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(Eagle News)–A fire broke out in a cargo company in Valenzuela on Saturday, March 2. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the blaze hit the Aquair Cargo Movers Co. in Barangay Ugong at 4:22 p.m. The fire reached the second alarm. It was put out at past 5 p.m. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the blaze. There were no reported casualties.
(Eagle News)–One person was hurt after a fire hit a residential building in Manila early Saturday, March 2. Authorities said Johnson Ong was hurt in the blaze that hit the building at the corner of Craig Street and España Boulevard in Sampaloc before 5 a.m. The blaze only reached the first alarm. It was put out at 4:45 a.m. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the blaze.
(Eagle News)–Several roads in Metro Manila have been undergoing road reblocking and repair since Friday, March 1. The Department of Public Works and Highways said the reblocking and repair of the following roads will last until Monday, March 4, 4 a.m. EDSA southbound Lagarian Creek to Ermin Garcia, 2nd lane from sidewalk C5 southbound after Lanuza Avenue before Bagong Ilog flyover fronting SM Aura Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard northbound (going to Cubao) from Ramon Magsaysay Bridge […]
(Eagle News)—Majority of Filipinos believe the administration is serious in solving the issue of extrajudicial killings in the country, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey conducted from December 16 to 19, 2018, the 71 percent of Filipinos who believe this was higher than the 63 percent registered in June 2017. The SWS said the proportion of those who believe the administration is serious about solving […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has ruled the Coast Guard officers accused in the death of a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes in 2013 should go to trial. In denying the motion for reconsideration filed by Commander Arnold dela Cruz, Seaman Second Class Nicky Aurelio, and Seamen First Class Edrando Aguila, Mhelvyn Bendo II, Andy Gibb Golfo, Sonny Masangkay, Henry Solomon and Richard Corpuz, Branch 15 said their arguments against the homicide charges filed against them for the […]
(Eagle News)—-A Manila court has reset the arraignment of Rappler’s executive editor Maria Ressa and former reporter Reynaldo Santos for cyber libel. Instead of Friday, March 1, Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa rescheduled the same to April 12 at 8:30 a.m., and ordered the prosecution to comment on Ressa’s and Santos’ motion to quash within 10 days. In their motion filed early this week, Ressa and Santos argued the information against them does not cite an […]
(Eagle News) — Twelve people were hurt after an elevator in a building in Makati malfunctioned early Friday morning. A dzbb report said the 12 people, mostly call center agents, sustained minor injuries after the elevator in the PBCom building on Ayala Ave. plummeted from the 52nd floor to the 38th floor around 1 a.m. Upon reaching the 38th floor, the elevator’s emergency brake was activated but its doors refused to open on the 12th […]
Duterte leads ceremony for construction of NLEX-SLEX connector road, too (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 28, led the inauguration of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 that is expected to alleviate vehicular congestion in Metro Manila, and the groundbreaking ceremony for the constructoin of the NLEX-SLEX connector road. The 5.65-kilometer elevated expressway that traverses the cities of Valenzuela, Malabon, and Caloocan is expected to cut short travel time from Valenzuela to C3 from one hour […]
(Eagle News)—A Makati City prosecutor has junked the charges filed against three lawyers who were arrested at a bar where illegal drugs were recovered in August last year. In dismissing the charges for constructive possession of illegal drugs, obstruction of justice, and for resistance and disobedience against lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Romel Odronia said the police, who acted as complainants, “failed to discharge their burden […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Department of Health doctor in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Apart from Dr. Vanjoe de Guzman, medical officer IV at the DOH National Capital Region office, also arrested in the midnight operation in his own unit in California Garden Condominium in Barangay Highway Hills were Keanu Andrea Flores, a varsity lawn tennis player at Colegio de San Juan de Letran; and Francis […]
(Eagle News) — Several areas in Quezon City and Valenzuela will experience water service interruption from March 4 to 7. According to Maynilad, the following areas will be affected as the concessionaire conducts major repair work and maintenance of its Commonwealth and North Caloocan pumping stations: From 10 p.m. of March 4 to 4 a.m. of March 6 Valenzuela City -Ugong (Hobart Phase 1 and 2 and Doña Marciana Subdivision) Quezon City -Bagbag -Bagong Silangan […]
(Eagle News) — The police have nabbed the suspect in the abduction and alleged rape of a Grade 3 student found in Cainta, Rizal on Monday, Feb. 25. Authorities said Pepito Tagal was arrested in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday night following a tip about his whereabouts. Tagal, the police said, was seen abducting the girl in Sitio Batasin, Taytay on Monday morning. She was found several hours later, around 5 p.m., under the Mapandan Bridge […]
