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Rowegie Abanto

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1769401469094489702990_10231923391046367_5233723783581888228_n_cropped_processed_by_imagy.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Mayor Kit Nieto/Facebook</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto is taking a medical break beginning Monday after complaining of &quot;severe chest pains,&quot; an advisory posted on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/attykeith.nieto/posts/pfbid0u5urgtN9vZSvhjBxiuCGyVef51BxfepqprmCtSPgiJq6BE5z4aiEY9SSWr2MZ4dHl">Facebook</a> account said. </p><p>Nieto has been confined in the hospital since Sunday after experiencing chest pains, it said.</p><p>&quot;Angiogram procedure revealed multiple blocks in all his major arteries. He is under close medical monitoring, and his movements have been likewise restricted,&quot; the statement read.</p><p>An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure used to detect how a person&#x27;s blood flows through their blood vessels or heart, according to the Cleveland Clinic.</p><p>Moving forward, Nieto and his family will decide the type of medical procedure or surgery he needs to receive to address his condition.</p><p>Nieto meanwhile has designated Vice Mayor Ace Servillon to act as mayor effective Monday until he recovers.</p><p>The statement noted that scheduled activities, including all events leading to Nieto&#x27;s birthday on the 31st, have all been put on hold.</p><p>&quot;He conveys his good wishes to the people of Cainta and promises to return as soon as he gets a clean bill of health from his doctors,&quot; it said.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>.</p>

<p>Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto is taking a medical break beginning Monday after complaining of "severe chest pains," an advisory posted on his Facebook account said.</p>

Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto is taking a medical break beginning Monday after complaining of "severe chest pains," an advisory posted on his Facebook account said.

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Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto takes medical break, under monitoring due to blocked arteries

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published Jan 26, 2026 12:27 PM PHT

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