Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan at the awarding of AKAP assistance program to barangay tanods in Manila. With her in photo are (from right) Barangay Chairman Bong Marzan, Social Welfare Chief Re Fugoso, Dr. Dianne Nieto and Christian Floirendo. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Tan/MANILA...
Photo courtesy of Mike Ong/MANILA BULLETIN Five families were displaced in a fire that hit three houses along Dagupan Street in Barangay 62, Tondo, Manila on Saturday, August 31. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to first alarm at 4:37 p.m. and was immediately...
TV host Boy Abunda encouraged graduates to help others and not let people define who they are. Abunda, co-host of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano in the YouTube show “Cayetano in Action with Boy Abunda,” was the speaker at the 18th Commencement Exercises of Taguig City University (TCU). ...
The Philippines ranked first at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) final round held from Aug. 23 to 26. The HKIMO on-site competition was participated in by 700 students, while 1,600 students participated online from 13 countries and regions: Australia, Bulgaria,...
Due to its aggressive breastfeeding awareness campaign, the municipal government of Binangonan received two awards from the Department of Health (DOH). Mayor Cesar Ynares said the initiative of the municipal government in its awareness campaign on breastfeeding has finally paid off as the...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and Manileño Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena (Photo courtesy from Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan wished Manileño Olympian Pole Vaulter EJ Obiena a successful treatment of his back injury and his full...
A total of 11 families affected by a recent fire on Hiwas Street in Barangay Longos received financial assistance and house repair kits from the Malabon City government on Thursday, August 28. (Photos from Malabon City Government/MANILA BULLETIN) City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval, along with the...
A Muntinlupa court denied the motion for reconsideration filed by government prosecutors aiming to overturn the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima in her last drug case filed in 2017 during the Duterte administration. In a decision dated Aug. 7, Presiding Judge Gener Gito of the ...
Photo taken by Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN Kibitzers were in full force and the sense of panic was rife as the mass evacuation of employees of the Supreme Court in Manila was being conducted Thursday afternoon, August 29. The reason? What was reported to be a bomb threat turned out to be just a...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan has approved the the grant of a P2,000 cash gift each to graduates of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) and Universidad de Manila (UdM). Mayor Lacuna-Pangan signed Ordinance Number 9068 on Thursday, August 29. Photo courtesy of the Manila Public...
Malabon City Administrator Dr. Alexander Rosete clarified on Tuesday, August 27, the procedure for suspending classes during heavy rainfall and other calamities that affect the city. Malabon City Administrator Alexander Rosete (Photo from Malabon City Government) According to Rosete,...
Courtesy of Manila DRRM Office/MANILA BULLETIN Around 20 families were left homeless by a fire that gutted 10 houses at Block 17, Barangay 649, Baseco Compound in Manila on Thursday, August 29. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported that the fire was raised to first alarm at 11:16 a.m. and...
