BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has placed the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on alert for super typhoon “Pepito.” "The typhoon may hit us at night time, so we must be ready to respond to emergency calls with appropriate equipment such as spotlights and others,"...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways is set to start the construction of floodgates with pumping stations in three major rivers in this city next year. MAYOR Albee Benitez speaks in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Monday, Nov. 11. (Glazyl...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) will start an P80-million, one-kilometer underground distribution system project on Lacson St. here by January. MAYOR Albee Benitez (left), Roel Castro (center), president of Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC), and NEPC...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Samuel Gumarin and several officials of Buenavista town, Guimaras province are facing administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for purchasing a P2.6-million water tanker. GUARIN Complaints of grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct, and conduct...
Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan addresses the fire victims from Aroma, Tondo, who received assistance not only from Manila but also from other government agencies. More than 2,000 fire victims of the fire that broke out in Aroma, Tondo in September, received cash aid from the local government of...
CEBU CITY – Security was tightened at the City Hall here following the failed takeover attempt of the camp of dismissed Mayor Michael Rama last week. HEAVILY armed policemen have been deployed at the Cebu City Hall following last week’s tension filled incident caused by the takeover attempt of...
Mayors in Maguindanao del Norte support the postponement of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections from 2025 to 2026. THE Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City, the seat of government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. ...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Commission on Elections proclaimed former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. as the new mayor here on Monday, Nov. 11, following a Supreme Court ruling disqualifying Mayor Geraldine Rosal. FORMER Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin (second...
CEBU CITY – Trouble broke out at the City Hall on Friday, Nov. 8, when supporters of dismissed Mayor Michael Rama gathered outside the building and called for his reinstatement. POLICE try to handcuff former City Administrator Collin Rosell who stormed the Cebu City Hall on Friday, Nov. 8,...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government received an additional P50 million from the Department of Health (DOH) to support the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP). BENITEZ (FB) The DOH granted the request of Mayor Albee Benitez for additional resources to supplement the rising healthcare...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Alfred Romualdez stressed the importance of disaster preparedness during the 11th anniversary of super typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) here. MAYOR Romualdez (FB) “Let us not always rely on government because it is very difficult due to the number of people asking for...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman upheld its previous decision suspending Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for one year without pay. CORTES (FB) Junking the motions of reconsideration filed by Cortes, the Ombudsman affirmed its previous decision that found the mayor guilty of grave...
