High-quality yet affordable shoes, bags, and other leather goods ideal for Christmas gifts are now available in Marikina City with the opening of the Christmas Shoe Bazaar at Marikina Freedom Park on Monday, Nov. 17. The city, known as the country’s shoe capital, launched its annual bazaar to...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II said the official date of his oathtaking as vice mayor, along with that of his uncle, acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, has yet to be finalized. In an interview with reporters after the launching of the Office of...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said shoreline communities in the city continued to be flooded due to the rise in the water level in Laguna Lake. He said based on the water level sensor of the Muntinlupa Department of Disaster Resilience and Management, the water level at Laguna Lake rose to 3.01...
Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province mourned the death of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Thursday. “Rest in peace, Sir Juan Ponce Enrile, our Chief Presidential Legal Counsel,” Mayor Maila Ting said in a Facebook post. Ting credited the creation of the Cagayan State University to...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC), composed of the 17 mayors of Metro Manila, together with Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Don Artes, expressed full support for President Marcos Jr. 's “Oplan Kontra Baha,” which aims to reduce flooding in Metro Manila by up to 60...
ILOILO CITY – A court has ordered Receliste “Tanoy” Escolin to vacate office as mayor of the municipality of President Roxas in Capiz province for serving a fourth consecutive term. The Roxas City (Capiz) Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 ordered Escolin to “cease and desist from...
DAVAO CITY – The mayor of the municipality of Midsayap in Cotabato province is donating his one-month salary for calamity-hit areas in Cebu province. Mayor Rolly Sacdalan donated his paycheck as the local government conducted a donation drive among local government workers for Cebu and the town...
Despite the heavy and continuous rains brought by the recent Typhoon Uwan, Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro said on Tuesday, Nov. 11, that ongoing dredging and declogging operations have helped reduce flooding in the city. In an interview during desilting and cleanup operations at Sapang Baho...
About 114 families or 383 individuals in nine barangays in Pasig City evacuated early to evacuation centers as part of preemptive measures for Super Typhoon Uwan. As early as 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, five evacuation centers in Pasig City already accommodated 31 families. By around 6:30 p.m.,...
Cainta, Rizal Mayor Keith Nieto is offering a P300,000 reward after one of the municipality’s pumping stations was robbed amid the expected onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan. Nieto said the robbery occurred on Saturday night, Nov. 8, at the pumping station in Park Place, Barangay San Isidro,...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon has raised the status of the Muntinlupa Emergency Operations Center from blue to red alert due to typhoon “Uwan” (“Fung-Wong”). Metro Manila is now under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Saturday, Nov. 8, that evacuation centers in the city are now ready in case they are needed, as the city prepares for the expected impact of Typhoon Uwan. Sotto added that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Incident Management Team (IMT) have also been...
