Metro

MRT-3 releases list of liquids allowed in its trains

(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit 3 has released a list of liquids that it said would be allowed in its trains. Below is the list: Baby formula or breast milk in bottles, if the passenger is traveling with a baby or small child Drinking water to be used by the baby or small child All prescription and over-the-counter medications Liquids including water, juice and liquid nutrition or gels for passenger with a disability […]

Mga kabataan hinimok na maligo na lamang sa mga sports complex na may swimming pool imbes na maligo sa Manila Bay

(Eagle News) — Malaking tulong aniya ang paglalagay ng bakod sa kahabaan ng Manila Bay upang hindi na maakit ang mga kabataang maligo sa nasabing karagatan na mayroon pang mataas na coliform level. Dahil dito, hinimok ni Manila City Adminstrator Atty. Jojo Alcovendaz ang publiko na imbes na maligo sa Manila Bay ay magtungo na lamang sa mga sports complex at doon maaaring maligo ng libre sa mga swimming pools. Halimbawa aniya nito ay ang […]

NCRPO downgrades full alert status in Metro Manila following PNP declaration Jolo, Sulu blasts case was solved

(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office has downgraded the full alert status declared in Metro Manila following the Jolo, Sulu twin blasts that killed at least 23 people. In a statement, NCRPO head Guillermo Eleazar said the downgrading to a heightened status was effective today, Feb. 7. Eleazar made the announcement a day after Philippine National Police spokesperson Senior Supt. Bernard Banac said the Jolo blasts case was “solved” following the identification […]

P3.5 million worth of shabu seized in buy-bust operation in QC

Four people arrested (Eagle News) — Authorities seized around  P3.5 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday, Feb. 7. The National Capital Region Police Office said the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives also arrested Ruby Balani, Mary Jane Duran, Joshua Salazar, and Mineya Amorine in their joint operation in an apartelle on Araneta Ave. in Cubao. Confiscated from the suspects were 500 grams of shabu with a street value […]

At least nine killed in Pasay fire

(Eagle News) — At least nine people were killed after a fire engulfed a house in Pasay early Thursday, Feb. 7. The fatalities in the fire that broke out in the residence in Maricaban at 2:10 a.m. were Julius Wablas, his wife Rheadela, and daughters  Nicole, Juric Andrea and Julia Janet, the Bureau of Protection said. Also killed were Michael Calma and his sons Mark Joseph, John Clark and Andrew James. Only Calma’s wife, Jasmin, survived. The […]

NBI: Kenneth Dong’s “coddlers” may face charges for obstruction of justice

  (Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday, Feb. 6, said those who coddled Kenneth Dong, who has been accused of smuggling P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China, may face charges for obstruction of justice. Authorities said they were still in the process, however, of identifying these individuals who hid Dong from the authorities until he was arrested on Monday, Feb. 4. Dong was arrested by NBI operatives in Katarungan Village in […]

Drug suspek patay sa buy-bust operation sa Quezon City

(Eagle News) – Patay ang isang drug suspek matapos na makipagbarilan sa mga operatiba ng Drug Enforcement Unit ng Quezon City Police District Station 3 sa isang buy-bust operation sa Sitio Militar Brgy. Bahay Toro, Quezon City kaninang madaling araw. Kinilala ang suspek na si Frederick dela Cerna alyas Dekdek. Agad na nagpaputok ang suspect sa pulisya na nagpanggap na sibilyan ng matunugan na ito ay pulis na palang nag mamanman sa lugar. Hindi natuloy […]

PITX offers free shuttle services from Pasay mall to terminal

(Eagle News)—The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange is providing free shuttle rides from a Pasay mall to the terminal. The PITX said the free rides from the Mall of Asia were on weekdays, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The buses, the PITX said, were lent by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the Coast Guard. Earlier, Senator JV Ejercito called on the Department of Transportation to suspend the operations […]

P150,000 worth of property damaged, destroyed in Caloocan fire

(Eagle News)–More than P100,000 worth of property–or P150,000–was damaged after a fire razed a residential area in Caloocan early Tuesday, Feb. 5. The blaze in Barangay 8 broke out at 1:24 a.m., destroying at least 20 houses and leaving at least 40 families homeless, the Bureau of Fire Protection said. The blaze reached the second alarm before it was put out.  

Rehabilitasyon sa Manila Bay, maaari pang umabot ng mahigit isang taon – DENR

(Eagle News) — Bagamat target ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na tapusin ang Manila Bay Rehabilitation sa loob ng anim na buwan, maaari pa itong umabot ng isang taon. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones na hindi lang kasi Manila Bay ang lilinisin nila kundi pati na rin ang mga main tributaries na nakakonekta sa Manila Bay gaya ng Pasig River at Laguna de Bay. Samantala, habang […]

UPDATED: Police nab suspects in QC barangay chair killing

(Eagle News)–The police have nabbed the four suspects in the killing of Quezon City, Barangay Bagong Silangan chair Beng Beltran. National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar identified the suspects in a press conference as  brothers Ruel Juab, Orlando Juab and Joppy Juab and Teofilo Formanes Eleazar said Warren Juab and Dutchboy Bello are still at large. The six allegedly fired at Beltran’s vehicle from on board three motorcycles on J.P. Rizal St. on Tuesday, […]

Ejercito urges DOTr to suspend PITX operations pending “synchronized planning”

(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday, Jan. 31, urged the Department of Transportation to suspend the operations of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange because of what he said was an apparent absence of cohesive and synchronized planning. “Parang hindi naplano nang maayos. They should have conducted a synchronized planning first before they started operating the PITX. Kung talagang hindi handa, baka dapat itigil na muna,” he said. According to Ejercito, for instance, there […]