Malabon is celebrating its 414th Foundation Day today, Tuesday. Once known as “Tambobong” because of the numerous tambo trees growing in the area, it came under the administration of Augustinian friars in 1599. On April 21, 2001, Malabon was converted into a highly urbanized city after Republic Act No. 9019 was ratified.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
One of the most wanted men in Metro Manila as well as in the Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela (Camanava) area was killed after he shot it out with policemen who tried to serve a warrant for his arrest Tuesday morning.
The Malabon City government posted a lower operating income for 2012, despite its intensified revenue-generating and tax-collection campaign.
A man was stabbed dead inside the Tugatog Cemetery in Malabon City on Sunday night after being robbed by still unidentified suspects.
Malabon City Mayor Antolin Oreta III on Thursday said he was considering dropping his team’s vice mayoral candidate following Monday night’s proclamation rally which drew criticism in cyberspace for the “lewdness” of the dancers who performed onstage.
With the mayoral and congressional races in Malabon City being no-contest affairs, the only apparent source of thrill for the voters in the local elections would be the balloting for the next vice mayor.
A 47-year-old man allegedly involved in illegal drug activities was found dead in his house in Malabon City on Wednesday, the authorities said.
Firefighters put out a fire that hit a food factory in Malabon City Monday afternoon.
Two fires simultaneously broke out in Manila and Malabon Monday, fire officers reported.
Three people were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a taxi in Pasig City.
The Malabon City government on Wednesday denied reports that it was set to demolish a shantytown occupied by some 700 families in Sitio 6, Barangay (village) Catmon, after rumors prompted the residents to block a major road leading to their homes.
A tip from a resident led members of the Northern Police District to an alleged drug den in Malabon City and the eventual arrest of two men caught in the act of sniffing an illegal substance.
Only days after a fire gutted hundreds of houses in San Juan City on Christmas Day, another one broke out in a slum area, this time in Malabon City, leaving around 100 families homeless for the New Year.
