DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 9, slammed the House infrastructure committee for diverting their investigation on anomalous flood control projects to the P51-billion infrastructure allocation for his district during the term of his father former...
CEBU CITY – Danao City is building what could be the most modern public market in the Central Visayas region. The Danao City Smart Public Market is already 40 percent complete and is on track for its target completion in the fourth quarter of 2026. Danao City Mayor Ramon “Nito” Durano III...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso gave assurance to the Korean Embassy in Manila that the safety and security of Korean nationals in the city are strictly observed and protected. Domagoso made the statement on Tuesday, Sept. 9, following a luncheon hosted by Korean Ambassador to the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) liaison school here was robbed of P128,000 on Saturday, Sept. 6. The robbery was discovered on Sept. 8, Monday, by a utility worker responsible for opening and...
Two notorious drug personalities, including a Chinese national, were nabbed in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Buayang Bato, Mandaluyong City, on Sept. 6, the Eastern Police District (EPD) said. EPD Director Brig. Gen. Aden Lagradante identified the suspects as alias Lelith, 34, and Li, 27, a...
Members of the group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas-Navotas (PAMALAKAYA-Navotas) staged a protest on Monday, Sept. 8, outside the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Malabon-Navotas District Engineering Office to denounce alleged corruption in multi-billion-peso...
ILOILO CITY — MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has assured potential investors in this city of reliable power supply. “Iloilo will be ready for investment. We would be confident and not be afraid of any investment that would come, and that would require power,” said MORE Power...
Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), the property development subsidiary of the Gokongwei Group, has acquired the prime 9.6-hectare (ha) Victoria Plaza (VP) complex in Davao City from New City Commercial Corp. (NCCC) Group of Companies and is kicking off its development with a new office building. In a...
ILOILO CITY – Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. of Uswag Ilonggo party-list has denied kickback allegations by controversial contractors Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II and his wife Sarah. “I strongly and categorically deny the baseless accusations against me of alleged corrupt practices and...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a 27-year-old woman was found in a sugarcane field in Sitio Bag-ong Dalan Palao 1, Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 8. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of Escalante City Police Station, said the victim was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Maritime police officers rescued 12 people, including six children, early Monday after they received a distress call from a drifting motorboat here. Police Capt. Allan Pestañas, boat officer of the Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station (ZC MARPSTA), said the stranded passengers...
BACOLOD CITY – Four government workers under the City Engineering Office (CEO), particularly the Supply and Property Section, are in hot water after Mayor Greg Gasataya discovered 4,786 hardened cement bags at the CEO warehouse in Barangay Taculing and another storage facility in Barangay Alijis...
