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(Eagle News) –The personal data of Uber users and drivers will not be automatically shared with Grab. This was the assurance given by the National Privacy Commission and Grab itself in a press conference on Friday. “There is no path for us to take Uber’s data. The data that we have received from Uber is only upon consent and that is only on the drivers’ side,” Brian Cu, Grab Philippines country head, said. According to NPC […]
(Eagle News) — The five people charged following the drug overdose of five others at a rave in Pasay in 2016 were found guilty of illegal drug possession on Friday. Paranaque Regional Trial Court Branch 259 Judge Danilo Suarez sentenced Seergeoh Villanueva and Marc Deen to life imprisonment, while Ericka Valbuena, Tomas Lee Martin Halili, Martin Angelo Dimacali, were sentenced to jail time of 20 years. Deen and Villanueva were also each ordered to pay a […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Friday appealed a Manila judge’s decision not to inhibit from the illegal gun possession and illegal drug trafficking cases filed against Kerwin Espinosa. Government prosecutors filed the motion for reconsideration of Manila RTC Branch 26 Presiding Judge Silvino Pampilo, Jr.’s decision in a hearing on Friday, April 4. Pampilo had then said he would not inhibit as he said the allegations of bias made against him were not […]
(Eagle News) — Aegis Juris fraternity member John Paul Solano has pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him in connection with the death of University of Sto. Tomas law freshman Horacio Castillo III in September last year. The Department of Justice said Solano gave the plea for the perjury and obstruction of justice charges during his arraignment in the Manila Metropolitan Trial Branch 14 on March 21. It was Solano who said he […]
Ni Paolo Macahilas Eagle News Service MAYNILA, Philippines – Nasabat ng mga otoridad ang P1.1 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa isang establisimyento sa Maynila nitong Martes ng gabi, ika-3 ng Abril. Arestado ang dalawang lalaki at isang babae na kinilala pa lamang sa kanilang mga alyas sa isinagawang operasyon ng Manila Police District Drug Enforcement Unit, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-National Capital Region at MPD Station 3 sa Binondo. Ayon kay Police […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has expressed frustration that another case filed by the police before the Department of Justice had been dismissed. In a resolution dated March 5, the DOJ dismissed a case of illegal possession of firearms filed against an Egyptian national, Fehmi Lassqued, a suspected terrorist alleged to have connections with the ISIS who was arrested in February. While […]
(Eagle News) – The Metro Rail Transit raised the number of operational trains today to 15 after its annual maintenance this weekend, and hopes it can further increase this to 20 eventually. As of 2:10 on Monday, April 2, 2018, the MRT reported that it had 15 operational and running trains. The last time that the MRT-3 was able to field 15 running trains was on January 5 this year. “This will partially address […]
(Eagle News)–Twenty-one people were injured after a bus slammed into at least nine vehicles in Parañaque on Friday. A police report said the Ismael Bus Line driven by Francisco Capala, 40, was plying Roxas Boulevard corner Coastal Road in Barangay Tambo when the incident took place at 10:20 a.m. Capala and the other injured were rushed to the San Juan De Dios and Ospital ng Parañaque for treatment. Police have yet to determine why the […]
(Eagle News) –A former National Bureau of Investigation official who was tagged as the owner of the property where a shabu laboratory in Catanduanes once stood has surrendered. The NBI said Atty. Augusto Eric Isidoro, who was the director of the NBI Central Mindanao Regional Office, is now under its custody in the main headquarters in Manila after his voluntary surrender on March 20, 2018. The NBI said the Fifth Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court […]
(Eagle News) – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced that there are three more applicants for Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) which have already signified their intention to enter the ride-hailing system as possible competitors of Grab, which has taken over its previous major competitor, Uber. LTFRB Board Member Atty. Aileen Lizada said that the three TNVS applicants have already submitted their papers. “Nag-apply na po sila. They have already submitted their […]
Around P5 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have arrested three individuals in a buy-bust operation in a Pasay mall parking lot on Tuesday. Also seized from Aladin Amiril Salilagia, and husband-and-wife Abner and Malina Nano in the operation held at 11:30 a.m. was P5 million worth of shabu. The three–who were the subjects of a surveillance weeks before–are alleged members of the Ameril drug group that operates in […]
(Eagle News) — Beware of fake traffic enforcers. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority issued the warning on Tuesday, after it was discovered a motorist had been given a fake violation ticket by a man posing as one of the agency’s men. In a statement, the MMDA said the motorist, a resident of Mandaluyong, made the discovery after going to the MMDA headquarters to redeem his driver’s license. “The agency (did) not have the motorist’s driver’s […]
