San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced that the city has been recognized by the Commission on Population and Development–NCR (CPD-NCR) for its outstanding performance in advancing the population and development (POPDEV) agenda at the local level from 2022 to 2024. The city was awarded...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Properties worth P9 million were destroyed in a three-hour fire in Barangay Tetuan, this city, before dawn Thursday. Supt. Leo Pioquinto, Zamboanga City Fire District marshal, said the fire broke out at 12:31 a.m. on Estrada St. “Fourteen houses were affected, of which 10 were...
Over P3 million worth of shabu was seized from two men during a buy-bust operation in Sampaloc, Manila on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The police identified the suspects as alias JP, 19, and alias Esmayti, 27. Based on the police report, the two suspects were nabbed by operatives from the Philippine Drug...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya said that one classroom each in four public schools here are unsafe to be occupied by students following the 6.9 tremor that severely hit northern Cebu and also impacted Negros Island on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. In a media briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Gasataya...
DAVAO CITY – The city government on Thursday morning, Oct. 2, dispatched a contingent of medical workers, social workers, and other support units to deliver at least 5,000 food packs for earthquake-hit communities in Cebu province. City Disaster Risk and Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO...
Makati City Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr. and minority bloc councilors on Wednesday, Oct. 1, urged Mayor Nancy Binay to immediately withdraw the appointment of a city official as head of the city government’s procurement department following her alleged involvement in the Department of...
The city governments of Muntinlupa and Taguig announced assistance to Cebu, which was hit by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake at 9:59 p.m. on Sept. 30. Cebu Gov. Pam Baricuatro posted on Facebook that as of 10 p.m. on Oct. 1, 72 deaths and 200 persons injured were recorded. Of the 72, 31 deaths were...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso ordered the immediate deployment of medical aid and staff to the province of Cebu that was struck by a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. Domagoso called for an emergency meeting with city government officials, including Manila City...
The Parañaque City Council is urging the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) to rename a key station in the newly opened LRT-1 Cavite Extension from the generic “Dr. Santos” to its full, historic name: “Dr. Arcadio Santos,” in honoring a native son of the city. The Sangguniang Panlungsod...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Wednesday, Oct. 1, said that the local government will extend support to Cebu following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that devastated several towns in the province, killing at least 72 people and causing injuries to more than 140 on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Sotto said...
BACOLOD CITY – The 46th MassKara Festival simultaneously kicked off at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) and Bacolod public plaza on Wednesday, Oct. 1, amid the aftermath of the earthquake in Cebu province. The festival with the theme “One Smile, One Heart, One City” will be held from...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven farmers were allegedly shot and wounded by a group of security guards in Hacienda Escolastica, Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the victims were harvesting sugarcane when seven...
