SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russia sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison on Thursday for spreading disinformation about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine. Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, 33,...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and Italian Ambassador Marco Clemente met on Thursday, Nov. 16, to discuss the Italian street food festival that will be held in Tondo, Manila on Nov. 18. Photo from Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN The mayor and the ambassador held a press conference at Manila City...
Around 25,000 daycare students in Manila received school bags, shoes and uniforms from the local government. Photo courtesy of the Manila Public Information Office/ MANILA BULLETIN Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan commended on Thursday, Nov. 16, the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) for...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has urged the local government employees to level up their delivery of service to QCitizens as the city received a lot of blessings for the year 2023. She made her call during the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Quezon City Hall compound on Wednesday, Nov. 14....
The Pasig City Council has approved the local government’s P17.2 billion budget for 2024, making it the largest budget allocated in the city’s history. Ordinance No. 140, Series of 2023, authored by Councilor Maro Martires and co-sponsored by the entire council, passed its third and final...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano recognized the hard work of the City Health Office (CHO) team, calling them “kawayani” or hero employees who give exemplar health services to the city's residents. Rubiano acknowledged the CHO employees on Monday, Nov. 13 in a ceremony at the Pasay City Hall...
The Parañaque city government will distribute to public schools fire extinguishers, sports and other school equipment donated by the Meralco Resorts Foundation Corporation. According to Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez, the Meralco Resorts Foundation Corporation headed by Vice-President...
The city government of Parañaque started the distribution of "Pamaskong Handog" and cash gifts to 3,409 senior citizens on Wednesday, Nov. 15, Mayor Eric Olivarez said. Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN Olivarez said 1,995 of the 3,409 senior citizens are residents of...
CAVITE – A man was arrested for rape in Tanza on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as alias Albert, one of Cavite City’s most wanted persons. After close monitoring and surveillance, the accused was collared by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by...
One hundred fifty-one Bulakenyo fishers received fuel subsidy cards from the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 3 (DA-BFAR3) through the Provincial Agriculture Office at the Eco Commercial Complex, Capitol Compound in the City of Malolos on Wednesday, Nov....
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of the spiraling civilian toll of its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Erdogan's latest -- and one of the most heated -- verbal attacks against Israel came two...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Moscow-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine. The admission came as President Volodymyr Zelensky said it had been a...
