A prosecutor has dismissed for lack of probable cause a mother’s lawsuit against personnel of the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines whom she accused of taking her dead son’s eyes without her consent.
The head of National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) on Monday warned the public against defective electrical products following last week’s seizure of P10 million worth of substandard electrical items from China.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Francis Tolentino on Wednesday appealed to both winners and losers to help the agency in the post-election cleanup.
Incumbent officials seeking reelection in the cities of Taguig, Las Piñas, Marikina, Malabon and Pasay claimed victory although it was a different story for those in Parañaque, Antipolo City and Cainta, both in Rizal province.
Vice President Jejomar Binay walked out of the polling center looking satisfied.
On the eve of Election Day, Metro Manila policemen were busy attending to complaints of vote-buying in Taguig, violators of the liquor ban in Pasay City and the spread of fake raffle tickets supposedly by a mayoral candidate in Parañaque.
Seeking a second term in Monday’s elections, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. said he had spent the last three years continuing “the projects that my father started, but at the same time started new ones.”
Police are baffled by the murders of two men who were shot in the head as they were traveling on a passenger bus along the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in Muntinlupa City on Friday.
In a city where one family has wielded political power for the last 27 years, somebody has to stand up and uphold the principle of checks and balances, according to reelectionist Makati Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr.
The apparent suicide that disrupted the operations of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 on Wednesday was the fifth case of people jumping onto train tracks in Metro Manila in the last three years, lending urgency to calls to install protective barriers on the heavily used transport systems.
A dentist was shot dead inside his own clinic while with his 3-year-old son Tuesday morning in Pasay City.
A dentist was shot dead by a lone gunman inside his clinic in Pasay City before noon Tuesday, the police said.
With just a few days left before May 13, political tensions are still running high in Taguig City with the two mayoral candidates announcing their intention to file charges against each other.
