Substitute bet of disqualified San Pedro mayor wins
By Maricar Cinco
Lourdes Cataquiz, wife of embattled Mayor Calixto Cataquiz, was proclaimed winner in the mayoral race here.

Lourdes Cataquiz, wife of embattled Mayor Calixto Cataquiz, was proclaimed winner in the mayoral race here.

A Liberal Party (LP) official criticized Laguna Gov. ER Ejercito for his reported use of President Benigno Aquino’s likeness in his campaign paraphernalia.
The governor of Laguna could be one of the wealthiest local government officials today with a net worth of P107 million, P100 million more since he first held public office as mayor of Pagsanjan town in 2001.

Police have recovered a powerful explosive device inside an Indian businessman’s car in Alaminos, Laguna, an official said Thursday.
The body of one of the four workers buried in the trash avalanche at a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal province was discovered under tons of garbage past noon on Wednesday.

A leader of a group opposing the conversion of a former sugar estate was gunned down inside his home in Calamba City Laguna on Tuesday evening.

The campaign manager of the administration coalition expressed confidence Friday that the Team PNoy senatorial ticket would win in this Southern Tagalog province despite the incumbency of a governor who’s a member of the opposition United Nationalist Alliance.

A woman was injured when her vehicle was hit by a train in Laguna Wednesday morning, police said. Chief Superintendent Benito Estipona, Calabarzon regional Director, said the incident occurred along the railway of Pacita complex in San Pedro Laguna around 9 a.m., involving a Honda CRV (XBE 866) driven by Larissa Abordo, and a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train.

SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna—The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has the upper hand in the May national elections as far as Laguna province is concerned, with the incumbent governor on its side, according to one of its senatorial candidates. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of UNA’s proclamation rally here on Monday, senatorial candidate Nancy [...]

CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Police are still trying to identify two men whose bodies were dumped on a roadside in Alaminos, Laguna, on Sunday.

Fresh from their break during Holy Week, the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Monday resumed their campaign activities with a motorcade and rally in Laguna.
Generations of artisans have made a living out of the chisel in this town that carries the tool in its name. And the symphony of gouges carving faces and hands, shaping wood into laments or smiles, becomes ever more vibrant in months like these, when Catholics turn to the town’s shops to find pieces of art that symbolize their faith.

An eight-hour monstrous traffic affecting a nine-kilometer stretch of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) occurred starting early morning on Holy Thursday because of enormous volumes of Holy Week travellers going to various destinations and two minor accidents, according to the South Luzon Tollway Corporation (SLTC) operatives.