The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has chosen the Marikina City police as the pilot site for its electronic crime reporting system project.
Pasig hires 1,000 personnel to assist cops vs criminals
Pasig City Mayor Robert Eusebio has recruited 1,000 additional personnel to augment the city’s 350 police officers in ridding the streets of petty criminals.
Big Brother’s network gets bigger
Camp Crame is widening the close circuit TV surveillance in the metropolis while Marikina City pilots the electronic crime deterrence system.
At least 26 CCTVs are now monitoring major roads, including one in front of La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong City with another 24 waiting to be installed for a broader monitoring scope.
National Police […]
Project watch pushed by civil society groups
Civil society groups will closely monitor at least 23 government projects to ensure transparency in procurement and to prevent corruption, a Cabinet official yesterday said.
In a chance […]
Crime rate in Taguig City down 20%
The Taguig City police’s implementation of strong law enforcement programs is said to have resulted in a significant decrease in the city’s crime rate, and increased crime solution efficiency for year 2007.
According to Taguig police chief Alfred Sotto Corpus, overall crime volume for 2007 decreased to 723 incidents, or 26 percent or 257 lower than […]
SC upholds directive for removal of Pandacan oil depot
The Supreme Court on Wednesday has affirmed its March 7, 2007 ruling ordering the relocation of oil terminals in Pandacan in Manila.
SUBIC: SBMA eyes Subic as regional hub
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it will establish Subic as a regional development center in Southeast Asia in the next 20 years.
The move would also spur the development of municipalities around the freeport, SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said.
“Our big long-term goal would be to transform the greater Subic Bay […]
MMDA gets tough on ‘Pink Line’ violators
A WEEK after it kicked off its “Pink Line Project,” the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority yesterday said that most vehicle owners still ignore the pink lines painted on major thoroughfares, including portions of Edsa.
This has prompted the agency to deploy 20 tow trucks on Osmeña Highway, Marcos Highway and MacArthur Highway, MMDA Traffic Operations Center […]
Bad news for landfill users
STARTING Monday, all garbage trucks entering the 14-hectare landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, must each pay on the spot about P1,000 in levies and hosting fees to the municipal government.
“This is a fair and just system of compensation for a municipality and its residents who are hosting the landfill and bearing with the social, health and […]
Despite strong peso, OFWs still buying houses
THE PESO’S sharp appreciation against the dollar has neither dampened overseas Filipinos’ interest in buying real estate nor resulted in delinquency in their housing loans so far, BPI Family Bank said.
Alfonso Salcedo, president of BPI Family Bank–the thrift bank subsidiary of the Ayalas’ Bank of the Philippine Islands–said housing loans from overseas Filipinos were still […]