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...
BACOLOD CITY – Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Timor-Leste authorities for bringing former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. back to the Philippines. The mayor shared a video of Teves’ departure from Timor-Leste on...
CEBU CITY – The first case of monkeypox in Cebu province has been confirmed. The patient was from Talisay City who already died but not due to monkeypox but because of other health complications. Talisay Mayor Samsam Gullas made the confirmation to allay public fear. “I’ve received reports...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government said is eyeing the implementation of a speed limit on specific roads to deter accidents. “I will call a meeting this week. Tinitingnan naming paano i-limit ang speed sa bawat kalsada, especially in areas na malimit nagkakaroon ng aksidente (We are looking at...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is eyeing the repair and rehabilitation of the Maharlika Livelihood Complex (MLC), which is adjacent to the city 's public market, to provide convenience to both tenants and the public. “It has long been a center of commerce and interaction, (and) we...
