Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the city government’s free Balik Eskwela packages for public school students will be distributed starting next week. The mayor met with public school principals and administrative officers “to discuss the orderly and timely distribution of our...
BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Wednesday, June 4, that the city has collected P14.24 billion of revenue as of the month of April, equivalent to 82 percent of its revenue goal for the year. Binay said including external sources, Makati 's total collection has already reached P15...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has extended her heartfelt appreciation to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for officially declaring January 6 of every year as “Tandang Sora Day.” President Marcos had earlier declared January 6 every year under Republic Act (RA) 12218 a special...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city’s recently restored African Swine Fever (ASF)-free status is seen to boost confidence in local pork production after the compliance of the City Veterinary Office (CVO) with the national guidelines on ASF recovery. In Executive Order 11-2025, dated June...
CEBU CITY — The nephew of former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was accused of mauling a barangay official past midnight on Tuesday, June 3. Noel Quemque Flores, a barangay councilor in Alang-Alang, Mandaue, reported the incident to the Station 1 of the Mandaue City Police Office on Tuesday...
CEBU CITY – Six suspected cases of monkeypox are being monitored in Central Visayas. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Monday, June 2, said three cases are in Cebu City, one in Mandaue City, one in Talisay City, and one in Lapu-Lapu City. DOH-7 Director Joshua Brillantes...
CEBU CITY – Former Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has filed an urgent motion to post bail in the graft charges filed against him. Invoking judicial expediency and practicality, Cortes filed the motion before the Mandaue Regional Trial Court Branch 89. Cortes asked the court to grant the instant...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez announced on Monday, June 2, that the city government will officially launch its P20 per kilo rice program on Thursday, June 5. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. will lead the launching of the program with an initial budget of P8 million. ...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was urged to review the appointment of former Mayor Alex Centena of Calinog town in Iloilo province as Visayas commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). “We humbly and earnestly appeal to your good office to reconsider...
By PATRICK GARCIA and ALLYSA NIEVERA San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte lauded on Monday, June, 2, President Marcos ' decision to temporarily halt the scheduled rebuilding of EDSA to find a better way to implement the...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Health officials in Maasin City have reported one suspected monkeypox case. “The patient is a 55-year-old female and is currently in isolation. Intensive contact tracing is currently underway,” Mayor Nacional Mercado said. He added that the patient is under close monitoring and...
