Pasig articles
Pasig police precinct commander relieved
A police commander in Pasig City has been relieved from his post for failing to maintain the cleanliness of his precinct. National Capital Region Police Office chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar identified the relieved police officer as Capt. Eleno Ilustrisimo, commander of the Police Community Prec...
Sotto to remove erring Pasig employees
Pasig Mayor-elect Vico Sotto on Monday warned city employees caught doing illegal acts would be dismissed from service. Sotto aired the warning particularly to city hall employees who falsified or destroyed city documents, saying they would face sanctions. When pressed for specific examples of thi...
Junk Eusebio poll protest, Sotto asks Comelec
Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto on Friday asked the Commission on Elections to junk the election protest filed by incumbent mayor Bobby Eusebio in connection with the result of the May 13 midterm elections. In a 32-page reply to the protest, Sotto’s camp noted that the petition warranted an...
Sotto to prioritize peace, order in Pasig
Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto on Friday assured residents that he would prioritize peace and order in the city. “Rest assured that the needs for peace and order here in Pasig will be a priority of this new administration,” Sotto said in a meeting with the Station Advisory Council an...
Sotto to scrap Pasig traffic enforcers quota system
Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto wants to scrap the quota system of traffic enforcers in the city. “I think the first thing we need to do is to remove the traffic enforcers quota system,” Sotto said. He said the city’s traffic enforcers should not wait for traffic violators to a...
Vico Sotto: David who felled Goliath
Pasig City Mayor-elect Victor Ma. Regis Nubla Sotto has proven that with a deeply rooted passion for politics and public service, the right mindset, and the right genes, one can topple even the strongest of opponents. Vico Sotto, son of entertainment personalities Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes, nephew ...
Sta. Lucia Realtors slates return, takes over Pasig MPBL franchise
After an almost 10-year absence from the Philippine Basketball Association, Sta. Lucia Realty is staging a comeback to mainstream basketball, but this time in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes said Sta. Lucia Land Inc., a company owned by Exequiel Robles,...
Vico Sotto to remove number coding in Pasig on first day in office
Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto on Friday vowed to remove what he called the “ineffective” traffic coding scheme implemented on selected thoroughfares in the city once he assumed office. “I am proud to say and I always mention that I was the lone councilor that opposed that odd-...
9-day Pasig River clean-up drive nets 162,000 kilos of trash
About 162,000 kilograms of trash coming from Manila Bay have been removed from the Pasig River during a nine-day clean-up drive, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission said on Wednesday. The commission said the 162,390 kilograms of wastes, which filled about 5,413 sacks, found its way into Pasig...
Ballot box with torn seal delivered to Pasig
A ballot box with a torn seal was delivered to Pasig City Friday morning. But the ballot box seal may have just been accidentally torn while in transit, according to an official of the Commission on Elections. “Sticker may have been torn during movement of the truck as the ‘lap’ ...