Volunteers gather floating water hyacinths and garbage from a tributary leading to Laguna Lake in Binangonan, Rizal on Saturday, September 21 (Photo from Binangonan Municipal Government) Local government officials and residents of Binangonan, Rizal led the coastal clean-up activities along...
Filipino students bagged 14 awards at the 10th Iranian Geometry Olympiad (IGO). The IGO is an annual contest with four different levels: elementary, intermediate, advanced and free. “Contestants have to solve five geometry problems within four hours in the Elementary Level, and 4.5...
Mayor Honey Lacuna in a tete-a-tete with some senior citizens of Manila. (JERRY S. TAN) More than 203,000 senior citizens in Manila will receive a monthly allowance worth P2,000 each from the city government. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan announced that the distribution of the monthly allowances...
Operatives from the Taguig Police arrested a 31-year-old man in a shabu buy-bust operation on Sept. 21. The operation was conducted by the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Ususan at about 7 p.m. The suspect (extreme left) (Photo from Taguig Police / SPD) Arrested was...
Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "Wes" Gatchalian led the opening of the “Valenzuela Boardwalk” on Saturday, September 21, aimed at promoting a fit and healthy lifestyle for the residents of the city. (Photos from Valenzuela PIO) According to the city’s public information office, the...
The Malabon City government is set to launch the “Sining De Tambobong” tourism and arts fair highlighting the talents and contributions of Malabueño artists to the city's development. (Photo from Malabon City Government) According to the city’s public information office, the event...
Photos by Arnold Quizol / MANILA BULETIN Tension ran high as the Manila Police District (MPD) anti-riot unit blocked around 700 members of human rights groups from marching to Mendiola to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Martial Law on Saturday, Sept. 21. Protesters faced the Manila police as...
A fire broke out in a warehouse in Tandang Sora, Quezon City, on Saturday, September 21. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 2:11 p.m. and reached the second alarm at 2:29 p.m. Firefighters have yet to contain the blaze. This is a developing story.
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto led the city's participation in the 39th International Coastal Cleanup along the coast of Baseco on Saturday, September 21, along with several volunteer organizations. The volunteers were assigned to six stations...
Forbes has listed Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte as one of the 50 sustainability leaders for her initiatives in combating climate change in the city, the city government announced on Saturday, September 21. Belmonte was honored with other mayors from C40 Cities, including Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of...
Antipolo City has been declared as an insurgency-free community, the local government announced. To affirm the local government’s commitment to ensuring a peaceful city, City Mayor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares, III and Vice Mayor Josefina Gatlabayan led local officials in signing the Memorandum of...
The family of a Grade 12 student who died after falling from the seventh floor of the Tenement housing building in Taguig on Sept. 18 is seeking justice. “Pero bakit nman..bakit ka nkarating don dba Sabi muh uuwi kpa ma late ka lng Ng uwi k. Mg milk tea ka lng pero bakit, binigla muh nman...
