ILOILO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved a new special economic zone in Iloilo. Executive Secretary Ralph Recto announced this week that the President signed Proclamation No. 1128 that declared several parcels of land in Mandurriao District here as an information technology...
Laboratories of the Taguig City Health Office and health centers will not accept laboratory requests and prescriptions coming from private clinics and hospitals. This was announced by the Taguig City Health Office on Jan. 16, saying that laboratory services given by the city government and...
Health workers in Muntinlupa will finally receive their Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) intended for those who worked in risk areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the city government received the fund from the Department of Health. “Ang HEA ay...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte said on Wednesday, Jan. 14, that his district has been without a budget from the national government since 2022. In an interview with Alvin & Tourism at The Hague in the Netherlands, Duterte said the lack of funding does not impact his...
CEBU CITY – The number of people who perished in the trash slide in a dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here rose to 25 with the recovery of seven more fatalities on Thursday, Jan. 15. SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Department, said only 11 persons remained missing...
DAVAO CITY – Devotees in different parts of this city gathered in chapels to celebrate the feast of Senor Santo Niño on Thursday, Jan. 15. The biggest gathering of the annual religious festivity here was at the Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague in Shrine Hills in Matina. Over 1,000...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city has allocated P14 million to purchase 10 electric patrol vehicles for the Bacolod City Police Office. Mayor Greg Gasataya, who led the turnover of additional equipment and logistical assistance to the BCPO on Wednesday, Jan. 14, announced that the...
BAGUIO CITY – The fire that razed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Cordillera regional office originated from its Financial Management Records room, the local Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said Thursday. In a media interview, City Fire Marshal Mark Anthony Dangatan said a...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 68-year-old carpenter died and eight people, including the driver, were injured after their multi-purpose vehicle rammed a concrete barrier in Barangay Gulang-Gulang, this city, before dawn on Thursday, Jan. 15. Police identified the victim as Saturnino of Villa Esperanza,...
The Malabon City government, in partnership with the International Academy of Medical Specialists (IAMS), is conducting a three-day humanitarian medical and surgical outreach program providing free eye care and minor surgical services to up to 1,000 Malabueños. According to the city government,...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Vigan Longganisa Festival kicks off Thursday, Jan. 15, Mayor Randy Singson announced. The festival opens with the final canvassing of the popularity contest Reynas de Vigan 2026 Thursday night at Plaza Burgos. Singson, together with the city’s consultative...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation Wednesday in Barangay Rawis, Calbayog City. Police Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, identified the suspect as Popo of Barangay Looc, Calbayog City. The suspect, also a suspected gunrunner, sensed he was...
