As a Christmas surprise to teachers in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto announced that all teaching and non-teaching personnel belonging to the Schools Division Office (SDO) will receive an increase in their allowances starting January, 2023. For non-teaching personnel, their allowance per month will...
TACLOBAN CITY -- A police officer was charged for the death of a theft suspect under the custody of the Maasin City police on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Staff Sgt. Ronald Gamayon, assigned to the Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU) in Southern Leyte, was charged with homicide following the death of Gilbert...
Government anti-narcotics arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13, an alleged drug pusher in a buy-bust in Zamboanga City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office IX (PDEA RO IX) said Abdulhan Kallon Burahan was collared at around 3:40 p.m. after selling 50 grams of shabu to an...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Authorities collared a suspect allegedly responsible for a series of robberies in Bacoor and Imus on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Bacoor City Police Station (CPS) mobile patrollers caught Chelito C. Gloria, 41 years old, while reportedly robbing a delivery van of tobacco products...
Ten additional free WiFi sites were launched in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Among DICT’s initiatives, its Free WiFi for All (FW4A) program aims to provide Filipinos the access to "opportunities, education, and...
A total of 1,856 learners with disabilities (LWDs) participated on Monday, Dec. 12, in the 17th Special Children (SPED) Holiday held at the Valenzuela City People’s Park Ampitheater. The SPED Holiday is an annual Christmas and year-end event for the LWDs in Valenzuela City organized by the local...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A Baguio-based journalist was convicted on Tuesday, Dec. 13, of cyber libel by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 93 over his Facebook post against former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol in 2017. According to a DZBB Super Radyo...
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
A neophyte congressman has underscored the importance of the Revised National Apprenticeship Program Bill, which was one of the 13 priority measures approved by the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12. Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook) The measure is contained in House Bill...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Tuesday, Dec. 13, launched the ‘Oplan Iwas Paputok’ campaign. The DOH-7 reminded the public to take extra care as it aims for a ‘zero firecracker-related incidents’ during the Christmas and New Year revelry. 25FIREWORKS In a...
ILOILO CITY -- The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) played a key role in the book Dunâ, Kinaíya Kag Paranúbliùn: A Cultural Inventory of the Province of Antique. The book is a collaborative effort of the Department of Education (DepEd–Antique), the National Commission for...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez distributed Noche Buena packs as part of the city government’s Pamaskong Handog program to 10,500 members of the Tricycle Operators Drivers Association (TODA) and 1,300 members of the Pedicab Operators Drivers Association (PODA) on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Olivarez...
