CEBU CITY – Toledo City is open to businesses and development as long as requirements are complied. Toledo City Mayor Joie Perales emphasized this after a case was filed against her before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly not acting on the application for reclassification of land in...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte called on the public to remain vigilant as the risk of authoritarian rule resurfaces again. MAYOR Duterte Duterte made the call during the 39th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The popular...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has proposed allowing Kanlaon Volcano evacuees stay at unoccupied housing units in Barangay Felisa here for the meantime. LA Castellana, Negros Occidental Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan (seated left) meets Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez at the Bacolod City...
DAVAO CITY – The local government unit of Matalam in Cotabato province has stepped in to resolve the land conflict in the remote Barangay Ilian after tensions sparked on Tuesday, Feb. 25. VICE Mayor Ralph Ryan Rafael facilitates a dialogue in Barangay Ilian, Matalam, Cotabato....
Mayor Abby Binay “You think it's common sense, but I realize that common sense is not very common." This was what Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay said on Monday, Feb. 24, as she reaffirmed her commitment to being the “People’s Voice in the Senate” by ensuring that laws...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL As I write this column, there is a steady stream of media reports that the head of the Catholic Church is in critical condition and that the Catholic faithful all over the world are praying for the healing and recovery of the much-loved and sometimes controversial Pope...
DAGUPAN CITY – Sen. Grace Poe and Mayor Belen Fernandez on Monday, Feb. 24, led the groundbreaking for the MacArthur Memorial building in honor of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's landing at Bonuan Blue Beach here in 1945. SEN. Grace Poe and Mayor Belen Fernandez lead the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., spearheads the sale of NFA rice at P1,650 per sack, equivalent to P33 per kilogram, under the Food Security Emergency Program of the National Government on Monday, Feb. 24. (Santi San...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Miss Universe-Philippines 2024 second runner-up Ahtisa Manalo withdrew her candidacy for municipal councilor here on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to compete in this year’s edition of the pageant. CANDELARIA, Quezon Mayor George ‘Ogie’ Suayan (right) answers questions on the...
ILOILO CITY — Ilonggos highly criticized Mayor Jerry Treñas for downplaying EDSA People Power, especially when he boasted of his heroism during the Marcos dictatorship, including being imprisoned. ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas' statement during the 36th anniversary of EDSA People Power in...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of this city fell victim to fake news on the alleged death of Pope Francis. “Prayer for the passing of Pope Francis,” Mabilog wrote on Monday, Feb. 24. While the Facebook post has since been deleted, Mabilog was criticized for the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe and Rep. Mannix Dalipe led the turnover of farm equipment to rice farmers during a ceremony held at the city hall grounds on Monday, Feb. 24. RICE farmers in Zamboanga City receive new equipment. The equipment consists of two combined rice harvesters with...
