It was not a typical day in the pool for 23-year-old triathlete Hanna Sanchez. The former member of the De La Salle University Green Tankers varsity team on Saturday did not swim for gold—but for the welfare of hundreds of abandoned dogs and cats who would otherwise end up starving, maimed or dead.
Over the last three years, with a hushed dedication one would expect from a librarian, Joselito Carpena Jr. has been sending out emails to potential book donors.
No more excuses to deprive babies of breast milk. The Makati City government on Tuesday formally opened what Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. described as the first milk bank to be run by a local government in the country.
His last written message was brief as it was chilling: “Please cremate me immediately.” A top executive of a major car dealership firm died early Thursday in a fall from the 10th floor of his Makati City condominium, where the police said a note was found indicating that he committed suicide.
Senior Insp. Mujalni Dugasan apparently can’t ease into retirement just yet. His superiors in the Parañaque City police have formed a task force to hunt down the 55-year-old Dugasan on complaints that he raped a 15-year-old girl in his private car Tuesday night.
The Parañaque police has launched a hunt for the commander of local police precinct who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in his car on the parking lot of the city’s central police station.
A team composed of three sheriffs backed up by a 10-man eviction force and three policemen has thrice attempted but failed to enforce court orders evicting the relatives of Angela Montenegro, wife of Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, from their two-story mansion in Forbes Park, Makati City.
The night before the expanded coverage of the 60-kph speed limit took effect on Commonwealth Avenue, the Quezon City road notoriously dubbed the “killer highway” claimed one more life.
The P302.8 million in bonuses the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) allegedly gave its employees in 2011 went to pay their “unpaid taxes and other benefits,” PCSO chairperson Margarita Juico said on Monday.
Where the fun never stops and where the fun begins! With this slogan, Mayor Antonino Calixto is hoping to make his city not just the gateway to the Philippines but a tourist destination in itself.
The video that went viral was apparently not convincing enough. The four men charged with the murder of US Marine Major George Anikow walked out of jail on Friday after being granted bail by a Makati City judge who cited insufficient proof that they acted in conspiracy and used “superior strength” in the street brawl that led to the killing.
The four men accused of killing US Marine Maj. George Anikow last November have been ordered released from jail after the Makati Regional Trial Court granted their petition for bail.
Eight more suspected members of the Tiñga drug syndicate were arrested the Monday after the police raided a four-story apartment complex being used as a drug den in Taguig City.
