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(Eagle News)–The United States Embassy in the Philippines will be closed on Tuesday, April 9. In a Tweet, the embassy said the closure also of its affiliated offices was in celebration of Araw ng Kagitingan. The embassy said it and the affiliate offices will open again on April 10, Wednesday.
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Public Works and Highways has advised motorists to use alternate routes as several roads in Metro Manila were expected to undergo repair and reblocking from April 5 to 8. The DPWH said the repair and reblocking on these roads started on Friday, April 5, at 11 p.m. and will end on Monday, April 8, at 5 a.m. EDSA EDSA southbound from New York Street to before Monte de Piedad, Quezon City, […]
(Eagle News)—-Improve operations or the military takes over. President Rodrigo Duterte issued this warning after the government said it would drop negotiations with a consortium eyeing to rehabilitate the airport if an agreement was not reached by April 30. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the Department of Transportation would take over the rehabilitation if this was the case. “Yang NAIA na ‘yan ‘pag hindi kayo nag-improve diyan, magtake-over diyan Air Force. ‘Yan lang ang paraan […]
(Eagle News)–More than P500 million worth of Pantawid Pasada cards have been distributed to beneficiaries so far, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the P505,110,000 worth of fuel subsidy cards translated to 101,022 cards distributed to public utility jeepneys since July 2018. Under the Pantawid Pasada program, each PUJ operator and driver is entitled to a P5000 subsidy. The subsidy was aimed to cushion the effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration […]
(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office will deploy more than 11,500 policemen to secure Metro Manila during the summer. NCRPO regional director Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar also “ordered all district directors and station commanders to focus on the Enhanced Managing Police Operations Strategy, maximum police presence, establishment of Police Assistance Desks and Tourist Police Assistance Desks and other pre-emptive measures..” The NCRPO said it also “coordinated with the Armed Forces of the […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation’s Metro Rail Transit 3 on Tuesday, April 2, announced it would offer free rides to Filipino veterans from April 5 to 11. The MRT-3 said the veterans could avail of the rides from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. One companion of a veteran will also be allowed to ride the MRT-3 for free. “In order to avail of the free ride, Filipino veterans must present their Philippine Veterans Affairs Office […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Public Works and Highways has inaugurated a new road in Camp Aguinaldo and named it after the first fallen soldier in the Marawi siege. The 435-meter linear concrete roadway in the Army headquarters in Taguig was named JC Morales Ave. on Friday, March 29, to honor First Lieutenant John Carl Morales. Morales was the company commander of the 49th infantry who led his men in a six-hour firefight with Maute terrorists […]
(Eagle News)–A fire broke out in a residential area in Makati on Friday, March 29. The blaze started in Barangay Bangkal at 6:33 a.m. It reached the fourth alarm, and was declared under control at 7:56 a.m. Authorities are still investigating the incident.
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Thursday, March 28, warned the public against investing with Yellowdot Transport Terminal Inc. The LTFRB issued the warning in a two-page notice after it ruled the company, which offers the “Millennial Jeepney” that is under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, was running an investment scheme that was prohibited under its Articles of Incorporation submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the scheme, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has a new officer-in-charge. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año named jail deputy chief for administration Chief Supt. Allan Iral to the post following the retirement of jail director Deogracias Tapayan. According to a BJMP statement, during his stint as warden of the Davao City Jail, the jail was recognized the City Jail of the Year. The BJMP’s Region XI and VII were also recognized as Regional Offices of […]
(Eagle News)—Charges were filed against actor Migo Adecer in connection with a hit-and-run in Makati that left two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority enforcers injured. Charges for reckless imprudence resulting in physical injuries, damage to public property, and for disobedience to persons in authority were filed against Adecer, whose real name is Douglas Errol Dreyfus Adecer, after he allegedly bumped Rogelio Formelos Castillano and Michelle Gallova Papin while on board their motorcycle in Barangay Poblacion on […]
(Eagle News)–The policeman who was shot dead along Edsa on Tuesday, March 26, was on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug watch list, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said. According to Albayalde, Senior Master Sergeant Solomon Cugay, who had been accused of recycling illegal drugs and of protecting drug personalities, however, had been cleared of any illegal drug activity for the past years. Albayalde said the police were still looking at possible motives behind Cugay’s killing. […]
