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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, March 6, said he was backing National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar. Duterte issued the statement after a visibly irate Eleazar gave the Eastern Police District’s P02 Marlo Quibete, who had been arrested after his group allegedly extorted P80,000 from the live-in partner of a drug suspect, and took their motorcycle in exchange for the dropping of drug charges against him, a tongue-lashing before the media as he held […]
(Eagle News)—-Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, March 6, sacked a police director and a chief of police following the arrest of some of their men for alleged extortion. Relieved were Eastern Police director Brigadier General Bernabe Balba and Pasay City Police Station commander Colonel Noel Flores for command responsibility. Their relief took place after Corporal Marlo Siblao Quibete of the EPD’s Drug Enforcement Unit was nabbed for allegedly extorting cash from one Eva […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a Russian wanted for fraud in his home country. In a statement, the BI said Anton Likharev, 37, was arrested at the tourist visa section at the agency headquarters in Manila on Tuesday, March 5, after he tried to extend his temporary visitor’s visa. The BI said Likharev, who had been staying in the country since 2016, was wanted in Russia for “large-scale crimes involving acquisition of other people’s property […]
(Eagle News)—-National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday, March 6, relieved all members of the drug enforcement unit of a Pasay police station following the arrest of a policeman allegedly involved in kidnap-for-ransom activities. Relieved after the arrest of Police Corporal Anwar Encarnacion Nasser by the Counter-Intelligence Task Force in an entrapment operation early in the day, around 4 a.m., were members of the Pasay police station 1 drug unit. Nasser’s three […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) started the much-awaited desilting operations of Manila Bay on Tuesday, March 5, which will be done six days a week for about four months. Dubbed “Sagip Manila Bay,” the desilting of the bay will be done 16 hours a day, six days a week and will utilize 50 men and a total of 28 equipment, according to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar. The DPWH […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Corrections to probe the alleged illegal drug activities of an inmate serving his sentence at the New Bilibid Prison, and to file the necessary charges against those who may be allowing the same. In directing the two bureaus to conduct a case build-up against Rustico Ygot in Department Order No. 3, Guevarra cited Republic Act No. 10867 […]
(Eagle News)— A fire hit a residential area in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 5. The blaze reportedly began in the house of James Paul Ibe, 38, on West Riverside St. past 10 a.m. So far, a fourth alarm has been hoisted over the blaze. Authorities are still trying to put out the fire.
Several barangays to be affected (Eagle News) — Manila Water has announced the implementation of a water supply contingency plan that may affect water service in parts of the country. The water concessionaire made the announcement after the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration announced the El Nino phenomenon was expected to affect the country until June. According to PAGASA, the following barangays in Taguig will experience “low pressure” or “no water supply” from […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Rail Transit-3 operations were briefly interrupted on Tuesday, March 5, after one of the trains suffered an electrical failure. Merrowen Mendoza, MRT-3 communications officer, said authorities were forced to remove a train from the main line following the electrical failure at the interstation of Quezon Avenue and North Ave. at 7:47 a.m. No passengers had to be offloaded. Operations resumed three minutes later, Mendoza said.
(Eagle News)—The construction of the Light Rail Transit 1 Cavite extension will start in April. The Department of Transportation made the announcement in a Facebook post on Monday, March 4. According to the DOTr, the 11.7-kilometer railway extension will link Baclaran to Bacoor. The project, which will see the construction of an additional eight stations, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2021. With the completed extension, the LRT-1 is expected to […]
(Eagle News)—A 37-year-old architect died after he fell into an elevator shaft in a building in Cubao, Quezon City on Saturday, March 2. Authorities identified the man who fell down the elevator shaft in Cyberpark 1 as architect Michael Alfonso. In a statement, Cyberpark 1 said two men managed to open “an emergency service door of a high-zone elevator shaft.” Alfonso, according to media reports, stepped inside thinking it was a bathroom. According to the […]
(Eagle News) – Expect heavy traffic with the closure of the Tandang Sora flyover in Quezon City at 11 p.m. Saturday, March 2, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). MMDA general manager Jojo Garcia said that more than 100,000 motorists will be affected with the closure of the flyover at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Tandang Sora Avenue, in preparation for the construction of the Metro Rail Transit System Line 7. […]
