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Rizal province with highest Covid positivity rate at 11.9 percent (Eagle News) – Metro Manila’s COVID-19 positivity rate continued to increase, reaching 5.9 percent from 3.9 percent the previous week, according to OCTA Research. Rizal province also reached a high of 11.9 percent Covid positivity rate as of Saturday, June 25. Seven other provinces breached the World Health Organization (WHO) Covid-19 positivity threshold of five percent (5 percent). After Rizal, the areas with the high […]
Project aims to encourage Filipinos to turn to e-vehicles amid rising fuel prices (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority launched on Wednesday, June 22, a free solar charging station for electronic bikes and electronic scooters in Pasig City which aims to encourage more people to use alternative modes of transportation amid the continuing oil price hike. This is just the first of two free charging stations that the MMDA planned to open. […]
(Eagle News) — A blaze hit a part of the Manila Metropolitan Theater on Friday, June 17. In a statement on Facebook, the theater management said the fire started in a room on the first floor of the Padre Burgos Wing. The wing, it said, is so far under renovation. The fire did not spread to other parts of the complex and was declared out past 9 a.m., the management said. According to the theater […]
Local and foreign tourists flocked to enjoy the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach, which was reopened to the public on June 12. Even before the official opening of the dolomite beach at 4 pm, a long queue of excited visitors had already lined up. Net25 team went back to the place this morning and saw families and groups of friends who were already in the area. Some kids were seen playing in the artificial sand, while […]
(Eagle News)–Three children died in a fire that hit a house in Quezon City early Sunday, May 29. The Bureau of Fire Protection said also hurt in the blaze that hit a room in the structure on Kaliraya Street were three adults. They have not been identified so far. A first alarm was raised at 4:15 a.m. The blaze, which also resulted in P50,000 worth of damage to property, was put out a few minutes […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has extended its free Metro Rail Transit-3 rides to commuters. According to the DOTr, the “Libreng Sakay” program covering the MRT-3, which was first implemented on March 28, will now run until June 30. Commuters may still ride the train for free anytime between the rail line’s operating hours from 4:40 a.m. to 10:10 p.m. “Malaking kapakinabangan ‘yung LIBRENG SAKAY para sa ating mga kababayan. ‘Yung malaking natitipid […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has seized over P3 billion worth of smuggled goods from January to March 2022. According to the bureau, of the P3.89 billion worth of items seized, P1.91 billion were assorted goods, P1.53 billion were illegal drugs and P132.6 million were cigarettes or tobacco. The bureau said this translated to 158 seizures made in the first quarter of the year. Meanwhile, 25 letters of authority were also implemented, of which 16 […]
(Eagle News) — A fire broke out in a residential area in Manila on Thursday night. The blaze at Block 17 Old Site Baseco Compound in the Port Area struck past 7 p.m. It reached the fourth alarm at 8:31 p.m. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, which was also on the scene, the fire was put out after four hours. There were no casualties reported so far. At least 300 families were affected by […]
(Eagle News) – Media personality Ramon “Mon” Tulfo was arrested for cyber libel on Wednesday morning, May 18, and detained at the Manila Police District headquarters. Tulfo, a radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist, was arrested at around 10:30 a.m. According to the police, the arrest order was issued by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 24 Judge Maria Victoria Soriano-Villadolid for the violation of Section R (C) (4) of Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime […]
(Eagle News) — Police Lt. Gen. Manuel M. Abu is the Philippine National Police’s new Chief of Directorial Staff. According to the PNP, this was after Police Lieutenant General Vicente D. Danao Jr., PNP officer-in-charge, designated him to the post. As the number four man in the PNP, Abu will supervise the operations of the ten PNP Directorial Staff units. The PNP said he will manage the different staff functions of personnel management, intelligence, operations, […]
Manila and Malabon elect first-ever female mayors; six other bets elected in NCR are incumbent lawmakers (Eagle News) – All the Metro Manila mayoralty candidates have already been proclaimed as of Wednesday May 11, due to the early canvassing of election returns of the May 9, 2022 automated elections. In the list of proclaimed Metro Manila mayors are seven women, four of whom are incumbents. They are Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Makati City mayor […]
Zamora’s running mate Warren Villa also reelected as vice mayor (Eagle News) — San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora won his reelection bid in the city after he was proclaimed the winner by the city’s Board of Canvassers on Monday night. Zamora, who ran under the PDP-Laban party, garnered 66,883 while his rival, PMP’s Jun Usman, got 9,413 votes. Also winning reelection as vice mayor was Zamora’s running mate, Warren Villa. He garnered 55920 votes as […]
