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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is slated to release this week the names of over 200 barangay officials who are allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities. In a press conference, PDEA director general Aaron Aquino said it was Malacañang itself that ordered him to release the 211 names. The figure, he said, was a decrease from the 293 names included in the original narco-list of President Rodrigo Duterte. Forty-one […]
Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Naglunsad ang Department of Health ng Ligtas Tigdas program upang mabigyan ng proteksyon ang mga bata sa tigdas. Sa tala ng Epidemiology Bureau ng Department of Health (DOH), mula noong Enero 1 hanggang noong Abril 15 ngayong taon, pumalo na sa mahigit 5,000 kaso ng measles o tigdas ang narekord sa buong bansa. Sa naturang bilang, 905 ang kumpirmadong kaso habang labing lima ang namatay. Sa 15 nasawi, 13 […]
(Eagle News) — Pinasinayaan na ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) ang sarili nitong manufacturing facility ng plaka para mapabilis ang paglalabas ng vehicle plate numbers. Ayon sa DoTr, ang nasabing pasilidad ay nasa tanggapan ng Land Transportation Office (LTO) na maaaring makagawa ng 22,000 plaka kada araw sa full operation nito. Pitong manual embossing machines ang pinasinayaan na ayon sa DoTr. Calibrated at fully operational na ang mga ito. Ang automated embossing unit naman ay […]
(Eagle News) — Some Grab Philippines drivers will no longer see the destination of a prospective passenger unless the booking is accepted starting Friday, April 27. Grab Philippines made the announcement on Tuesday, April 23, following complaints about abusive Grab drivers who choose whom to accept as their passengers. According to Brian Cu, Grab country manager, 25 percent of Grab drivers who, based on records, have a low acceptance rate will initially have the new feature. […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Monday dawn (April 23) seized P5 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as “shabu” from a condominium unit believed to be rented by a Chinese national in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. According to the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), they conducted a one month- surveillance in the condominium unit rented by the Chinese national, Yang Ang Quan alias Li Hong Peng, who was one of the suspects they had […]
“There is always a way” to air your grievance, Albayalde says (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday, April 23, said he has ordered the PNP’s Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management to identify the policemen behind the posts that bash him on the Facebook page Buhay Lespu. “I want them to be identified and I’ll make them report in my office personally,” Albayalde said. He said that […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Newly installed Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Monday, April 23, reminded policemen to follow even the simplest rules, or else they would be sanctioned. He said policemen should wear helmets, refrain from texting on the streets while on duty, and should entertain complainants in the police stations. “Kapag merong nagsabi sa atin na yung isang complainant or kababayan natin pumunta sa isang istasyon at sinagot […]
(Eagle News)—Grab Philippines on Monday, April 23, said it had sanctioned around 500 of its drivers for their repeated and unjustified cancellations of bookings. Grab Country Head Brian Cu made the statement after PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles revealed over the weekend that Grab did not comply with a 2015 Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board order directing them to remove a feature that enabled drivers to refuse passengers. “We will never tolerate any behavior that compromises […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inaasahang maglalabas ng show cause order ang Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)laban sa isang driver ng Grab Philippines na kinansela ang booking ng kanyang pasahero. Ayon kay LTFRB Chief Atty. Martin Delgra, bukod sa driver na sangkot sa insidente, kasama rin nilang ipatatawag ang operator nito maging ang pamunuan ng Grab. Paliwanag pa ni Delgra, oras na mapatunayang tumanggi ang Grab driver na ihatid ang pasahero matapos […]
(Eagle News)–PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles on Sunday, April 22, revealed that Grab has not been implementing a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board order that it remove its feature that enables drivers to refuse passengers. In an interview over dzbb, Nograles said the order was given as early as September 2015. “Ang specific instruction is really tanggalin yung capacity to know the rider’s destination and capacity to know the cost of the trip, dahil naniniwala […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has approved the accreditation of another Transport Network Company. The LTFRB approved GoLag Inc.’s accreditation after approving Hirna’s and Hype’s. The accreditation comes after Uber sold its operations in the Southeast Asian market to Grab in exchange for a 27.5 percent stake in its former rival.
(Eagle News) — Grab Philippines on Thursday, April 19, said it would appeal the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board order suspending its imposition of a P2 per minute of travel time extra charge on riders. In a statement, Grab said the charge was, after all, “legal” and was based on a 2015 Department of Transportation and Communications order that authorized TNCs to set their own fares. Brian Cu, Grab country head, said in the […]
