Category: Paranaque

How to make your houses dengue-free

We are reposting tips on how to make your homes dengue-free as there are warnings all over Metro Manila that dengue might invade our homes once again. There is no cure for dengue. The...

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:...

P’que rescue unit truimphs

 The Parañaque Emergency Response Unit (P.E.R.U.) did the city proud by winning First Place in the 20th National Inter-City First Aid/Basic Life Support Skills and Benchmarking Olympics which was held on July 28, 2011...

CPMEC bloodletting slated for Aug. 12

As part of it ongoing commitment to help the community, the City of Parañaque Multi-purpose Employees’ Cooperative (CPMEC) will hold a bloodletting activity on August 12, 2011 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at...

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...

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,...

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...