LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 63-year-old foreman died and his daughter was injured when a tree fell on them while they were on board a motorcycle in Barangay 7 here on September 20. “Julie,” 35, the daughter of the victim, Sammy Aplaon, a resident of Barangay 7, told police Tuesday, September 26,...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cleared former Lipa City accountant Ma. Belen M. Villanueva of any liability in the P293 million notice of disallowance (ND) it issued in 2017 over the construction of Lipa Public Market Parking Building (LPMPB). The case stemmed from the contract entered into by...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 31-year-old construction worker was allegedly stabbed to death by two brothers after he challenged them to a fistfight in Barangay Bugtong na Pulo, this city, on Tuesday morning, July 11. Police identified the victim as Lambert Agsaoay of Barangay Santo Niño,...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A student died in a motorcycle collision on the Jose P. Laurel Highway on Sunday, May 14, in Barangay Tambo, this city. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Bautista of Barangay Nangkaan, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. Investigation said Bautista was driving a motorcycle...
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – The son of a former soldier from Lipa City, Batangas topped the Philippine Military Academy Mandirigmang may Dangal Simbolo ng Galing at Pagbangon (Madasigon) Class of 2023. PMA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Rowen S. Tolentino, in a media conference on Monday morning,...
Access to social and medical services provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) may now easily be reached by Filipinos in need from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) region. OVP Public Assistance Division Extension Office in Lipa, Batangas. (OVP photo) This came after...
A photographer and a technician were shot and wounded in Tanauan City and Lipa City in Batangas on Saturday morning, Feb. 18. Police identified the victims as photographer Larry Laura, 47, widower and resident of Poblacion 4, Tanauan City, and technician Lisa Marrie Cabanhon, 32, single, of...
A police intelligence officer was shot in Barangay Antipolo del Sur in Lipa City, Batangas, on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Police said the victim had the rank of master sergeant and assigned to the intelligence section of the Lipa City Police Station. Investigation said the victim stopped by the...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – Police arrested a 26-year-old gas station supervisor for allegedly mauling a pump attendant after he fed chili to his pet cat on Saturday, Jan. 14, in City Park Subdivision in Barangay Sabang here. The Batangas Police Provincial Office-Public Information Office...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 40-year-old barangay councilor was shot and wounded in an indiscriminate firing incident in a barangay fiesta on Friday, Dec. 30, in Barangay Rizal here. Police identified the victim as Roberto Arañez, a councilor of Barangay Rizal. Investigation said the suspect,...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan Last July 8, 2021, the Department of Agriculture declared Lipa City ASF (African Swine Fever)-free. Lipa was one of six Batangas cities considered “recovered from ASF.” The others are San Jose, Malvar, Rosario, Taysan, and Nasugbu. Through concentrated efforts between...
The City of Lipa is eyeing a sisterhood agreement with the City of Manila. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Isko Moreno's campaign team / MANILA BULLETIN) Lipa City's legislative council passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Eric Africa "to enter into a sister city relationship with Manila." “The City of...
