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Barug-Kusug tightens grip on Cebu City Council, takes key committees

The Barug-Kusug coalition tightened its control of the 17th Cebu City Council after securing chairmanships of nearly all major committees that oversee the city's budget, laws, infrastructure, planning, public services and other key legislative functions.

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Ridon tells impeachment TRO petitioners: Have pity on the trees

MANILA, Philippines — Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon on Tuesday criticized Vice President Sara Duterte’s allies for repeatedly asking the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment proceedings, quipping that they should at least spare the trees cut down to produce the paper used for their petitions. In a press briefing on the sidelines

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Seeking TRO vs impeachment is lawyer Torreon’s ‘house specialty’ – Ortega

MANILA, Philippines — If lawyer Israelito Torreon owns a restaurant, filing petitions seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is the “specialty of the house,” House Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V said on Tuesday. In a press briefing on the sidelines of the impeachment trial at the Senate, Ortega and

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Several QC areas flooded after Tuesday evening rain shower

MANILA, Philippines — Several areas in Quezon City were flooded on Tuesday evening due to rainshowers, the Quezon City local government unit (LGU) reported.  In an advisory, the QC LGU said that the following roads experienced flooding as of 9 p.m.: READ: Thunderstorm, rainfall alert up over NCR, parts of Luzon Tuesday evening Knee-deep Barangay

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Elevators temporarily unavailable in some MRT stations Tuesday night

MANILA, Philippines — Some facilities in the train stations of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) were temporarily unavailable on Tuesday evening due to the heavy rainfall, the train line reported.  READ: Thunderstorm, rainfall alert up over NCR, parts of Luzon Tuesday evening In an advisory issued at 9:26 p.m., the MRT-3 said that the

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PCSO lotto results: No jackpot winners in July 7 draws

MANILA, Philippines—No bettor won the jackpot prizes in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) major lotto draws on Tuesday, July 7, leaving all top prizes up for grabs in the next scheduled draws. In the Ultra Lotto 6/58 draw, the winning combination was 50-22-58-57-43-29 for a jackpot of ₱128 million, but no ticket matched all

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Metro Manila Film Festival 2026 – Here’s The List Of First 4 Official Entries

Here are the initial four entries of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2026. The Vic Sotto-Vice Ganda movie collaboration is among the first four official entries of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2026. The first four official entries to the 52nd Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) were officially unveiled on Tuesday, offering moviegoers an early ... Read more

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OP approves 2024 performance bonus for qualified gov’t workers

MANILA – The Office of the President (OP) has approved the grant of the 2024 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) to qualified government employees, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced Tuesday. In a Facebook post, the DBM shared a copy of Resolution No. 2026-1, issued on July 2, formally announcing the OP’s approval of the

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In first SOCA, Archival seeks billions in nat’l funds for Cebu projects

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rather than use his first State of the City Address (SOCA) to highlight completed accomplishments, Mayor Nestor Archival laid out an ambitious financing strategy that relies heavily on national government grants, agency partnerships, and private-sector investments to deliver Cebu City’s biggest development projects. Throughout his speech before the Cebu City Council

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