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Mayor Al David Uy of the Island Garden City of Samal hopes the construction of the P23 billion Samal-Davao connector bridge will finally start under the new administration. “(It’s) possible, (I’m) praying,” Uy said. He noted that bidding for the project was completed last year and that the winning bidder China Road and Bridge Corporation […]
The first-ever “science for change” facility in the country will soon rise in Legazpi City, with its P115-million budget included in the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Albay Second District Representative Joey Salceda said the “Bicol Science For Change” (S4C) facility will be a regional research and development (R&D) center that will support science, technology […]
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed Senator-elect Loren Legarda as a winner in the May 2022 senatorial race, after once again garnering the second-highest number of votes in the recent elections. Based on the latest canvassing results of the poll body, Legarda was elected by 24,264,969 Filipinos both here and abroad. The veteran legislator, who […]
Senator Francis Tolentino said the Tampakan copper-gold project being pushed to resume by Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in Tampakan, South Cotabato will be beneficial to local residents. Tolentino stressed the Tampakan copper-gold project will be “cost-effective” and safe. “Cost effective yung extraction ng open-pit mining kasi mababaw lang ang paghuhukay niyan eh, makukuha agad yung mina,” the legislator said in “Sa […]
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco led the inauguration of several important projects at the House of Representatives geared at advancing the physical facilities at the Batasan Complex. The projects would also enhance safety and security, as well as promote the welfare of legislators, employees, and visitors. The projects, completed through the Engineering and Physical Facilities […]
The Quezon City Government suspended a high-ranking city official after being found liable for sexually harassing another employee. It will be recalled that during the celebration of Women’s Month in March 2022, Mayor Joy Belmonte declared a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy for violence, abuse, and sexual harassment in Quezon City Hall in respect of all the women […]
A Nueva Ecija legislator lauded as a dream come true the enactment of laws to establish two regular campuses of a state university within the province’s first congressional district. First District Representative Estrellita Suansing said the creation of regular school campuses of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) in Sto. Domingo and the […]
Following pronouncements that presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is not inclined to bring back online cockfighting, Deputy Speaker and Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. revealed that he and fellow pastors belonging to the Bible Believers League for Morality and Democracy (BIBLEMODE) International, Inc. would be open to supporting the incoming administration […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said its “bakuna” (vaccination) center will allow the administration of a second COVID-19 booster shot to all eligible walk-in vaccinees. PRC Chairman and CEO, Senator Dick Gordon, urged those priority groups belonging to the health workers and senior citizens population, to avail themselves of their second booster dose in PRC’s […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte called on the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to institute reforms in penal institutions, including intensifying measures to prevent the proliferation of deadly weapons and drugs following the recent riot inside the Quezon City Jail in Brgy. Kamuning. Based on an intelligence report, the riot was staged by […]