BACOLOD CITY – The Sangguniang Panglungsod during their regular session on Wednesday approved the ordinance proposing a P4.4-billion budget for this city next year. THE Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). (Glazyl Masculino) Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, chairman of the Committee on...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire razed 31 stalls inside the Bacolod Central Market on Bonifacio St., Barangay 12, this city, on Friday the 13th. FIRE Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, Bacolod fire marshal, shows to Mayor Albee Benitez a portion of the Bacolod Central Market in Barangay 12 razed by a fire on Friday,...
Mayor Albee Benitez urged people in Bacolod City who have been asked to pay commissions from government financial assistance to file formal complaints. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that he has received reports about this issue and emphasized the need for official documentation to proceed...
ILOILO CITY – A Commission on Audit report resurfaced on the almost P41-million disallowance during the term of former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of this city, three months after returning to the country from a long exile in the United States. A COA annual report for 2014 found a P39.7-million...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is prepared to assist local government units in Negros Occidental affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Mayor Albee Benitez said that he is awaiting an update from La Castellana on the number of the evacuees but the city...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with CHO head Dr. Julie Gonzalez. (Photo from Las Piñas PIO) Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar distributed vegetable seedling during a health and wellness caravan held in Manuyo Dos on Thursday, Dec. 12. Aguilar said the City Agriculture Office (CAO) headed by...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized the efforts of the Makati City local government on the efficient distribution of government services to its residents as well as disaster preparedness and...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL News that the President of South Korea had declared martial law hit the internet around midnight on Tuesday last week. This development sent shockwaves in the Asian region and elsewhere in the world. The move was unexpected and caught everyone by surprise, even his country’s...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Finance has elevated Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, into a second-class city. A NIGHT view of the Roxas City Hall in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province. (Tara Yap) Mayor Ronnie Dadivas said that Roxas City was classified as a second-class...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – One-thousand college, senior high, and junior high school students here received educational assistance from the city government on Friday, Dec. 6. TAYABAS City Mayor Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso distributes financial aid to students on Friday, Dec. 6. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
TIAONG, Quezon – This town ushered in the Yuletide season with the lighting of the Christmas display at the municipal hall on Friday, Dec. 6. Hundreds of people witnessed the event led by Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea. THE town of Tiaong in Quezon kicked off the Yuletide season with the lighting of the...
CEBU CITY — A lawyer insisted that dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes violated the law when he failed to disclose that he has a pending dismissal case when he filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for reelection in May. LAWYER Ervin Estandarte shows the portion of a...
