The planned demolition of houses in an area in Barangay Cupang in Muntinlupa did not push through on Friday, Aug. 29, after the Muntinlupa City government filed a motion in court to stop it. Mayor Ruffy Biazon went to the Acero–ICC-Sto. Nino area in Barangay Cupang, the subject of a...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay personally led the house-to-house distribution of unclaimed cash incentives to Makati Blu Card holders who failed to receive them last year. Binay said more than 12,000 elderly residents failed to receive their cash incentives last year, citing the lack of cellphones...
The city government of Pasay City conducted clearing and cleaning operations along major roads in the city to ensure safe and unobstructed passage for motorists and pedestrians on August 27. The city’s clearing operations team was joined by the Barangay Road Clearing Operations (BaRCO) team, a...
The Taguig City government held the Regatta sa Lawa boat race to celebrate its first World Lake Day on Aug. 27. The boat race was held in Laguna Lake in Barangay Lower Bicutan participated in by fisherfolk, athletes and residents. Barangay Bagumbayan won as grand champion with a time of seven...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged city residents to practice proper waste management and to avoid dumping their trash into the streets in the face of a looming garbage and sanitation crisis following the closure of the Navotas sanitary landfill. Domagoso issued the appeal...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Almana Construction and Development Corp. to fast-track the completion of the P152-million diversion channel on Burgos St. here and target operational status by year-end. “On our part, the most...
DAVAO CITY – The children of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte were seen together in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, ahead of an expected reunion with their father later this week. Vice President Sara Duterte, Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte, acting Davao City...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte said he prefers Singapore’s Changi Airport to take over the Davao International Airport operations through a public-private partnership. In a recent interview with Alvin & Tourism at The Hague, Netherlands, after he visited his father,...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong maintained that his advocacy against corruption will continue, especially in government infrastructure projects involving several politicians and personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Magalong’s exposure of government corruption...
A grandmother who turned 100 years old received a cash gift of P100,000 from the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano personally delivered the check to Victoria Almazan at her home in Barangay Katuparan. She was accompanied by Councilors Raul Aquino and Edgar Baptista. “Maligayang...
A female janitor of Felipe Calderon High School who risked her life to rescue three students trapped inside a restroom during a fire last March was honored by the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) and was extended cash assistance. MDSW Director Jay R. Dela Fuente personally handed over...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte raised concerns over what he described as the inhumane treatment of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who remains in the International Criminal Court detention facility at the age of 80. “He is 80-years-old, yet this is how the...
