The Quezon City government announced on Sunday, Aug. 20, that it launched a program that will provide job opportunities to 300 of the city's persons with disabilities (PWDs) as part of its commitment to ensure inclusivity and equal opportunity to the most vulnerable sectors in the city. Through the...
Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Monday, August 21, said government procurement reforms should lead to the expedited purchase of defense equipment the country needs to protect its territory, especially from the illegal incursions of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Toboso in the northern part of Negros Occidental recently unveiled its newly constructed government center. A P30-million New Government Center was unveiled in Toboso, Negros Occidental on August 16. (Photo courtesy of Richard Malihan/Capitol PIO) ...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and the local government on Sunday, Aug. 20, expressed support to the Senate’s approval of the bill renaming two roads in the city after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. "Buong puso po nating sinusuportahan ang hakbang na ito ng Senado na ipangalan...
The Taguig City government criticized the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for issuing an opinion that a writ of execution is needed to enforce the Supreme Court (SC) decision transferring 10 barangays in Makati to Taguig. In a decision dated Dec. 1, 2021, the SC ruled that the...
A construction worker died while four others were hurt after a wall at a construction site at the Quezon City Hall compound collapsed on Thursday evening, Aug. 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that rescuers responded to the area after the wall collapsed at the Civic Center B Building,...
The Taguig City government welcomed the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to place under its supervision the disputed 14 schools in Makati pending their transition. The Taguig and Makati City governments have been wrangling over the administration of the schools, located among...
Senator Francis Tolentino has urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to push for the amendment and strengthening of the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and other ancillary treaties and agreements for an iron-clad US support principally to cover the Philippine-China territorial dispute on the...
Another feather was added to the cap of Bulacan Gov. Daniel R. Fernando as he was awarded the Outstanding Local Chief Executive of the Philippines - Provincial Governor Category for Luzon Island by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines,...
Mayor Lani Cayetano said a writ of execution is not needed for the transfer of Makati public schools to Taguig’s jurisdiction. This after Cayetano held the Brigada Eskwela in public schools in EMBO (Enlisted Men's Barrio) barangays in Makati that were declared by the Supreme Court as part...
The Senate on Monday, August 14, unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill renaming Agham Road and the BIR Road in Quezon City after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. The late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago during a press conference at the Senate in 2012. She succumbed to lung...
The feud between Makati and Taguig over the Supreme Court decision on territorial jurisdiction has spilled into public schools. The Taguig City government, led by Mayor Lani Cayetano, conducted the “Brigada Eskwela” in schools in EMBO (Enlisted Men's Barrio) barangays in Makati that were...
