The city government of Las Piñas deployed around 1,200 victims of the southwest monsoon or "habagat" to do community work for 10 days under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Las Piñas City Mayor...
ILOILO CITY — Municipal councilor Mihrel Senatin told police that he shot and killed Vice Mayor Julio Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province last Aug. 8 because he was mad over his indifferent treatment. “Sinasabi niya na hindi niya naman daw barilin kung wala siyang galit (He said he...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan is overseeing the investigation of the Aug. 8, Friday, killing of Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province. Ligan inspected on Saturday, Aug. 9, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) office where Estolloso was shot and killed by SB Member...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The mayor of Puerto Galera, this province, has issued a cease-and-desist order against the construction of a multi-million port that can accommodate cruise ships for alleged violations of a national law and local ordinances. In a one-page order dated July 28,...
CEBU CITY – The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) emphasized that it is “stable” and operating “under normal conditions.” “There is no looming water shutdown, no financial collapse, and no basis for alarm,” the agency said in a statement on Friday, Aug. 8. The clarification was issued...
Informal settlers in Quezon City will soon have a home of their own as the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plans to establish a new housing project under the expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling met with...
ILOILO CITY – The killing of Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso by Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Mihrel Senatin in Ibajay town, Aklan province was complete shock as the two are political allies. Police Major Rajiv Salbino, chief of the Ibajay Municipal Police Station, said that politics is unlikely...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire gutted the house of Llorente, Eastern Samar Mayor Christine Cardona in Llorente on Thursday morning, Aug. 7. Initial investigation disclosed that Cardona was traveling when the fire broke out. The caretaker said the fire originated at around 11 a.m. from one of the...
The police power of the town mayor of San Simon, Pampanga was suspended by the National Police Commission (Napolcom) after he was arrested for extortion, it was bared on Friday. Aug. 8. Commissioner Rafael Vicente R. Calinisan, vice chairperson and executive officer of the Napolcom, ordered the...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso criticized the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for implementing infrastructure and flood control projects in the city without coordinating with the local government. “Tumigil na po kayo nang pagpapagawa ng hindi kayo nagkokonsulta...
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province was shot dead by Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Member Mihrel Senatin on Friday morning, Aug. 8. The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. inside the SB office where the 43-year-old Senatin entered and requested copies of local...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday, Aug. 7, said the local government is eyeing the dredging of San Agustin Creek after flash floods were reported along Urbano Velasco and nearby streets when the creek’s water level rose above the drainage lines on Wednesday, Aug. 6. “Yesterday, the...
