Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso proudly discussed the city government 's best practices to officials of Cabucgayan, Biliran Province, during a benchmarking activity at the City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27. During the technical briefing, Domagoso shared Manila 's solid waste...
One of the students who was critically injured after being struck by falling concrete debris from a condominium building in Quezon City died on Wednesday, August 27, two weeks after the incident. The victim was identified as CJ Baldonado. His death was confirmed by his father, Jason Baldonado,...
The Quezon City government signed a partnership with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday, August 26, for large-scale river cleanup and rehabilitation projects in the city. Mayor Joy Belmonte and SMC officials signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to expand the company’s Better Rivers PH...
Senator Mark Villar has filed Senate Bill No. 95, also known as the Universal Social Pension for Senior Citizens Act, seeking to expand pension benefits to all elderly Filipinos regardless of their social or economic status. The measure aims to amend Republic Act No. 7432, which currently limits...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay emphasized that local government units (LGUs) and telecommunication (telco) operators need to work together more closely to ensure that cables are installed safely and neatly on electric posts, preventing the messy and dangerous dangling "spaghetti wires" in Metro...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Tuesday, Aug. 26, that it has issued a show cause order (SCO) to the registered owner of a vehicle that hit and injured a 74-year-old woman while she was crossing a pedestrian lane in Marikina City. Related story:...
A grandmother who turned 100 years old received a cash gift of P100,000 from the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano personally delivered the check to Victoria Almazan at her home in Barangay Katuparan. She was accompanied by Councilors Raul Aquino and Edgar Baptista. “Maligayang...
Over 1,500 World War II era bombs and ammunition were recovered by the Antipolo City Police from a mountain dig site in Barangay San Roque, Antipolo City on Monday, Aug. 25. According to the Antipolo City Police, they received a report calling for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) assistance at a...
A motorcycle rider initially flagged down by officers of the Department of Transportation-Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (DOTr-SAICT) for multiple violations tried to evade the authorities and led them on a foot pursuit in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Based on...
Three men, including a former policeman, were arrested by the Bulacan police following a swift operation against a robbery-holdup incident in Barangay Poblacion, Santa Maria, Bulacan, on Tuesday morning, August 26. Police identified the suspects as alias “Lito,” alias “Roque” (a former...
Police arrested a robbery suspect and recovered a stolen motorcycle just four hours after it was reported missing in Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, on Monday, August 25. According to the police report, the incident occurred at around 1:56 a.m. when the victim, a barangay official, parked a...
Twelve police officers are facing criminal charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide following the death of a man who was creating a disturbance at a convenience store. According to Pasay City Police Chief Col. Joselito De Sesto, six personnel from Pasay City Police Substation 5; five...
