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(Eagle News)–An alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf was arrested in Quezon City, the police said on Monday, April 15. Abuhair Kullim Indal, whose aliases include Annual Dasil and Abu Khair, was nabbed in a house at the Salam Compound in Barangay Culiat on Friday at 4:25 p.m. The suspect had a warrant for his arrest for kidnapping and serious illegal detention. It was still unclear why he was in Metro Manila at that time. […]
(Eagle News)—The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has suspended the number-coding scheme from April 17 to 22. MMDA chair Danilo Lim made the announcement in a Facebook post on Monday, April 15. Lim also urged motorists to take extra precautions. Authorities are gearing up for the outflux of travelers as they go on vacation this week.
(Eagle News)—Over P500 million worth of fuel subsidy cards have been distributed to jeepney franchise owners under the government’s Pantawid Pasada Program, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the P511,145,000 worth of cards which translates to 102229 cards was as of April 11. Each card contains a P5000 fuel subsidy. The program was conceptualized to cushion the effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law.
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Public Works and Highways has released a list of roads that are scheduled to undergo reblocking and repair. The following roads are scheduled to undergo the same from Friday, April 12, at 11 p.m. to Monday, April 15 at 5 a.m. EDSA: southbound from New York Street before Monte de Piedad, 1st lane from sidewalk northbound between White Plains Subdivision Gate 4, second lane northbound, 50 meters after Magallanes MRT to […]
(Eagle News) – More than P65 million worth of counterfeit products, including boxes of fake DVDs, cellphones, watches, shoes and bags, as well as cigarettes, were destroyed in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Friday, April 12. The event led by the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights was done as part of the activities for the celebration of Intellectual Property Rights month this April. There were also fake medicines that were confiscated and destroyed […]
(Eagle News) — A sudden heavy downpour that occurred at around 2 in the afternoon on Friday, April 12, 2019 flooded a portion of Mindanao Avenue going to Valenzuela City with knee-deep waters that only trucks and large vehicles could pass through. At the time that Eagle News Service correspondent Eric Jabonero took the photo at 2:15 p.m., a motorcycle was stuck in the flood water, after it stalled because of the knee-deep water. The […]
(Eagle News) — More than 100 buses will be deployed in Metro Manila for commuters affected by the maintenance shutdown of the Metro Rail Transit 3 next week. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the 140 public utility buses will be deployed from April 15 to 17 and April 20 to 21 and will follow the MRT-3 northbound and southbound routes from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. “Participating bus units will be particularly […]
(Eagle News)–Several vehicles caught fire at the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau on Thursday, April 11. Authorities said the fire at the MTPB Impounding Extension Area on A. Mabini Street took place past 3 a.m. The cause of the fire, which was put out after a few minutes, has yet to be determined. Damage to property has also yet to be determined.
(Eagle News)–The Light Rail Transit 2 will implement a maintenance shutdown next week. The LRT2 said there will be no operations from Thursday, April 18, to April 21, Sunday. Thelast commercial train plying the Santolan-Recto route, the LRT2 said, will depart at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. The last one plying the Recto-Santolan route, on the other hand, will depart at 7:30 p.m. on the same day. “Train commuters are advised to plan ahead […]
(Eagle News)—Suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board executive director Samuel Jardin said some people who want his post may be behind the woman who hurled bribe allegations against him. In an interview over ANC, Jardin did not, however, say who exactly may be behind Michele Sapangila, who alleged she saw Jardin receive a part of the P4.6 million intended for him in exchange for the issuance of a Route Measured Capacity (RMC) certificate, a […]
(Eagle News) — Maynilad, the water concessionaire for Metro Manila’s west zone, inaugurated on Monday, April 9, its new water treatment plant, the Putatan Water Treatment Plant 2, which treats water coming from Laguna Lake. The Putatan Water Treatment Plant 2 (PWTP2), Maynilad’s second treatment facility which sources raw water from Laguna Lake, started operations this April 1. It produces 100 million liters of potable water per day for its customers in Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, […]
(Eagle News) – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has set a maximum speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour along EDSA and other major roads in a new rule where violators will be fined P1,000. The measure, Regulation No. 19-00 is aimed to prevent vehicular accidents in major thoroughfare in Metro Manila which “can be largely attributed to over speeding.” “Said vehicular accidents cause needless loss of innocent lives and damage to property which […]
