The Taguig City government held the Regatta sa Lawa boat race to celebrate its first World Lake Day on Aug. 27. The boat race was held in Laguna Lake in Barangay Lower Bicutan participated in by fisherfolk, athletes and residents. Barangay Bagumbayan won as grand champion with a time of seven...
San Mateo, Rizal Mayor Bartolome "Omie" Rivera Jr. slammed the directive of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) diverting the collected solid wastes of the city of Manila to its New San Mateo Sanitary Landfill (NSMSLF) following the permanent closure of the Navotas Sanitary...
CAVITE – Authorities collared a high-value drug suspect and confiscated around P2.9 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in front of a mall in Barangay Molino 4, Bacoor City, on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 4A (PDEA 4A) identified the...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Don Artes met with officials of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to discuss the Rainwater Impounding Facility (RIF) being eyed to be built on the university 's...
Barangay Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, which includes Bonifacio Global City (BGC), has reimposed curfew for minors for their protection. The curfew hours for minors in the barangay will be from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. “Para sa mga may edad 18 pababa ay pinagbabawal ng gumala o lumabas ng bahay sa loob...
A passenger bus rammed into eight vehicles, including several motorcycles, along the northbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, leaving more than 10 people injured. According to the bus conductor, the vehicle’s brakes malfunctioned as it descended from Litex, causing...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) on Wednesday, Aug. 27, said that two police officers were placed under preventive custody following an alleged sexual abuse complaint filed by a policewoman in Marikina City. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday night, Aug. 17, while the victim and the two...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka 's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail Tuesday after being arrested over allegations of misusing public funds while in office. Wickremesinghe is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested and the most prominent among dozens of...
NEW DELHI — Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route, news agency Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. The...
The Quezon City government extended its condolences to the family of CJ Baldonado, the student who died after being hit by falling debris from a condominium in Tomas Morato on August 12. "Lubos na nakikiramay ang Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Lungsod Quezon sa pamilya ni CJ Baldonado, na binawian na ng...
Pililla, Rizal Mayor John Masinsin has urged residents to segregate their waste amid concerns over the rising expenses in garbage collection each year. In a recent interview with members of the PaMaMariSan-Rizal Press Corps, Masinsin said he has already called on residents to reduce the volume of...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso proudly discussed the city government 's best practices to officials of Cabucgayan, Biliran Province, during a benchmarking activity at the City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27. During the technical briefing, Domagoso shared Manila 's solid waste...
