Category: Paranaque

Parañaque to hold Sunduan Festival

By Mike Frialde (philstar.com) | Updated January 27, 2014 – 6:27pm MANILA, Philippines – The Parañaque City government on Monday announced its plan to celebrate its  16th cityhood anniversary next month by staging the first ever “Sunduan...

Paranaque mayor sets massive anti-measles drive

The city government of Parañaque last January 18, 2014 announced that health workers will start a 10-day massive anti-measles vaccination drive that started last Monday, January 20, that targets all children aged 6 months...

25 Chinese nationals arrested in Baclaran

From sunstar.com.ph: By John Carlo Cahinhinan Thursday, January 16, 2014   TWENTY-FIVE Chinese national nationals were arrested inside a shopping mall along Baclaran in Paranaque City by Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives due to alleged...

Olivarez vows permanent fix to illegal vendors problem in Baclaran

Parañaque City Mayor Edwin L. Olivarez yesterday led city officials and personnel in clearing up vendors’ stalls along  the busy streets of Baclaran – particularly those surrounding the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Shrine, popularly known...

1 dead, 1 hurt in Parañaque traffic row

That’s why we all need to be cool, courteous and calm and VERY patient when driving around the neighborhood…   From philstar.com: Dec. 31, 2013   MANILA, Philippines – A shooting allegedly triggered by...

Paranaque senior citizens to get more benefits in 2014

Making good on his promise, Parañaque City Mayor Edwin L. Olivarez today said he has signed into law an ordinance granting monetary benefits for the city’s estimated 50,000 senior citizens under the so-called Senior...

Bus operators ask SC to inspect integrated transport terminal in Parañaque

From gmanetwork.com:   A group of bus operators with units traveling from Cavite to Manila is asking the Supreme Court to inspect the Southwest Interim Transport Terminal (SITT) at the Uniwide Coastal Mall in...

Images of bus that fell from Skyway this morning (Warning: Some pics are a bit too graphic)

Photos from DZMM Radyo Patrol Dennis Datu (@dennis_datu) Photo by Michael Varcas (from Manila Bulletin) Photos by JM Lago (Solar News) Photo by EPA/Francis Malasig (from Rappler.com)

120 kilos of “hot meat” seized in Paranaque

Parañaque City Mayor Edwin L. Olivarez today commended alert employees of the city government and the National Meat Inspection Board for the seizure of 120 kilos of meat from a city public market during...