Montalban Under State of Calamity

The fury and aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy last Saturday was not expected by Montalbenos. The storm poured a month’s worth of rain in just six hours. As Ondoy rages on, a rush of rainwater came flooding down from the mountains and filled the communities below and blocked the roads. Ondoy also forced the Wawa Dam [...]

Malalakanyang Stepped In

President Macapagal-Arroyo once again meddled withlocal politicsas the Malacanang Palace stepped in to rescue the beleguered Mayor of Montalban, Rizal.
This in light of the most recent suspension against the mayor. This town’s mayor, Pedro Cuerpo, holed himself up inside the municipal hjall while the vice mayor, Jonas Cruz, took over the mayoral post.
What is the [...]

Sack Them

Mayor Pedro Cuerpo of Montalban in the province of Rizal received another suspension order from the DILG. The order was the latest of the multitude of suspension orders that this town’s mayor had received all throughout his term. The most recent suspension order is the result of his illegal demolition of houses in the barangay [...]

Shameless and Shameful

Shame on You Doc(s)
There is a certain video that is popular in You Tube. The video shows a group of doctors operating on a person that have a plastic bottle inserted in a private part of his body. There’s laughter and shouts (as if the doctors were in a boxing match and not in an [...]

Another Story of Greed

“Where is the money?”

That is the question that I want to ask Mayor Pedro “Ping” Cuerpo, if I had a chance to talk to him.

Montalban (Rodriguez), the northernmost town of Rizal province is poised for growth, thanks to its growing population from forcedly relocated squatters from Metro Manila. Income from taxes grew [...]