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(Eagle News) — The following is an updated list of areas serviced by Manila Water Company in Metro Manila and Rizal which have been experiencing water interruptions. The updated list was released on Monday, March 11. The water interruptions would continue in the next few days, Manila Water said. QUEZON CITY Areas with low pressure to no water Alicia – from 12 pm to 6 am the next day Amihan – from 12 pm […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, March 12, said it was investigating two celebrities whose names were seen in the phone of a big-time party drugs dealer who was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday night. PDEA refused to identify the celebrities whose names figured in the phone of Steven Pasion, saying a case build-up was still ongoing. The authorities said they were also looking at the possibility the names were mere […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, March 12, said it was investigating two celebrities whose names were seen in the phone of a big-time party drugs dealer who was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday night. PDEA refused to identify the celebrities whose names figured in the phone of Steven Pasion, saying a case build-up was still ongoing. The authorities said they were also looking at the possibility the names were mere […]
(Eagle News)–The son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife have decided to drop the charges against a fishball vendor who allegedly threatened them on Saturday, March 9. Dr. Lucas Bersamin Jr. and wife Bianca will no longer file the charges for unjust vexation against Conrado Bingco. Bingco allegedly threatened the younger Bersamin at the heat of an argument that ensued after the fishball vendor supposedly catcalled the doctor’s wife in Barangay Belair, Makati. […]
(Eagle News)—Around 300 personnel from the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group are set to be deployed to help in traffic enforcement in the country. The commitment to deploy the policemen in support of “wider, more sustained and intensified” Inter-agency Council for Traffic (iACT) enforcement operations was contained in an agreement signed by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. Earlier this March, Tugade also ordered the deployment of Philippine Coast Guard for […]
(Eagle News)—A street vendor was arrested on Saturday, March 10, after he allegedly hurled threats against the son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife. The police said Conrado Bingco was arrested after he threatened Lucas Bersamin Jr, 37, and his wife, Bianca, who had called him out for catcalling her as she was walking along Malugay Street, Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City, around 4 p.m. Bingco, who reportedly also told the Bersamins he had a […]
Over P2 million worth of “shabu” seized, five arrested (Eagle News) — One suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Thursday, March 7, that also yielded over P2 million worth of suspected shabu. The Quezon City Police District said Alex Abdul, alias Manila Boy, was killed in the shootout that ensued after Abdul fired at authorities who were out to arrest him in Barangay South Signal Village at 1:27 p.m. […]
(Eagle News)–At least 33 families lost their homes after a fire believed to be intentionally started hit several houses and a motorshop in Caloocan on Friday, March 8. The Bureau of Fire Protection said some witnesses saw clothes soaked in gasoline in different parts of the Dela Cruz compound in Barangay 181, where the fire, which destroyed P500,000 worth of property, broke out past 1 a.m. Authorities believe the blaze started in the motor shop […]
(Eagle News)–A policeman was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Manila on Thursday night. The National Capital Region Police Office identified the suspect as Patrolman Ferdinand Rafael, who was assigned at the District Admin Holding Unit of the Manila Police District. The operation in Sampaloc against Rafael stemmed from a concerned citizen’s complaint the policeman frequented his room to try to sell him illegal drugs. Recovered from Rafael were 11 small packs of suspected worth […]
(Eagle News) — Four suspected car thieves were killed in a shootout with police in Muntinlupa on Friday, March 8. According to an initial report, the shootout in Barangay Poblacion ensued after the four opened fire on authorities who had flagged down the Hyundai Accent, with conduction number MP 0669, they were on in Barangay Poblacion at 5:25 a.m. The authorities reportedly did this as the car had been reported stolen. The police are still […]
(Eagle News) — Two American fugitives were arrested in separate operations by immigration agents this month, the Bureau of Immigration said on Thursday, March 7. In a statement, the BI said Apollo Cioffi, 46, who has a warrant for arrest for assault issued by a superior court in San Francisco, was arrested on March 1 in a Baguio mall. Four days later, William Schweizer, 32, who has a standing warrant for felony battery by strangulation issued by […]
(Eagle News)—The Metro Rail Transit-3 is offering free rides to women on Friday, March 8. The MRT-3 said the free rides would be available from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The MRT-3 said the free rides were in celebration of International Women’s Day.
