BACK HOME FROM HAWAII. President Marcos delivers his speech Monday night after arriving at Villamor Air Force Base in Pasay City from his six-day official visit to the US to attend the APEC Summit. PCO Photo President Marcos arrived Monday night from a six-day US trip in which he secured …
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Manibela to join Piston’s transport strike, LTFRB downplays effect
STRIKE DAY ONE. Commuters jostle with each other to board a jeepney along JP Rizal cor. Marcos Highway in Pasig City on Monday on the first day of the three-day strike held by transport group Piston, whose members held pocket protests in Caloocan, Pasig, Taguig, Marikina, and Makati cities. Manny …
Read More »Rosalynn Carter, humanitarian and wife of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, dead at 96
The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. Carter Center said she died Sunday after many months of declining health Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter …
Read More »Agusan solon pushes for 5-year term for barangay, SK officials
Agusan del Norte 2nd district Rep. Dale Corvera (Facebook) Agusan del Norte 2nd district Rep. Dale Corvera has filed a bill seeking to change the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials from the current three years to five years. House Bill (HB) No. 9557 aims to …
Read More »Death toll due to Davao Occidental quake rises to 8 – NDRRMC
A big crack on a road in Glan, Sarangani is seen after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Nov. 17, 2023. (Photo by Office of Civil Defense) (UPDATED) From an earlier report of seven fatalities, the death toll from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake …
Read More »Pasay LGU launches free flu vaccination for City Hall employees
The local government of Pasay City launched on Friday, Nov. 17 the “Vaccine in the workplace” program that gives free flu vaccination to City Hall employees. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the “Vaccine in the workplace” progran is a project of the City Health Office (CHO) aimed of administering …
Read More »Las Piñas LGU welcomes newly elected SK Federation officers
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar led the oath taking ceremony of the elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation Officers on Friday, Nov. 17. Aguilar served as officer-in-charge during the election of SK Federation Officers which was actively participated by representatives from 20 barangays in the city. Mayor Imelda Aguilar with …
Read More »Libanan: DSWD cash grants to give meaningful relief to reassessed 4Ps families
(Unsplash) House Minority Leader Rep. Marcelino Libanan spoke highly of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) after its decision to grant cash aid to reassessed households under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The cash aid to be distributed will include the withheld subsidies of the reassessed families …
Read More »It’s a boy! Cop helps deliver baby inside moving police ambulance in Occ. Mindoro
Police Corporal Victor Tatad is no stranger to calls for emergency transportation assistance using the police ambulance of the Occidental Mindoro Police Provincial Office. As the designated operator of the police ambulance with his buddy Police Staff Sgt. Darrel Troy Romero, they have already considered these emergency medical calls from …
Read More »Marcos visits Hawaii en route to Manila
President Marcos has arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, his last stop for his weeklong visit to the United States. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Malacañang said Marcos arrived at the Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu along with First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos and other Philippine officials on Sunday afternoon, …
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