuss the integration of Taguig’s 10 new barangays and...
Three persons were hurt when a structure under a bridge collapsed in Barangay Bahay Toro, Quezon City on Saturday, Jan. 6. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the incident happened at around 12:45 a.m. on Mindanao Avenue in Barangay Bahay Toro, Quezon City. BFP said two of the...
Catholic devotees attend a holy mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Friday, Jan. 5, the first Friday of the year. (Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN) Thousands of people attended the First Friday Mass and Novena Mass of the year, days ahead of the annual Traslacion. On Friday, Jan. 5, the Manila...
The local governments of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela (Camanava) Cities have begun accepting business permit renewal applications for this year. Photo from Valenzuela Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN On Tuesday, Jan. 2, the Valenzuela City government launched this year's...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, the husband of Mayor Lani Cayetano, has joined the ongoing dispute between Taguig and Makati, and blasted the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for closing fire stations in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano (left) and her husband,...
Organizers of the 26th Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO) have revealed the names of students who qualified for the area stage round that will be held on Jan. 13. The PMO will be used as one of the criteria to select students who will represent the Philippines to the 65th International...
A couple in Tanay, Rizal, both retirees from their respective jobs in the private sector, is seeing the continuing growth of the cacao industry in the province this year. Romeo and Nancy Casco, who are both hands-on in their cacao farm located at Sitio Sampiro in Barangay Plaza Aldea, told Manila...
Photo from the Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila local government warned motorists of heavy traffic within and around the city during the Black Nazarene procession on Jan. 9. In a public advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 4, the city government said the following roads...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna Pangan and Manila Police District Director PCOL Arnold Thomas Ibay, together with Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica, Rev. Fr. Rufino Secson Jr., and District Fire Marshal FSUPT. Christine Doctor-Cula hoholdsld a media conference at Pope Benedict XVI Bldg. in Quiapo, Manila on Jan....
The Taguig City government criticized the closure of health centers located in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays. Ten EMBO barangays are now part of Taguig after the Supreme Court issued a decision last year, transferring its ownership from Makati. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano...
A 28-year-old man, tagged as a most wanted person by the Muntinlupa police, was arrested on Jan. 2. The Muntinlupa Police identified him as Mark Bolasco, who was nabbed on Buendia Street in Barangay Tunasan based on a warrant of arrest (service of sentence). He is listed as the No. 10 most...
Just like in Quiapo, Manila, devotees of the Black Nazarene in Cardona, Rizal have started attending the novena masses in a chapel in the town in anticipation of its January 9 feast day. Enshrined at the altar of the Hesus Nazareno Chapel in Barangay Looc, a lakeshore community in Cardona, Rizal,...
