Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto called for a team effort to sustain the cleanliness of the Pasig River during the inauguration of Pineda Park and Pineda Creek on Saturday, Nov. 25. Photo courtesy of UAP Pasig Chapter/MANILA BULLETIN The inauguration of the improved park and creek at Barangay Pineda in...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan called on Sunday, Nov. 26, to visit the city's health centers and avail of its free services. Lacuna-Pangan urged them to go to the 44 health centers in the city to be able to receive the health services that they need for free. She said free...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the "Cycle to End Violence Against Women (VAW)" where around 600 women workers rode their bicycles along the city's roads on Saturday, Nov. 25. From the Quezon City Hall, the mayor and the participants which include security guards, janitress, vendors, factory...
A policeman was arrested by members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) after he allegedly fired his service firearm outside a bar in Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City early Sunday morning, Nov. 26. QCPD Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) Chief Maj. Don Don Llapitan...
The Office of Pasig Vice Mayor (OVM) Robert "Dodot" Jaworski Jr. and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) recently launched an upskilling initiative to help college students prepare their future careers. Through the Student Success Office of PLP, the OVM seeks to guide and teach students...
The Parañaque City government announced that 20 college students received scholarship grant from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, Nov. 23. Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the 20 college students received scholarship grant amounting to P25,000 each....
Photo courtesy of Pasay PIO More than 400 bikers joined the “Padyak Pasay 2023” program hosted by the Pasay City government at the SM By the Bay on Saturday, Nov. 25. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked the participants and said that the event aimed to bring together all the cyclists...
With less than 30 days before Christmas, the Pasig City local government begun distributing Noche Buena gift packs to Pasigueño families on Saturday, Nov. 25, as part of its annual "pamaskong handog" holiday program. The grocery packs for this year include Noche Buena items such as cans of...
SILKYARA TUNNEL, India -- India's military brought in specialised equipment Sunday as efforts to free 41 trapped workers entered a third week, with digging ongoing in three directions after repeated setbacks to the operation. The Indian air force said Sunday that they were "responding with...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 12,569 mpox cases and 581 related deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year to November 12, the highest annual figure ever recorded. The infectious disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was first identified in...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli fire hit one of its patrols in the country's south on Saturday, despite a Hamas-Israel truce largely quietening the Lebanon-Israel frontier. Lebanese farmer and minibus driver Abdallah Abdallah stands in front of his tractor...
DOHA, Qatar -- A total of 13 Israeli hostages are to be freed "tonight" for 39 Palestinian prisoners, in a delayed second exchange agreed as part of a temporary truce in Gaza, mediator Qatar said Saturday. Seven foreigners held in Gaza will also be released, it added. "After a delay, obstacles to...
