Former Taguig-Pateros congressman Arnel Cerafica filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor of Taguig for the May 12, 2025 national and local elections. This is his third straight time running for mayor of Taguig after the 2019 and 2022 elections. Former Taguig-Pateros...
Brig. Gen. Bernard Yang took over the position as the new chief of the Southern Police District (SPD) on Sept. 30. Major Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., regional director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), witnessed the turnover ceremony from outgoing SPD chief Brig. Gen....
A Grade 12 student who died after falling from the seventh floor of the Tenement housing building in Taguig was buried on Sept. 30. However, his family is still seeking answers on how he died, believing that someone did it to him and that he did not take his own life. Melmar...
The Taguig Police arrested two suspected drug dealers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Central Signal on Sept. 28. The suspects, identified as alias Miyong, 26, and alias Arvin, 34, were nabbed by the Drug Enforcement Unit for alleged violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Bagumbayan in Taguig on Sept. 27, affecting more than 30 individuals. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the fire happened at about 9:46 p.m. on Paso Street, Brgy. Bagumbayan, Taguig City. The first alarm was raised at 9:53 p.m. and the...
The Taguig Police arrested the No. 1 most wanted person for the third quarter of the year on Sept. 27. Police operatives from the Warrant and Subpoena Unit apprehended alias Daniel, 41, in Barangay Pembo at about 2:35 p.m. (Photo from Taguig Police / SPD) Daniel is facing charges for...
Voters in Taguig will be electing 12 councilors in each of the city's two districts in the May 12, 2025 local and national elections. This will be implemented after the Senate and House of Representatives adopted Concurrent Resolution 23 , authored by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, adding the...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano thanked the Senate and House of Representatives for their support to a concurrent resolution that will include the 10 EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays to the city’s two districts. “My heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Senate headed by Senate...
Taguig has been chosen as one of the finalists for the 2024 Most Business-Friendly LGU Awards organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). “These finalists have been selected based on their exemplary performance in fostering an enabling environment for business...
Two unexploded vintage bombs were found by workers at a house construction site in Taguig on Sept. 23. According to the Taguig Police, they received a call about unexploded ordnance (UXO), or weapons that have not detonated, found in Barangay Ligid-Tipas, Taguig. Personnel from the...
Operatives from the Taguig Police arrested a 55-year-old woman in a shabu buy-bust operation on Sept. 23. The suspect, identified as alias Glenda, was nabbed by personnel from the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit and Substation 6 at about 9:30 p.m. on Santos Extension in Barangay North...
A fire hit the house of a city councilor in Barangay Western Bicutan in Taguig on Sept. 23. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the blaze started at about 10:12 p.m. from the house owned by Taguig District 2 Councilor Nicky Supan on Sampaloc Street in the barangay. Firefighters...