Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte raised concern over the limited direct access of local governments to climate financing, stressing that cities remain underfunded despite being at the frontline of climate change impacts. Speaking at the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2026 in Singapore, h eld from May 18...
As part of its disability support programs, the Pasig City government distributed free hearing and mobility aids to 57 qualified persons with disabilities (PWDs) to help improve their daily activities. Beneficiaries received assistive devices such as hearing aids, prosthesis, and ankle-foot...
Recently, I found myself back in QC again, this time inside World Kitchens at Gateway Mall 2, where World Cellar has added another layer to the district’s growing and reinvigorated food scene. Wine bars and wine appreciation events are hardly new in Metro Manila, but what makes World Cellar...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte slammed ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio over his stance on corruption and flooding issues in Davao City, accusing him of selectively targeting the Duterte family while allegedly ignoring larger national controversies. In a...
DAVAO CITY – A bridge in Purok 2 in Barangay Callawa in Buhangin District here has collapsed due to heavy rains and flooding since Monday night. Photos circulating on social media showed portions of the structure collapsing after flood water from a nearby creek eroded its foundations. The...
DAVAO CITY – More than 100 families displaced by flood here received relief assistance from the offices of Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II on Tuesday, May 19. Teams from the “Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong” program were immediately deployed to flood-...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Authorities on Wednesday intercepted a 10-wheel truck loaded with approximately P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes and four bales of “ukay-ukay” or used clothers while about to load a roll-on, roll-off vessel from this city and bound for Siquijor. “The Jacos Transport...
CEBU CITY – Two children were found dead inside a garage in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City, Cebu Tuesday. The bodies of the two seven-year-old boys were discovered a day after they went missing, police said. Police said the two boys asked permission from their parents to play in the neighborhood on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Another female member of the Toledo family who works at the Isabela City government in Basilan was shot dead by unidentified riding-in-tandem gunmen in Isabela City on Wednesday, May 20. Carliecel Nuena, a utility worker and cousin of the late Karen Toledo Resurreccion who was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay kagawad was allegedly shot dead by his son-in-law inside his residence in Barangay Curuan here on Wednesday, May 20. Police identified the victim as Warlito Sanson Salvador, 57. Investigation disclosed that Salvador and a friend were having a drinking session at the...
BACOLOD CITY – A cat suffered severe burns after hot water was reportedly poured over the feline in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Bach Project PH, an animal welfare group, slammed the abuse. “No animal deserves to experience this kind of pain,” the group said while sharing the situation of...
The local government of San Juan, in partnership with PhilHealth, will provide free cataract screening and surgery to around 200 residents under its "Malinaw na Mata, Ginhawa ang Dala" program. Mayor Francis Zamora invited residents who wish to avail themselves of the free services to register at...
