‘Education is a right’: Marcos vows gov’t support for students

Darryl John Esguerra 05/21/2026

MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reminded students on Thursday that education is the right of every Filipino, not a privilege. Speaking before presidential scholars at the Obando Central School in Bulacan, Marcos highlighted the government’s responsibility…

P65M Lost? Alcantara flags huge cuts in Bulacan flood control funds

John Eric Mendoza 04/18/2026

MANILA, Philippines — For every P100 million allocated to flood control projects under the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office (DEO), only P35 million was reportedly used for actual implementation. State witness Henry Alcantara, a former district engineer…

Sacred relics of San Miguel Arcangel taken from Bulacan church

Isabelle Pechay 04/05/2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Miguel Arcangel, located in Poblacion, San Miguel, Bulacan, reported that several silver sacred relics were stolen on Black Saturday. The missing items include the silver pakpak (wings),…

Daniel Fernando called out for alleged road abuse: Don’t act like a king

Jason Sigales 02/25/2026

MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Tuesday said he chided Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fernando for allegedly abusively using the Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEX). In a press briefing in Quezon City, the secretary…

Cop, police asset, journalist among 11 charged in septic tank killing

02/04/2026

CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan — A policeman, a police asset, and a journalist were among the 11 suspects charged in the gruesome killing of a police officer whose body was discovered inside a septic tank in…

Bulacan cop killing: P1-M bounty offered for arrest of suspects

Jason Sigales 02/03/2026

MANILA, Philippines — A P1-million reward was placed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the arrest of the suspects in the killing of Bulacan police officer Staff Sgt. Renato Casauay Jr. Initial…

Bulacan councilor surrenders after New Year shooting wounds neighbor

Carmela Reyes-Estrope - Correspondent / @inquirerdotnet 01/03/2026

CITY OF BALIWAG, Bulacan — A 54-year-old village councilor who allegedly shot and wounded a neighbor during the New Year’s Day revelry surrendered to authorities on Thursday. According to Col. Jayson San Pedro, chief of police of…

Bulacan hospital fire: ICU patient killed, 17 others rescued

Carmela Reyes-Estrope 12/08/2025

PULILAN, Bulacan—A patient confined in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) died while 17 others were safely evacuated after a fire struck a hospital in Bulacan before dawn on Monday, December 8. Reports reaching the Bulacan Provincial Disaster…

Brice Hernandez: All Bulacan public works projects ‘overpriced’

Charie Abarca 09/24/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Now comes another confirmation—or confession—from an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), about something flood-weary residents of Bulacan province have been enduring all these years. Due to kickbacks of as much…

‘Most expensive’ flood control project found in Bulacan – officials

Carmela Reyes-Estrope 09/14/2025

BULAKAN, BULACAN — The ghost flood control project in this town cited in the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing over a week ago that was worth P193 million, was not only the most expensive so far of…

Bulacan ‘ghost projects’: DPWH engineer admits to not inspecting them

Jose Cielito Reganit - Philippine News Agency 09/03/2025

MANILA, Philippines – A district engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Bulacan admitted before the House of Representatives Infra-Comm on Tuesday that he issued completion certificates without personally inspecting the works, mostly…

Bulacan ghost project: ‘Angry’ Marcos vows to go after those behind it

Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos - Philippine News Agency 08/20/2025

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a so-called “ghost project” in Baliwag, Bulacan, expressing outrage over false reporting on the status of a reinforced concrete riverwall project…

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