ILOILO CITY – The Ombudsman suspended Mayor Receliste Escolin of President Roxas town, Capiz province, for three months without pay due to misconduct. ESCOLIN (DA-6) Associate Ombudsman Arita Lapitan has issued an order to Gov. Fredenil Castro to implement Escolin’s suspension. The order...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. revealed that more investments are pouring into Cadiz City in Negros Occidental. ESCALANTE Escalante, in a media interview during the culmination of the Golden Dinagsa Festival on Sunday, January 28, said that the city is being envisioned as an...
Sen. Imee Marcos on Tuesday, January 39, said that Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte apologized to her over his speech filled with strong language against President Marcos, and even calling for the resignation of the latter. In an ambush interview on Tuesday, Jan. 30, Marcos said that...
Mayor Honey attends the solemn declaration of Quiapo Church as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno on Monday, January 29. (Photo from the Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan called the recent declaration of Quiapo Church as a...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III announced that there will be no classes in the municipality on Feb. 12, Monday. Ponce signed Executive Order No. 1, Series of 2024 declaring that there will be no classes on Feb. 12 in all levels in public and private schools in Pateros following the celebration...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte reminded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday, January 28, that his father, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, approved the burial of his father, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte, in a speech filled with strong language reminiscent of his father, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, called for the resignation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in the Hakbang ng Maisug Forum at Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City on Sunday,...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – The newly renovated public market here was inaugurated on Saturday, January 27. MAYOR Gigi Portes (fifth from right) leads the inauguration of the newly renovated public market in Pagbilao, Quezon on Saturday, January 27. (Danny Estacio) Four tractors were distributed to...
ILOILO CITY – Amid an online word war between the people of Iloilo and Aklan, a mayor said the word “sádsad” is part of their cultural identity. “For the people of Aklan, sádsad is more than just a word. It is a pivotal element of our cultural identity, especially highlighted during the...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer has appealed to the public to help “spread the truth in Palompon” amid the protracted legal battle over the alleged illegal dumping of chicken and other solid wastes at the Palompon Protected Watershed Forest Reserve in Palompon, Leyte. AN excavation is done in an area in...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will build more than 5,000 housing units in Barangays Banago and Estefania here starting next month. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (right) and Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) sign a...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna signs the ordinance providing death benefits for Manila residents. With her in the photo are (from left) ordinance co-author Councilor Fa Fugoso, principal author Councilor Salvador Philip Lacuna, Secretary to Mayor Marlon Lacson, and Manila Department of Social Welfare...
