ILOILO CITY — The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) tackled how to strengthen the agribusiness chain to support growth in the global market during its general membership meeting held in Iloilo. Damosa Lands President Ricardo “Cary” Floirendo Lagdameo and SM Supermalls...
A 63-year-old woman was killed and her daughter wounded in a gun attack at the corner of Makati Avenue and Durban Street in Barangay Poblacion at 6:46 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3. The victims were rushed to Makati Medical Center, where the mother was declared dead on arrival and the 26-year-old daughter...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been named the Philippines’ top performing and most trusted mayor after receiving the highest rating in a nationwide assessment of local chief executives by the RPMD Foundation Inc. Belmonte recorded the highest overall governance rating among city mayors...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a man allegedly involved in illegal manufacturing of guns in Danao City, northern Cebu. The 72-year-old suspect, a certain Titing, was caught in the act of making guns in a shanty in Barangay Manlayag when police swooped in on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. Police said...
ILOILO CITY – As the controversy surrounding the Pax Silica initiative swirls, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vowed to promote responsible use of technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI). “On the side of the DOST, our role is to make sure that technology is used for...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven persons were injured in a fireworks explosion during the culmination of the 29th Charter Day celebration and first Kabuganaan Festival in Barangay 4, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Aug. 2. The victims were a 17-year-old student, an Army reservist,...
Around 100 members of labor groups and workers’ coalitions staged a protest outside the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on Monday, Aug. 3, opposing the temporary restraining order (TRO) that halted the implementation of the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. The rally took place outside...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the state-run firm overseeing the development of the Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub, said farmers affected by the project may find work opportunities in New Clark City. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 3, the BCDA said it...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fourteen houses were destroyed by a fire in Sitio Baliwasan Grande, Barangay Baliwasan, this city, on Sunday, Aug. 2. A total of 16 families were displaced by the blaze that broke out at around 2 p.m. Arson investigators are probing possible short circuit from a house as cause of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 21-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) was killed in a fire that destroyed his house in Purok 3-A, Bagong Sibol, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on Sunday morning, Aug. 2. The victim was identified as Jay Jay. Arson investigators said the fire which also razed five other...
A 12-year-old boy was injured after being dragged several meters by a company service pickup truck inside a church parking lot in Barangay E. Rodriguez, Quezon City, on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. The Grade 7 student had been playing in the rain with other children in the vacant lot when the...
Quezon City has institutionalized long-term support for cooperatives through a comprehensive Cooperative Code, making it the first local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila to adopt a unified policy framework for cooperative development. Through Ordinance No. SP-3526, S-2026, or the Quezon City...
