BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Canlaon in Negros Oriental is seeking additional assistance from the national government, non-government organizations (NGOs), and private sectors for displaced families affected by Kanlaon Volcano. CARDENAS. (Photo via Salta Canlaon Official) Mayor Jose...
Thirty-six families lost their homes in a fire in Riverside Compound, Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet, on New Year’s Day. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (in white hard hat and jacket) visits houses destroyed by a fire on New Year’s Day in Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet. One-hundred fifty-five...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL One of the social media images of 2024 which carried a lot of meaning was that of the long convoy of Russian soldiers on trucks making a quiet and orderly withdrawal from Syria, days after the country fell into the hands of rebel forces. International media covering the...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong led the destruction of 4,300 illegal fireworks seized by the Baguio City Police Station headed by Police Col. Ruel Tagel at the Melvin Jones football grounds here on Dec. 31. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong leads the destruction of confiscated illegal fireworks in...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has ordered the City Legal Office to reassign the community service vehicle linked to his office tagged in a recent viral post to a barangay for proper use. Benitez, in a statement, said that he was aware of the viral post showing a driver committing a traffic...
CEBU CITY – Over 200 stick-fighters battle for supremacy in the 2nd Mayor Seth Frederick Jalosjos Handuraw Invitational Arnis Tournament underway on Sunday, Dec. 29 at the Cultural and Sports Center of Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte. THE rising Dapitan City Arnis Team is one of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Javi Benitez cancelled the New Year’s celebration in Victorias City, Negros Occidental to focus on community service and reinforcing drainage systems following last week's flood. BARANGAY IV in Victorias City, Negros Occidental is flooded due to heavy rain and high...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has ordered the Bacolod City Police Office to investigate the murder of a five-year-old girl after she was reported missing since Dec. 21 in Barangay Handumanan here. Benitez said the city government has taken immediate action on the case which he considered as...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified reelectionist Mayor John Lloyd Pacete of Bugasong town, Antique province from the May 2025 elections. PACETE (FB) In a 15-page ruling, the Comelec First Division cancelled Pacete’s Certificate of Candidacy...
CEBU CITY – The reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was dealt another major blow after the Commission on Elections junked his appeal to reverse a previous order cancelling his Certificate of Candidacy in next year's elections. The Comelec en banc affirmed the Second...
ILOILO CITY – Engr. Roy Pacanan, Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City district engineer, labeled Mayor Jerry Treñas as unethical and unprofessional. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (left) speaks to District Engineer Roy Pacanan of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said that it was necessary to temporarily halt operations for almost four hours at the Iloilo City Airport last Sunday, Dec. 22. “We recognize that this temporary closure may inconvenience travelers and impact the local...
