The city government of Bacolod has released food vouchers worth a total of P500,000 for tenants of the Manokan Country in Bacolod. CHICKEN inasal is served at temporary stalls at Manokan Country at the terminal hub of SM City Bacolod. (Photo via John Dale Salazar) Councilor Celia Flor, chairperson...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy recently announced that the old Bacolod airport in Barangay Singcang-Airport here will be developed as an urban oasis. MAYOR Albee Benitez with Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy, chairman of the executive committee of SM Prime...
CEBU CITY – Police here have rescued a 15-year-old boy said to be a member of a gun-for-hire group. MACATANGAY (center). (FB) The Mambaling Police Station 11 of the Cebu City Police Office rescued the boy on Monday night, Feb. 3, in Barangay Mantalongon, Dalaguete town, southern Cebu. The boy was...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit 54 houses in Purok Pasil, Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 4. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 4. (Photo via Bacolod Traffic Authority Office deputy head Jose Antonio...
An academic discussion with the subject Political Dynasties and the Northern Luzon Perspective will be held on Feb. 10 at the Saint Louis University in Baguio City. MAGALONG (FB) Main speaker Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong will delve on the theme “Daton Wenno Dusa” (Boon or Bane). Other...
Officials and veterans marked the 80th anniversary of Muntinlupa’s liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II on Feb. 4. Mayor Ruffy Biazon led the ceremony at the Liwasan ng mga Bayani in Alabang together with Rep. Jaime Fresnedi, OIC-President Eulogio Catabran III of...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Candidates here on Tuesday, Feb. 4, signed a peace covenant for the May elections. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso signs a peace covenant for the upcoming elections. (Danny Estacio) They vowed to avoid spreading fake information against rivals using...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points in 22 minutes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks, 125-96, on Monday night, Feb. 3. Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) looks to shoot between Milwaukee guards Delon Wright (55) and AJ...
The Hooked on Books (HOB) Library and its affiliated reading program were officially launched and opened at Pinagbuhatan Elementary School in Pasig City on Monday, Feb. 3, aiming to nurture the imagination and abilities of the youth toward a brighter future through reading. Pasig City Mayor Vico...
ILOILO CITY — After Pope Francis appointed a new archbishop, the Archdiocese of Jaro has expressed gratitude to the pastoral mission of Archbishop Emeritus Jose Romeo “Romy” Lazo. “We give our gratitude to Archbishop Emeritus Lazo for his gift of shepherding and ministry,” the Jaro...
The suspect shooting his colleague at their workplace in Antipolo, Rizal. A security guard was shot to death by his colleague for allegedly being habitually tardy at work in Antipolo, Rizal, the police said on Monday, Feb. 3. In a CCTV footage recovered from their workplace, the suspect was...
Mayor Abby Binay during the Eastern Samar Provincial Liga Assembly. Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay underscored the need to reform the country's barangay governance system and advocated for the payment of salaries to barangay officials rather than just honorariums. Binay made...
