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(Eagle News)–The son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife have decided to drop the charges against a fishball vendor who allegedly threatened them on Saturday, March 9. Dr. Lucas Bersamin Jr. and wife Bianca will no longer file the charges for unjust vexation against Conrado Bingco. Bingco allegedly threatened the younger Bersamin at the heat of an argument that ensued after the fishball vendor supposedly catcalled the doctor’s wife in Barangay Belair, Makati. […]
(Eagle News) – Twelve drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by Makati City Police Special Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Bangkal, Makati City on Monday night, January 14. The arrested suspects were identified as Francis Petanas, Lexter Raguro, Binoy Martin,Gina Paderes, Carter Rapsing, Michael Malano, Ariel Doralta , Lorein Pabanil, Allan Paderes ,Romie Palon, Eduardo Faguro, and Elaiza Estacio. During the operation, the authorities seized at least 24 large plastic sachets of […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Grace Poe on Friday, Jan. 11, urged the government to reconsider its 30-month closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge. According to Poe, some 500,000 motorists will be inconvenienced by the closure, which the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said would start on Saturday, Jan. 19. The senator also noted the project contractor, China Communications and Construction Corp., was “banned by the World Bank in 2009 for anomalies related to several multi-billion-peso Philippine road projects it had funded.” […]
(Eagle News)—The 30-month closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge will begin on Saturday, Jan. 19, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said on Friday, Jan. 11. According to MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia, the closure of the bridge to pave the way for its widening will begin at 4 a.m. The closure was supposed to have pushed through in September but this was deferred following an outcry from motorists who frequently use the bridge to go to Mandaluyong […]
(Eagle News) — Isang gas leak sa isang gasolinahan ang bumulabog sa mga residente ng Evangelista Brgy. Bangkal sa Makati City. Pag-aari ito ng Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., na isang independent oil company. Agad na nakaresponde ang kinauukulan upang makita ang sitwasyon matapos na magreklamo ang nga residente dahil sa masangsang na amoy. Matapos na matanggap ang ulat kaagad ding ininspeksyon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources at EMB ang gasolinahan upang tignan kung […]
(Eagle News) – The Makati Regional Trial Court branch 148 handling the coup d’etat case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has junked the motion for the issuance of arrest warrant against the senator on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, saying that it was “powerless” to revive a case which had long been dismissed. Makati RTC Judge Andres Soriano said that the coup d’etat case was dismissed based on the court’s order dated Sept. 21, 2011, or […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV is now waiting inside his office at the Senate for word on the resolution issued by Makati Regional Trial Court branch 148 regarding his coup d’etat case. Trillanes would not yet comment while waiting for information regarding the Makati RTC resolution. He said he would wait for a copy of the resolution issued by Judge Andres Soriano who is handling his coup d’etat case which is […]
(Eagle News)–The three lawyers who were nabbed for “intimidation” and “obstruction of justice” in a Makati bar have been released pending “further investigation.” Makati Senior Assistant Prosecutor ordered the release of Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, saying there was a need to determine what acts the three supposedly committed, especially as pertaining to the constructive possession of illegal drugs charge the police filed against them. Apart from this charge, the […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay can still run for government office. This was after the Court of Appeals, in a May 3 ruling, nullified the Ombudsman order that prohibited him from doing so following alleged irregularities in the construction of the P2.3-billion Makati City Hall Building II. According to the CA, the Aguinaldo doctrine that says that public officials can no longer be held to task for administrative liabilities after reelection applied to Binay’s case. Although the […]
Noong unang linggo ng Nobyembre ginanap ang Latin American book fair sa isang malaking bookstore sa Makati City. Dinaluhan ito ng mga delegates at ambassadors na mula sa Latin American countries–Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama at Venezuela. Layunin ng book fair na ito ang makilala pa ang sining at kultura ng mga nasabing bansa. https://youtu.be/vDF5WemfIeU
(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals on Wednesday effectively ruled Taguig was the rightful owner of the hotly contested Bonifacio Global City, after it granted its motion to dismiss Makati’s rival claim on the grounds of forum shopping. In granting the motion to dismiss filed by Taguig on Aug. 23, 2016, the appellate court took note of a Supreme Court decision on June 15, 2016, which already found Makati guilty of the “willful and deliberate” act. The […]
MAKATI CITY, Apr. 14 — To meet investment targets for public infrastructure, the infrastructure committee of the National Economic and Development Authority approved the reinstitution of a three-year rolling infrastructure program in the national budget process starting 2017. The three-year rolling infrastructure program (TRIP) promotes the optimal use of public resources for infrastructure development by assuring fund allocation for well-developed and readily-implementable projects for three years, according to NEDA. The TRIP is a modification of the comprehensive […]
