Nancy Binay No. 3 in Makati; JV Ejercito 2nd in San Juan
Even the Binays and the Estradas could not stop the Grace Poe juggernaut.
Even the Binays and the Estradas could not stop the Grace Poe juggernaut.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) approved in January a P16-million budget for the setup of permanent precinct count optical scan (PCOS) centers across the country in view of the May 13 elections, but taxpayers have yet to see any of these centers with just a few days to go before the balloting, according to a nongovernment organization based in San Juan City.
Celebrating the coming of the New Year is the last thing on Wilfredo Dineros III’s mind. Aside from losing a loved one, he and his family were among the more than 7,000 residents who were left homeless on Christmas Day in San Juan City after a blaze that reached the general alarm engulfed hundreds of shanties in Barangays St. Joseph and Isabelita.
President Benigno Aquino III extolled national hero Andres Bonifacio for sparking the Philippine revolution for independence from Spain in 1896 despite seeming “insurmountable obstacles.”
A 64-year-old trader was found dead in his store in San Juan City on Monday before dawn with knife wounds in his left palm and neck.
In grade school at Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) in San Juan City, I was in awe of Sister Teresita Canivel of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception. Directress from 1974 to 1993, Sister Tere, as everyone called her, moved quickly, with purpose, yet she was never too busy to say hello.
A San Juan city councilor has proposed an ordinance that will require all schools in the city to come up with a concrete policy against bullying.
Next month, the city government of San Juan will open to the public what its officials call a “dream building,” a four-story building complete with a helipad on the top floor.
The informal settlers of Barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City who had fought off demolition crews last week and later chose to relocate to their new homes in Rodriguez, Rizal province, said they found the site hardly livable.
Activists and residents opposed to the construction of the new San Juan City Hall and the demolition of houses in Barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus—an area beside the Pinaglabanan Shrine—have brought their campaign to the social networking site Facebook.
This one’s for the books. A man was arrested Friday night in San Juan after he tried to run off with a motorcycle in front of its owner.
A Korean businessman was killed while his Filipino driver was wounded after two men on a motorcycle fired upon their vehicle in San Juan City at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Senior Supt. Rainier Espina, San Juan police chief, told the Inquirer that Mark Anthony Casayuran was about to park in front of a coffee shop [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Some 90 families voluntarily evacuated from the contested land in Pinaglabanan Shrine, San Juan City, on Monday but 152 others chose to stay and face the demolition expected to take place Tuesday. At around 8 a.m., residents began to dismantle their houses, which the San Juan City government claimed was illegally built on a [...]
