Maynilad Water Services Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) failed to buoy the market as the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) plunged to its lowest level in almost five years on Friday, Nov. 7, after the economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace. The benchmark index fell by 76.22 points,...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Friday, Nov. 7, announced the suspension of face-to-face classes in all public and private schools in the city on Nov. 17 and 18 to give way to the three-day rally of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) against corruption at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta....
An eight-year-old Grade 1 student drowned in a resort in Sitio Old Boso-Boso, Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Based on the investigation of the Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS), the victim, identified as “Zian,” met a puto vendor near the Shell Gas...
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) rose, recouping losses in thin trading as positive corporate earnings buoyed sentiment. The main index gained 17.53 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 5,835.59 on Thursday, Nov. 6. Miners led the advance while the Industrial sector lagged. Volume was...
Heads up, commuters from Pasig and Cainta! Travel between Pasig and Cainta will now be easier after Mayor Vico Sotto and Mayor Keith Nieto on Thursday, Nov. 6, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) allowing tricycles to drop off passengers in both areas without paying passing-through fees and...
The local government of Cainta, Rizal, said around 400 informal settler families living along rivers and creeks in the municipality have been granted lots where they can build permanent homes. In a recent interview with the PaMaMariSan Rizal Press Corps, Cainta Mayor Keith Nieto said it is his...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) continued its slide, dropping 48.98 points or 0.83 percent to close at 5,818.06 on Wednesday, Nov. 5, driven by persistent investor anxiety that the third-quarter economic growth will fall short of the government’s target. The main index’s retreat...
As the nation marked All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, Cainta, Rizal Mayor Kit Nieto shared a moving story about a couple he had married just months ago, whose wife had since passed away, with her husband visiting her grave during Undas, reminding everyone to cherish the time they still have...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has disclosed that Dr. Jose Rizal’s bust in Paris, France has disappeared. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 4, the DFA confirmed reports that the national hero 's bust went missing between October 25 to 26. "The Department of Foreign Affairs, through...
Three people were injured after a white Geely SUV crashed into several parked motorcycles along Marilaque Highway in Baras, Rizal, last Nov. 2, the Baras Municipal Police said. Based on the police report, the SUV, driven by a 39-year-old man from Manila, suddenly rammed into the motorcycles that...
A man was stabbed to death by a companion he had been playing online gambling with, after discovering that the funds in his electronic wallet (e-wallet) were missing. According to the Binangonan Municipal Police Station, the incident occurred on Sunday, Nov. 2, at around 2:30 a.m. along Macaria...
The Cainta Municipal Police confirmed reports of a German national who was found dead inside his condominium unit in Cambridge Village in Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal, last Nov. 2. The police identified the deceased as Tobias Wahl, a resident of Cluster 31 of the condo complex. According to...