The Taguig City government exceeded its revenue target in 2021 despite the pandemic but the Commission on Audit (COA) said it could have done better. Based on COA’s annual audit report for Taguig, the city government collected a total of P10.8 billion in revenues in 2021, an increase of P4.41...
A vlogger is selling rice for just P20 per kilo, turning an idea during the election campaign into a reality. Rechie Susarno, who runs the YouTube channel “Kakampink101,” has sold rice for P20 per kilo in Rizal and in his hometown in Taguig, and anyone can buy it regardless of political...
Taguig City’s weekly total of new Covid-19 cases rose to 640 as its active cases are now at more than 800. Based on data from the Department of Health’s Covid-19 Tracker, Taguig tallied 640 new Covid-19 cases from July 26 to Aug. 1, up by 16 cases or 3.9 percent from 616 new cases recorded from...
Another landslide occurred in Taguig City on July 31, nearly two weeks after the first one . According to the Taguig City government, the “minor landslide” happened at about 3:15 p.m. along Veterans Road in Barangay Western Bicutan. The landslide in Taguig on July 31. (Photo from Taguig City...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano thanked former President Fidel V. Ramos, who passed away on July 31 at the age of 94, for his service to the country. “A blessing to the country and to the City of Taguig,” said Cayetano of Ramos, who became the Philippine president from 1992 to 1998. Former President...
An 18-year-old female student was arrested while a 17-year-old boy was rescued by the police during a buy-bust operation in Taguig on July 29. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Pahayma Lumawan, a student. The suspected shabu confiscated during...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano supports the establishment of the Department of Disaster Resilience, which she and her husband, former Speaker and now Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, sponsored when they were representatives. This, after a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Abra on July 27, affecting...
The missing participant in a fluvial parade marking the Taguig River Festival and fiesta of Barangay Sta. Ana was found dead on Wednesday, July 27. The fluvial parade in the Tuktukan River in Barangay Tuktukan, Taguig turned into tragedy when two boats collided, leaving six persons injured. The...
The Taguig City government and the Church of Sta. Ana have issued a joint statement regarding the fluvial parade accident on July 26 that left one person missing and six others injured. An initial report by the Taguig City Police Station’s Substation 4 two boats collided at about 4:40 p.m. in...
The number of dengue cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) soared to more than 7,000 this year with over 1,300 new cases added in the last two weeks. Data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that 7,451 dengue cases were recorded in the NCR from Jan. 1 to July 23 this year, an increase...
The Taguig police arrested five persons and seized P211,276 worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in operations on July 23 and 24 in the city. On July 23, the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) conducted a buy-bust operation along Roldan Street in Barangay New Lower...
Taguig’s active Covid-19 cases soared to more than 800 as the city tallied over 200 new cases in the last two days. The Department of Health’s Covid-19 Tracker showed that as of July 23, Taguig has 808 active cases out of 85,741 confirmed cases, 84,392 recoveries and 541 deaths. Vaccination in...
