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MANILA, May 10 (PIA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC) is looking to proclaim the winning 12 senators one week after the conduct of the May 9 polls. In a press briefing on Monday, Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista said that seven days is a safe projection but they will try to make the proclamation earlier. “I think one week is a good target but […]
(Eagle News) — Starting today, April 15, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement its controversial “No Contact Apprehension policy”. Under this policy, traffic violators will be receiving their tickets and notices when and where they committed violations with an attached screengrab of the CCTV footage. MMDA chairman Emerson Carlos said this new system will allow them to monitor and apprehend traffic violators just by using footages from the MMDA’s CCTV cameras. The area […]
by Mynardo Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — With a mixture of pride and sorrow, millions of Filipinos Sunday celebrated victory for their boxing hero Manny Pacquiao in what he has called his final fight. Pacquiao, 37, easily won his third battle with American Tim Bradley in Las Vegas, capping a 21-year professional career with 66 bouts under his belt. He has said he will now retire despite hints by some associates that he could be lured […]
(Reuters) — Crowds in Manila gathered to watch the partial solar eclipse seen from the Philippines on Wednesday (March 9). Nearly 50 percent of the sun was covered when the eclipse reached its maximum in Manila, the state meteorology department said. Tourists in Rizal Park witnessed the partial eclipse as they used simple solar filters distributed by the local planetarium. Astronomers projected the shadow caused by the eclipse onto a cardboard. “I had a […]
Considered one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock ‘n’ roll in history, Chicago is the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s list of Top 100 artists of all time, coming in at #13, and they are coming to Manila for their Greatest Hits Tour on January 20, 2016 at the Araneta Coliseum. Lifetime achievements include a Grammy Award, multiple American Music Awards, elected as Founding Artists to the John F. Kennedy Center […]
(Eagle News) — Ilang eskwelahan at unibersidad sa lunsod ng Maynila ang nagsuspinde ng klase dahil sa malawakang water interruption ng Maynilad Water Services. Labing apat (14) na elementary at high school sa district 2 hanggang district 5 ng Maynila ang walang pasok. Sa district 2, ang mga walang pasok mula ngayong araw hanggang bukas (Agosto 12) ay ang Torres High School, Lakandula High School, M.L. Quezon High School, F. Calderon High School, at F. […]
One Direction singer Zayn Malik has dropped out of the popular band’s On the Road Again tour in Asia due to “stress,” his publicist said on Thursday (March 19), after pictures were posted of the engaged Malik partying with a tourist in Phuket, Thailand. “Zayn has been signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate. The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta,” […]
According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), hundreds of fire hydrants in Manila are already missing because of deliberate attempts to take them for the value of their metal as well as for illegal water connection. [youtube id =
Victims of the fire in Parola Compound, Tondo, Manila asked for help after a fire ravaged the said area, leaving thousands of residents homeless.
A 26-year old man died when he started firing his gun in Tondo, Manila.
A suspected hold-upper was arrested in Quiapo, Manila when his attempted hold-upping was foiled when he fell from the jeep.
