Metro

Dry run for ASEAN night-time convoy set on November 8, says MMDA

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is advising motorists to avoid EDSA and other roads in Metro Manila as a night time convoy dry run will be conducted on November 8, in preparation for the 31st ASEAN Summit. A modified stop-and-go scheme will be implemented along the convoy route from the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport at Clark in Pampanga to the roads in the southern part of Metro Manila from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. […]

2 patay, 12 katao sugatan sa nangyaring gang riot sa Quezon City Jail

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isa ang patay at labindalawang katao ang sugatan sa nangyaring riot sa pagitan ng dalawang gang kaninang madaling araw, Nobyembre 3 sa Quezon City Jail. Nangyari ito bandang alas tres y media ng madaling araw (3:00AM) sa pagitan ng Batang City Jail at “Bahala na Gang.” Sinasabing ito ay dahil sa hindi sinasadyang pagkakatapon ng tubig mula sa balde ng isang inmate ng “Bahala Na Gang” sa isang inmate […]

DFA: Passport appointments na nakatakda mula Nov. 13-15, maaaring asikasuhin sa Nov. 16-29

(Eagle News) — Hindi na kailangang magpa-reschedule ng passport application o renewal na nakatakda sa November 13 hanggang 15. Lahat ng appointment sa mga nasabing petsa ay aasikasuhin ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) mula November 16 hanggang 29. Bukas ang DFA Consular Offices sa November 18, Sabado mula alas-otso ng umaga hanggang alas-kwatro ng hapon (8:00 AM-4:00 PM) at ang processing fee ay Php 1,200. Idineklarang special non-working holidays ang mga petsang November 13 […]

Aegis Juris frat leader Balag files counter-affidavit; says there is no proof Castillo underwent hazing

(Eagle News) — Aegis Juris fraternity leader Arvin Balag has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss the charges in connection with the death of Horacio Castillo III filed against him, arguing that there was no proof the University of Sto. Tomas law freshman was subjected to hazing in the first place. In his counter-affidavit filed before the DOJ on Monday, Balag said he “could not in any way be held liable for violation of Republic […]

Mga driver ng Grab, maaari nang humingi ng ID sa kanilang mga pasahero

“Secret distress signals” para sa mga TNVS driver, isinusulong (Eagle News) – Maaaring humingi na ng ID ang mga driver ng Grab Philippines sa kanilang mga magiging pasahero. Inanunsyo ito ng Grab sa isang e-mail na ipinadala nila sa kanilang mga customer. Ayon pa sa abiso, maaari itong ipatupad sa gabi. “We assure you that all information shown to our driver-partners will be kept confidential and will only be used for verification purposes,” ayon sa […]

UST dean Divina files counter-affidavit; denies taking part in “cover-up,” having prior knowledge of Castillo hazing rites

(Eagle News) — University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina on Monday denied he had prior knowledge of the hazing rites which led to the death of Horacio Castillo III, and that he had anything to do with the alleged coverup of the UST student’s death. In his counteraffidavit submitted on Monday to the Department of Justice, Divina said he did not call Castillo’s parents on Sept. 17, the day the […]

MMDA sa publiko: Iwasang dumaan sa mga kalsadang ruta ng ASEAN dry run convoy

(Eagle News) — Muling nagpaalala ang Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sa publiko na iwasang dumaan sa mga pangunahing kalsada sa Metro Manila at kalapit na lugar bukas, Oktubre 29. Ito ay dahil sa muling pagsasagawa ng dry run para sa nalalapit na Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN summit). Pinapayuhan ang mga motorista na iwasang dumaan sa EDSA southbound lane, NLEX at S-CTEX ngayong linggo, mula alas-sais ng umaga (6:00 AM) hanggang alas-tres ng […]

NLEX to be temporarily shut down for 21 world leaders who will attend ASEAN Summit

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will be placed on temporary lockdown for the use of the 21 world leaders who will be attending the 31st Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in November in Clark, Pampanga. This was according to National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde. The temporary lockdown will affect the southbound lane of the NLEX from Clark, Pampanga to Metro […]

American national na dawit sa sexual exploitation sa ilang kabataan sa PHL, arestado

(Eagle News) — Paglapag pa lamang sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 ay hinarang na ng mga operatiba ng Philippine National Police Women’s and Children Protection Center (PNP- WCPC) ang limampu’t walong taong gulang na American national na nakilalang si Robinson Hoyt Alderman. Ito’y matapos syang itimbre ng US Homeland Security sa PNP dahil sa umano’y plano ng suspek na magsagawa ng sexual exploitation sa bansa. Ang impormasyon na ibinigay US-HSI ay mula umano […]

22-wheeler truck, inararo ang ilang sasakyan sa Batasan-San Mateo road; 5 katao kumpirmadong patay, 10 sugatan

BATASAN, Quezon City (Eagle News) — Lima katao ang kumpirmadong patay matapos araruhin ng isang trailer truck ang ilang sasakyan sa kahabaan ng San Mateo Road sa Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, nitong Huwebes, Oktubre 26. Dalawang kotse, isang pampasaherong jeepney, isang tow truck at isang motorsiklo ang niragasa ng 22-wheeler truck na minamaneho ng driver na nakilalang si Nilo Calimutan pasado alas kwatro ng hapon. Isa sa mga nasawi sa insidente na naipit sa tumagilid […]

UPDATED: Actor Cogie Domingo, 2 others arrested in PDEA drug op

(Eagle News) — Actor Cogie Domingo and two others were arrested in an anti-drug operation early Friday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said their operatives from the intelligence section of region IV-A and the Laguna Provincial Office nabbed Domingo while buying illegal drugs in BF Homes, Parañaque. The PDEA identified the two others who were arrested as Almira Bautista (and not Domingo’s wife as earlier reported) and Francisco Lim. A PDEA report said confiscated from […]

UPDATED: Alleged operator of Farhana Maute businesses that funded terrorist activities in Marawi, arrested

(Eagle News) — The alleged operator of Farhana Maute’s businesses that were also supposed sources of funds for terrorist activities in Marawi was arrested in Quezon City on Thursday. Chief Supt. Guillermo Salazar, Quezon City Police District director, said  Rasdy Malawali, also a Maute group member, was apprehended by authorities from his house in Novaliches. According to Salazar,  Malawali operates the Maute matriarch’s businesses in Salam Bazaar in Nova Mall and collects money from the […]