received_455250636193034 Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is aiming for 30,000 scholars in the city per year until 2025. Sotto, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Dec. 21, said the city government now has 20,000 scholars for school year 2022 from 12,000 in 2019. "Our goal: 30,000 scholars per year by year...
The Pasig City Police Station (PCPS) filed robbery charges on Monday, Dec. 20, against five suspects, four of them former policemen, for the P30 million robbery which took place along Sta. Elvira street in Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City last Saturday, Dec. 18. PCPS Chief Col. Roman Arugay, in a...
A lifeless male body was found floating along the Marikina river under the Rosario bridge, Ortigas Avenue in Barangay Rosario, Pasig city on Sunday, Dec. 19. According to Raffy Amacio, the city safety officer present at the scene, the body was found by barge operators floating along the Marikina...
On top of the Pasig City government’s cash gift of P 3,000 to Pasig senior citizens, Barangay San Antonio (BSA) went the extra mile by adding P 500 to the cash gift. An additional P500 will be given to about 900 senior residents of BSA for a total amount of P450,000. In 2020, there were about 750...
By Khriscielle Yalao Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Pasig City will each receive P1,500 on Friday, Dec. 17, Saturday, Dec. 18, and Sunday, Dec. 20, as part of the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO)’s annual Christmas cash gifts program for PWDs. The cash gifts will be distributed...
The Pasig City government will open six vaccination sites for the second phase of the National Vaccination Days from Dec. 15 to 17. Four of the vaccination sites -- Pasig Mega Parking II in San Nicolas, Buting Elementary School in Buting, Sagad High school in Sagad, and Arcovia township in Ugong --...
Pasig City reported a total of 17 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The latest tally represents a 59 percent decrease from 41 cases recorded on the first day of December. PHOTO COURTESY OF PASIG PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN The city government said 20 out of 30 Pasig...
The Pasig City local government announced on Saturday that it has already distributed Christmas cash gifts to its senior citizens as the Yuletide season draws near. In a Facebook post, the Pasig City Public Information Office (PIO) said that all senior citizens holding ATM/cash cards may now...
The Pasig City government regularized 40 hospital nurses in recognition of their sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Vico Sotto made the announcement on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Thursday, Dec. 9. “No incentive or benefit is enough to compensate for the sacrifices they have...
The Pasig City local government distributed on Tuesday, Dec. 7, more than 1,000 laptops to the students and faculty members of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) as it continues to address the concerns on blended learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Mula noong unang pinagbawalan ang...
By Khriscielle Yalao Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto refuted the claim of a viral survey allegedly conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, Dec. 7. In his official Facebook and Twitter pages, Sotto posted a screenshot of Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez’s tweet in response to...
A memorandum banning the display of election campaign materials on city property was released by the Office of the City Administrator on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The memo, signed by City Administrator Attorney Jeronimo J. Manzanero, was sent to the Head of the Pasig Peace and Order Department Lt. Col....
