Filipino students won 13 awards at the World Robot Games Thailand Championship 2023 held in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The winners came from the Taguig Integrated School, R.P. Cruz Elementary School and Sen. Renato "Compañero" Cayetano Memorial Science and Technology High School in Taguig, and...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said they are planning to file a motion with the Supreme Court (SC) to suspend the implementation of its decision transferring 10 barangays from Makati to Taguig pending the resolution of their own case. Last April, the SC granted Pateros’ petition for review...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, Aug. 21, that it has approved the recommendation of the Law Department that the disputed barangays in Makati City be considered as part of Taguig City. MB photo Based on Memorandum No. 230806 dated Aug. 19 released by the poll body, this will be...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Monday, Aug. 21, expressed her gratitude to Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte for intervening in the management and supervision of the 14 public schools that are caught in the territorial dispute between Makati City and the...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano was warmly received by students and teachers at disputed schools in embo (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays when she recently led the annual Brigada Eskwela. According to the Taguig City government, Makati Science High School Principal Dr. Felix Bunagan and West...
The Israel Embassy in the Philippines took part in the Department of Education’s annual “Brigada Eskwela” and established a mini-library. The embassy joined in the “Brigada Eskwela” at Bagong Tanyag Elementary School-Annex A in Taguig on Aug. 18 and transformed a vacant space into...
A group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to allow a teacher representation in the transition team amid the ongoing Makati-Taguig dispute. DepEd / Manila Bulletin The Teachers' Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement issued Friday, Aug. 18, called for a “smooth transition” of...
The territorial dispute between the cities of Taguig and Makati has now affected the Philippine National Police (PNP) as the organization confirmed that some police stations in “Embo” areas will be transferred to its new jurisdiction. File photo courtesy of Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN PNP...
The management and supervision of the schools affected in the ongoing dispute between the city governments of Makati and Taguig will be under the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte / DepEd / MB Visual Content Group In a statement issued Thursday,...
The Makati City local government said on Thursday, Aug. 17, that it will abide by the Department of Education's (DepEd) decision to take over the management and supervision of its 14 schools affected by the territorial dispute with the City of Taguig. "We welcome the decision of Vice President and...
The Makati City local government on Tuesday, Aug. 15, said that the city of Taguig must first secure a writ of execution to effect the transfer of jurisdiction over the 10 barangays in District 2 of Makati to Taguig according to a Supreme Court (SC) administrator. Makati City Hall According...
The Makati City local government condemned on Saturday, Aug. 12, Taguig City's forcible takeover of some of its public school buildings in the contested barangays of the two local government units (LGUs) following the Supreme Court's (SC's) decision on the boundary dispute between the two cities....
