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...
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...
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...
ILOILO CITY – A lawyer said that former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here is not yet free from any legal liabilities despite a presidential pardon granted by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. FORMER Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog with Rep. Julienne ‘JamJam’ Baronda. ...
Police arrested Mayor Miguel Silva Jr. of Pangantucan, Bukidnon on Sunday night, Feb. 2, in Compostela, Davao de Oro for allegedly raping a minor. The 59-year-old Silva was apprehended through a warrant of arrest dated Dec. 10 issued by Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Regional Trial Court Branch 9 Judge...
BACOLOD CITY – Talisay City, Negros Occidental Mayor Neil Lizares is alarmed by the land dispute in Hacienda San Antonio Dos, Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City. A video of the incident recently went viral on social media. A SCREEN grab of a viral video showing an alleged security guard pointing...
Job seekers attend one of Makati's job fairs. A total of 14,710 individuals were hired in 2024 through Makati's Job Referral and Placement Program spearheaded by its Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Makati Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Feb. 3. From January to December last year, 14,710...
ILOILO CITY – Maintenance is being eyed for an unfinished P2.2-billion road traversing this city and neighboring town of Oton that has been trashed while being used as an illegal parking lot and an offroad drinking area a week after it was inaugurated. PART of the Iloilo Sunset Boulevard that...
Mayor Joy Belmonte Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the city's calorie labeling ordinance that will soon require restaurants operating in Quezon City to display the calorie count of food items in their menus. Under the ordinance, food...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy was warmly welcomed during the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival here on Thursday, Jan. 30. Sy, accompanied by his son Harvey and daughter Hanna Carinna during their visit at the Bacolod City Government Center, was named Honorary Mayor and...
ILOILO CITY – Marivic Mabilog, wife of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, was irked by the contradicting statements made by Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa following the presidential pardon of her husband. SEN. Ronald dela Rosa and former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during...
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija – Former Mayor Allan Gamilla of Bongabon town in Nueva Ecija province has cited the recent dismissal of the graft case filed against him in 2020. As expected, truth and justice will emerge. No matter what the slander and criticism of my administration is, I remain silent...
