Councilors are mulling enforcing a ban on the construction of buildings that might affect the overall vista of national heritage sites in the City of Manila, such as the Rizal Park or Luneta.
After Muntinlupa, Las Piñas and Makati, Manila may be the next city in the metropolis to ban the use and sale of plastic bags and Styrofoam.
Manila councilors have approved a resolution which pushes for the temporary suspension of the permits given to the developer of a controversial condominium project which allegedly threatens to mar the view of Rizal Park.
Protesters tore down fences and road signs worth P105,000 and used it against the police at a violent showdown outside Congress as President Benigno Aquino III delivered his annual State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday.
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has set the ground rules for its senatorial candidates who will be endorsed by another political party, according to its secretary-general.
She had every reason to lie low. The grand prize winner of the July 4 Grand Lotto 6/55 draw took her time going to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) ono Friday to collect her winnings: The P163 million jackpot and another P150,000 in consolation prize.
This woman from Sorsogon had every reason to lie low. Of the three tickets she purchased for the GrandLotto 6/55 draw on July 4, one won the P163 million jackpot and another won the P150,000 consolation prize.
The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has allowed a former Commission on Elections (Comelec) official to be discharged from the list of accused and turn state witness against former Comelec chief Benjamin Abalos Sr. who is facing a string of cases over the alleged rigging of the 2007 senatorial race.
Now comes another proposal to ease the daily traffic jam on the country’s busiest highway.
A fire raged through a residential block on Tramo Street in Pasay City Wednesday afternoon, the local fire department said
How do you fit some 12,000 buses into two lanes on Edsa that can only accommodate 1,600?
A 22-wheel truck slammed into the center island on Osmeña Highway in Makati City around 11 a.m. Monday, its trailer skidding sideways to occupy the busy thoroughfare’s three lanes and snarling midday traffic that resulted in a gridlock which extended as far as Magallanes.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Francis Tolentino has reminded drivers of passenger buses to limit themselves to the yellow lane on Edsa as he warned that the agency’s traffic enforcers would strictly enforce the regulation in the coming weeks after yet another accident involving a bus claimed two lives Sunday morning.
