Category: Las Piñas

Smoking is back in SOME Starbucks branches

According to Starbucks Philippines, they have heeded the call of their customers and have brought back “Smoking Tables” in SOME of their branches around Metro Manila. We repeat. SOME. Here is their formal announcement:...

Baby thief nabbed in Las Piñas

From abs-cbnnews.com: Posted at 07/28/2011 7:21 PM | Updated as of 07/28/2011 7:37 PM MANILA, Philippines – A woman who abducted her friend’s 8-month-old son in Bacoor, Cavite was arrested on Wednesday night. The...

Do you want this to happen to you? Don’t park in BF Homes during nighttime.

Alabang Bulletin got wind of a scary and disturbing story (well, it depends on how you view this really) that happened to one of our readers during the weekend inside BF Homes Paranaque (Las...

Be informed: How to drive through flooded streets.

Here is a piece we found online JUST IN CASE you find yourselves in floodwaters (we hope not). This is from No Nonsense Blog. So here are our top 10 tips on driving through...

Resident sounds off on Daang Hari traffic

Alabang Bulletin again received an email from one of our readers who wants to know what is being done to lessen the traffic along Daang Hari (leading to Cavite). We know a lot of...

Accessing information, a tough task in the Metro (second of 2 parts)

THE PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM 08/01/2011 | 11:45 AM (Second of 2 parts) THE apparent inability of majority of Metro Manila local governments to respond quickly and fully to citizen requests for asset...

Metro Manila governments stingy with information – PCIJ (Part One of Two)

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism 07/31/2011 | 09:18 PM (First of two parts) Politics and government, business and finance, education and culture. In all these and more, the national capital region, Metro Manila,...

Want to report any crime in Las Pinas? Take note of these numbers.

Is there a suspicious-looking individual roaming around your village or your street? Is there a motorcycle-riding invidual passing your house every so often? Did you hear gunshots in your neighborhood? Then take note of...

SC okays VAT on Toll

From mb.com.ph: By REY G. PANALIGAN July 22, 2011, 6:03pm MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court upheld Friday the decision of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to impose a 12 percent value-added tax...

Driver of the fallen bus in Skyway fell asleep or was racing with another bus?

From journal.com.ph: Published : Thursday, July 28, 2011 00:00 Written by : Joel dela Torre   THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board suspended the franchise of Dimples Star Transport Corp. after one of...