Category: Las Piñas

Las Pinas’ “Official Native Dish” declared

Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:39 am | Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—The newest food festival was launched last week in Las Piñas by the Villar Sipag (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) and...

Health dept intensifies efforts to boost health of drivers, conductors

From businessmirror.com.ph:   A TRADE union representative has sought a congressional probe into the alleged illegal entry of foreign workers into the country.   THE Department of Health—National Capital Regional Office (DOH-NCRO) on Monday started...

MMDA ends market cleanup, turns to esteros

By Jaymee T. Gamil Philippine Daily Inquirer 11:17 pm | Saturday, March 29th, 2014   MANILA, Philippines—After five months cleaning up more than 100,000 square meters of public markets in Manila and its suburbs,  the...

LRT-1 bidding faces another delay

6 of 7 bidders seek more time to study project By Miguel R. Camus Philippine Daily Inquirer Almost all bidders are seeking more time to prepare offers ahead of the April 28 bid submission deadline...

UH-OH: Waterless Holy Week for parts of Muntinlupa, Paranaque and Las Pinas

From solarnews.ph:   Parts of Metro Manila and Cavite will suffer water service interruptions – from a day to three days – from Holy Wednedsay (April 16) to Black Saturday (April 19).   In...

Las Piñas subsidizes graduation of 15,781

From mb.com.ph: by Jean Fernando March 20, 2014   Manila, Philippines — In this time of the year, honor students get the recognition they deserve. And that is through subsidized graduation rites. This, as the...

Las Pinas City now has eyes all over the city

From inquirer.com: LAS PIÑAS City is now “on cam” round the clock. A command center for Las Piñas’ P20-million CCTV (closed-circuit television) system is now operating 24/7, with personnel from the local traffic bureau...

45 hurt in SLEx bus mishap; See photo and CCTV footage here

From abs-cbnnews.com:   MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – At least 45 people were injured in a bus accident along South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in Sta. Rosa, Laguna on Monday morning. A Southern Commuter Carrier bus carrying at...

Watch the video of the coaster falling off from the Skyway (March 2, 2014)

From abs-cbnnews.com:   MANILA — A coaster fell off Skyway in Sun Valley, Parañaque after it was hit by a Toyota Fortuner. The coaster, which is owned by the highway operator, dropped off tellers...

DENR: No reclamation of Las Piñas wetland

From philstar.com: By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 17, 2014 – 12:00am   MANILA, Philippines – A Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) official assured lawmakers Friday that the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat...