(UPDATES) SAN JUAN City Mayor Francis Zamora said City Ordinance 26 that requires aid donors in times of disasters to coordinate with the local government was not meant to disadvantage his political rivals.
Zamora issued the statement after Sens. JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada, both former San Juan city mayors, said the ordinance, whose violation carries a P5,000 penalty, was an abuse in leadership on the part of the incumbent mayor.
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel assisted in the evacuation of hundreds of residents in flood-hit areas in the provinces of Batangas and Occidental Mindoro.In the village of Maguihan in Lemery, Batangas, more […]
The southwest monsoon will bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Mindanao, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Sunday. Metro Manila, along with […]
OVER 20,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) that will be used in the May 12, 2025, national and local elections are now in the country, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Saturday. In a press […]
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