DAVAO CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved an ordinance penalizing the degradation, vilification, or public ridicule of Persons with Disability (PWD), with guilty parties facing penalties. The ordinance, Comprehensive Persons with Disability Rights, Privileges, and Protection Ordinance...
DAVAO CITY – The Mati City Health Office confirmed on Thursday, June 26, the city’s first monkeypox (mpox) case, prompting swift containment actions and a renewed public advisory on preventive health measures. City Health Officer Dr. Ben Hur G. Catbagan Jr. said in a statement that the patient...
The newly elected local officials in Muntinlupa City will hold their oath-taking ceremony on June 30. The ceremony will start at 7 a.m. and will be led by Mayor Ruffy Biazon who ran unopposed and won his second term in the May 12 elections, garnering 209,498 votes. It was announced that the...
BACOLOD CITY – Tanya Familiaran, chairman of Barangay 13 here, resigned from her post effective June 9. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Bacolod Director Christian Nagaynay said they received her resignation letter on June 20. She stated personal concern as the reason for...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been named Regional Winner of the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award for the third consecutive year under the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Honor Awards Program (HAP) in the National Capital Region. The award recognizes Mayor Belmonte’s exemplary leadership...
“Democracy has prevailed. This is a victory for the people of Marikina,” said Congressman-elect Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro on Thursday, June 26, following the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc’s reversal of the First Division 's ruling canceling his Certificate of Candidacy...
BACOLOD CITY – Outgoing Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez underscored the economic growth of Bacolod in the past three years, saying that he is turning over a highly urbanized city that is “competitive, rising, and ready to lead.” “And as Bacolod grows, so will our numbers – bigger and...
A former cashier accused of involvement in a series of supermarket thefts in Caloocan City was arrested on Wednesday, June 25, nearly four years after the crimes were committed. Personnel from the Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) identified the suspect as Rosephine, 35. She was arrested at around...
The Makati City local government has distributed a total of 32,874 hygiene and better health kits and vacuum insulated flasks to its public school students to ensure their health and safety especially during the rainy season. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay led the distribution of the kits and flasks...
A 17-year-old Grade 8 student and his accomplice were nabbed for allegedly being involved in a basag-kotse incident in Barangay Parang, Marikina City, the Marikina City Police said. Based on the police report, a media cameraman reported that his media pickup was robbed while parked in Barangay...
A businesswoman was shot to death by an unknown suspect while walking along Barangay Commonwealth in Quezon City. Based on the police report, the incident occurred on Monday night, June 23. Barangay Commonwealth Kagawad Elmer Buena said a concerned citizen reported the incident after hearing a...
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed by another minor out of curiosity whether the firearm he was holding would fire a bullet in Taguig on June 24. The shooting happened at Tuktukan cemetery in Taguig. CCTV footage showed several boys at the cemetery when one of them fell to the ground. The...
