BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here hopes that Philippine Airlines commercial flights from Baguio to Cebu and vice versa will resume after the rainy season. A PHILIPPINE Airlines aircraft at Loakan Airport in Baguio City. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The flag carrier had earlier announced...
Mayor Alice Leal Guo of Bamban, Tarlac on Thursday, June 6, asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to lift her six-month preventive suspension on administrative charges filed against her. In her motion, Guo told the OMB her suspension should be lifted "on the ground that grave errors of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government signed a Memorandum of Agreement with a prominent ride-hailing firm at the Zamboanga City Hall on Tuesday, June 4, in an effort to improve public transport operations and services here. MAYOR John Dalipe and officials of Grab Philippines sign a Memorandum of...
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo has claimed that the Chinese national that senators allege is her biological mother is actually her father’s mistress. Guo, in her five-paged personal letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, June 4 pushed for the bill that would strengthen the system of filing of birth certificates in the country, noting how delayed registration of such documents have been abused. Estrada said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 2703...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Two thousand, three-hundred eighteen farmers in this city affected by typhoon “Aghon” have been provided with agricultural assistance. FARMERS affected by tropical cyclone ‘Aghon’ receive agricultural assistance from the government. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Mayor...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros considers appropriate the preventive suspension order against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo yet hopes that this is not too late. This was after the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) ordered the preventive suspension for not more than six months of Guo and...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay kagawads (village councilors), barangay secretaries, and former barangay captains in this city have received cash aid via the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), a program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). BARANGAY kagawads...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 2 said subjecting Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo and Lin Wen Yi, who is suspected to be her biological mother, to a DNA test may no longer be possible as Lin is now no longer in the Philippines. Gatchalian said he believes a DNA test between...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez encouraged people in this city to be cautious against the new Covid-19 variant. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Data from the City Health Office (CHO) said five new cases of Covid-19 were reported here as of May 30. In a statement through Benitez’s spokesperson,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez announced that this city will implement a car-free Sunday starting June 9 to promote a healthier lifestyle and a cleaner environment. BENITEZ (FB) Benitez, in a media interview, said that this move allows pedestrians, joggers, and bikers to use the...
CEBU CITY — Key political figures in Cebu are leaving the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) one after the other. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard "Ahong" Chan has made a “difficult decision” to resign from PDP-Laban, becoming the third chief local executive in Cebu to bolt...
