Coughing President worries Lucena City audience
By Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Troubled by a severe coughing fit as he delivered a campaign speech here, members of the audience appealed to President Aquino to stop smoking.
Troubled by a severe coughing fit as he delivered a campaign speech here, members of the audience appealed to President Aquino to stop smoking.
Bishop Emilio Marquez of Lucena led a gathering of Catholics here on Friday to question the finding of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll that many Catholics are considering leaving the Church.
Six persons returning home for Christmas were injured when the sleepy driver of the van they were riding in hit the rear portion of a parked city garbage truck along the Maharlika Highway on Monday morning, police said.
Ousted Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga (Lakas-Kampi) wiped tears as she bid farewell to City Hall employees after a Supreme Court ruling unseated her last week for an invalid candidacy and paved the way for her replacement by Vice Mayor Roderick Alcala (Liberal Party).
The Supreme Court (SC) has denied an appeal by the mayor of this city to keep her seat in a case that dragged on for nearly three years and which came to conclusion just five months before the city’s voters again pick who their next mayor would be.
At least 7,000 supporters of Lucena Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga held a rally here on Wednesday to press for a reversal of a Supreme Court decision that unseated Barbara as city mayor.
Incumbent Lucena Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga (Lakas-Kampi) was unseated by the Supreme Court and replaced by her vice mayor, Roderick Alcala (Liberal Party).
Stacks of fully grown mangroves illegally cut from a one-hectare coastal area were discovered in a village here Wednesday by provincial officials and environmentalist group Tanggol Kalikasan (TK).
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Jessie Dellosa said on Friday that he remained convinced that hard work and decent education would be the country’s ticket to peace and progress.
The news spread like wildfire, especially among children.
MANILA, Philippines—Eight alleged prostitutes were arrested in Lucena City in an operation conducted by police on Sunday. The eight women, whose names were withheld and whose ages ranged from 18 to 52, were nabbed along Enriquez street in Village VI and on M.L. Tagarao street, Village IV, at around 1 a. m., said officer on case [...]
The widow of a radio broadcaster in Lucena, who was slain 21 years ago, called on all families of victims of recent media killings to continue their quest for justice to end the culture of impunity of violence against newsmen.
LUCENA CITY—Lucena Mayor Barbara Ruby Talaga reassumed her post on Monday after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) recalled its order last June 17 that ordered her out of office in favor of Vice Mayor Roderick Alcala. Josapeth Butingan, Comelec chief in Lucena, delivered the Comelec order dated June 27 and signed by Chair Sixto Brillantes [...]
