Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte wished to replicate the free internet connectivity program of San Juan City to narrow the gaps among learners in a highly digitized learning environment. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a message at the Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San...
The city government of Mandaluyong welcomed 575 Grade 12 students during its "Be Academically Aware" or B.A.A. College Fair that aims to help them decide on what colleges or universities they want to enroll in and the respective programs that they wish to take up in college. Photo from Rep. Benjie...
In time for her birthday, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, together with other city government officials, held an ocular inspection of the city's highly anticipated Makati Life Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 12, as the facility is set to soon roll out its primary care services. "I wanted to see how...
The San Juan City local government officially announced that it has already accomplished its promise of installing smart TVs and free fiber optic internet connection to its 13 public schools and pledged to improve its efforts in ensuring the quality of education of its youth. Photo from Patrick...
A Korean fugitive was arrested by members of the Southern Police District-Special Operation Unit (SPD-DSOU) and their foreign counterparts in Parañaque City on Monday, Dec. 12. The suspect, identified as Kim Mihngyu, 29, a businessman, is now detained at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) facility...
A 17-year-old out-of-school youth was arrested by members of the Pasay Police Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) in a buy-bust operation and confiscated from him P47,600 worth of shabu on Monday, Dec. 12. Col. Byron Tabernilla, city police chief, said the suspect, identified as alias Net, was listed in...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested four cable installers for allegedly stealing cable wires on Sunday night, Dec. 11, in Calamba City, this province. Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police chief, identified the suspects as alias “Hobert, ”Dennies,”...
A Grade 12 student and her 15-year-old cohort were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Tabuk City, Kalinga on Sunday, Dec. 11. Police identified the adult suspect as Maila Daligdig Tayaan, 21. The two suspects are residents of Rizal, Kalinga. Suspects were nabbed by the police after they sold a...
A fire hit residential area in Barangay Don Bosco, Parañaque City on Monday, Dec. 12. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at a three-story apartment around 3:00 p.m. and immediately spread to nearby houses. The BFP said 30 fire trucks responded as the fire reached...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 11 student was allegedly raped and killed in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. A POLICE officer checks the area in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental where a 16-year-old girl allegedly raped was found dead last Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Negros...
Recognizing their significant actions at times of disasters and calamities, the disaster risk reduction and management offices (DRRMO) of the cities of Baguio and Quezon and an Ifugao native have been awarded as the top winners of this year’s “Mga Kwentong KLIMA-likasan: A Climate and Disaster...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The local government of Caloocan City held on Monday, Dec. 12, the ceremonial launch of the "Gender-based Violence (GBV) Responders Guide" in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “Today, we’re partnering with the USAID to train...
