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(Eagle News)-The number-coding scheme is lifted for all vehicles tomorrow, Jan. 13. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority suspended the scheme after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology upgraded the alert status of the volcano. The volcano is currently on alert level 4, which means a hazardous eruption is imminent. PHIVOLCS has recommended an evacuation from the volcano island and additional areas within a 14-kilometer radius of the volcano.
(Eagle News)-Flight operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have been temporarily suspended. The Manila International Airport Authority said this was due to the volcanic ash from the phreatic eruption of Taal Volcano. “Kindly coordinate with your respective air carriers for details on flight schedules,” MIAA said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has raised an alert level 3 over the volcano, and has recommended an evacuation from the volcano island and Agoncillo and […]
(Eagle News)-Transportation Secretary Art Tugade met with the Parliamentary Delegation of the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan on Friday, Jan. 10, the Department of Transportation said. The DOTr said the meeting between the delegation headed by Japanese House of Councillors (HC) Member Iwai Shigeki, together with Koyari Takashi, Koga Yukihito, Wakamatsu Kaneshige, Chief Researcher Hiromatsu Akihiko, and Assistant Director Kondo Tomoya centered on discussions of the ongoing and future railway projects under […]
(Eagle News)-Several flights on Saturday, Jan. 11, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list, according to the Manila International Airport Authority: (5J) Cebu Pacific 5J 504 Manila to Tuguegarao 5J 505 Tuguegarao to Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon was affecting Luzon, bringing rains in some parts.
(Eagle News) — A Quezon City court has put a temporary stop to the cap imposed by the Inter-Agency Technical Working Group on riders participating in its pilot study on motorcycle taxis. Branch 223 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court issued the 72-hour temporary restraining order on the 30,000 cap in Metro Manila and the 9,000 cap in Cebu pending the resolution of the main case. The 30,000 and 9,000 cap was supposed to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, Jan. 9, said it was advised to expect a “mass repatriation” of Filipinos from the Middle East amid the rising tensions in the region following a United States airstrike that killed Iran’s top military official Qasem Soleimani. In a statement, Immigration chief Jaime Morente said as a result, he has ordered the port operations division to ensure the presence of adequate manpower. He said the BI is […]
(Eagle News)-Several flights on Thursday, Jan. 9, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list, according to the Manila International Airport Authority: Cebu Pacific 5J 196 Manila-Cauayan 5 J 197 Cauayan-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the easterlies affecting the eastern section of Visayas and Mindanao. PAGASA added the rest of Visayas, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has promoted Court of Appeals Justice Samuel Gaerlan to the Supreme Court. Gaerlan filled in the post vacated by Diosdado Peralta, who is now Chief Justice. He bested the other shortlisted applicants for the SC post: Court Administrator Midas Marquez and CA justices Manuel Barrios, Ramon Garcia, Jhosep Lopez and Eduardo Peralta.
(Eagle News) — A Paranaque court has acquitted Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag and two others of homicide. In its Jan. 8 order, Judge Betlee-Ian J. Barraquias also acquitted then-SJO2 Ricardo Zulueta and JO2 Victor Erick Pascua in the ten counts filed against them by inmates of a Paranaque jail when Bantag was jail warden. Bantag, Zulueta and Pascua had said they merely defended themselves after they were attacked by the inmates and an […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Sunday, Jan. 5, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: (5J) Cebu Pacific 5J 821 Manila to Virac 5J 822 Virac to Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said rains are expected in parts of the country today.
(Eagle News)-The Department of Transportation on Friday, Jan. 3, clarified there was no increase in the fares of the Metro Rail Transit 3, and the Light Rail Transits 1 and 2. According to the DOTr, only the issuance fee of the Beep stored value card has increased based on an automatic provision indicated in the concession agreement signed by the then-Department of Transportation and Communications and AF Payments Inc., the concessionaire jointly owned by the Ayala […]
(Eagle News)-Another Philippine National Railways train was damaged after a stone-throwing incident on Wednesday, Jan. 1. The Department of Transportation said the incident, reported in Caloocan at 6:01 p.m., damaged the front glass windshield of a refurbished Rotem train unit. The glass windshield underwent replacement on Thursday, Jan. 2, at 12:03 p.m. The DOTr called for “heightened vigilance from the public, particularly our train-riding commuter, to help us in pinpointing the areas where these misdeeds […]
