Active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pasig City jumped to 456 on Jan. 4 from just 24 cases a week earlier on Dec. 28, based on data provided by the city government. The tally represents an increase of 432 cases in one week. Of the 456 total count, the following Pasig barangays...
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Pasig City has increased to 133, the local government reported on Sunday, Jan. 2. The latest tally represents about 682 percent higher than the 17 active cases or the lowest number recorded last Dec. 14. As of Jan. 1, Pasig City has logged 59,569 confirmed...
By Cherrylin Caacbay The Pasig City local government reminded the public on Tuesday, Dec. 28, that the use of firecrackers in time for the upcoming New Year celebration is still prohibited. Under Executive Order No. PCG-101, s. 2021 and Pasig City Ordinance No. 2017 or “Firecracker Regulation...
By Cherrylin Caacbay Around 215 street sweepers will get a salary increase starting January 2022, the Pasig City local government announced on Monday, Dec. 27. During Monday's (Dec. 27) flag ceremony, Mayor Vico Sotto said the street sweepers from the City Environment and Natural Resources...
Which local government unit (LGU) is the richest in the National Capital Region (NCR)? The Commission on Audit (COA) recently released the annual financial report for LGUs for the year 2020. The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and municipalities with the biggest amount of total assets in...
Taguig emerged as the seventh wealthiest city in the Philippines. The Commission on Audit (COA) released the annual financial report for local government units for the year 2020. Bonifacio Global City in Taguig (Screenshot from Google Maps) The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and...
A fire hit a commercial building in Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City on Friday, Dec. 24. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection Public Information Office (BFP-PIO), the fire reached the first alarm at around 1:06 p.m. Senior Fire Officer 4 (SFO4) Perez reported that the fire was declared under...
To show that the police force is a child-friendly organization, members of the Pasig City Police Station turned into Santa Clauses and spent their day feeding around 150 children and giving them gift packs on Thursday, Dec.23, in Brgy. Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. The gift-giving is part of the...
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...
Taguig police chief Col. Celso Rodriquez said he will not tolerate misfits in the service after four policemen assigned to the station were arrested in a P30-million robbery in Pasig City on Dec. 18. “First, we do not tolerate these acts by our police and they should be held liable. If there are...
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...
