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Project to benefit at least 80,000 passengers daily (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated the P9.5-billion Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 East Extension Project in Antipolo City that will reduce travel time of passengers coming from Rizal going to the so-called “University district” in Manila from three hours to just 40 to 30 minutes. Duterte hailed the project that will benefit mostly students who are studying in the various universities near and […]
(Eagle News) — Two new stations that are part of the Light Rail Transit-2 East Extension project will be formally opened on June 22. “Matagal na ‘hong inaantay yan ng ating mga kababayan. Ngayon nakita ko na matutuloy na at magiging operational ang ating tren (Our countrymen have long been waiting for those. Now I see they finally become operational),” Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said of the Marikina and Antipolo stations. Once completed, the LRT-2 […]
(Eagle News) — Eleven years after the 2009 Ondoy floods that killed almost 80 people in Marikina, deep floods once again submerged many parts of the city as heavy rains dumped by typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) caused Marikina River to swell and spill over to the streets transforming these into rivers. Waters were so high that people living in houses with more than two storeys had to go to the rooftop or to higher floors, […]
(Eagle News) — The Marikina River water level has reached 21.8 meters as of 9:04 a.m., topping the record water level set in 2009 by Typhoon Ondoy at 21.5 meters. According to the Facebook page of the Marikina local government’s Public Information Office (PIO), the increase in water level within half an hour was already 10 centimeters. Marikina River water level at 7:58 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, stood at 21.6 meters, already past […]
(Eagle News) – The Marikina Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is now licensed to conduct COVID-19 tests after passing the stringent stage 4 proficiency testing, according to the Department of Health. Because of this, the DOH said on Friday, May 1, that Marikina can now start COVID-19 tests in its laboratory. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Marikina molecular diagnostic laboratory passed on Thursday, April 30, the stage 4 proficiency testing. “Ngayon ay lisensyado […]
(Eagle News)–Marikina City personnel who will man the city’s COVID-19 laboratory have to pass a proficiency test before the lab gets approved for accreditation. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who gave a virtual press conference on Friday, April 17. Nograles is also the spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. According to Nograles, if the personnel pass the test, the lab could get accreditation by Monday. […]
(Eagle News)–Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro has suspended the Palarong Pambansa scheduled in the city in May amid novel coronavirus fears. The announcement was made by the local government unit in a text message to reporters on Monday, March 9. Marikina has confirmed its first COVID-19 case. The case was among four additional cases announced by the Department of Health on Sunday. The DOH said so far, the Philippines has ten confirmed COVID-19 cases. With a […]
(Eagle News)–Former child actor Jiro Manio was arrested in Marikina on Friday night. The police said Manio had been arrested for stabbing one Zeus Doctolero earlier. Manio has reportedly said it was Doctolero who hit him first. Manio received accolades for his role in the movie Magnifico in 2004. He has, however, reportedly been in and out of rehab since. In 2015, he was seen loitering at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for days, surviving […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel called on the government to fund more medical school scholarships, saying the public will benefit from this starting five years from now. Pimentel made the call as he lauded the Marikina City government for its Ordinance No. 078 Series 2019 or “Libreng Pag-aaral sa Pagdodoktor para sa Marikenos” which offers full medical scholarship grants to qualified residents who aspire to become doctors. According to Pimentel, this move by Marikina was “public […]
But continuous rains prompt Marikina to enforce evacuations as Marikina River reaches near-“Ondoy”–like levels (Eagle News)—-The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has downgraded the red rainfall warning level hoisted over Metro Manila, but the continuous rains have prompted several local government units there like Marikina to implement a forced evacuation of its residents. In its 11 p.m. advisory, PAGASA said an orange rainfall warning level was up over the National Capital Region instead, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 11) – It must be Instagram ready: whether we accept it or not, it is one of the many considerations that we have whenever we are about to dine out. In this technologically-inclined generation, millennials do not just go to restaurants for the primary purpose of eating alone, taking social media-ready pictures of the food that we ordered and the people who we are with has become a habit. #foodislife and #foodislove […]
PROPER preparation goes a long way. A new solar power system has armed an elementary school with the right tools to weather the worst floods – especially when power lines are down. As part of its Earth Hour 2016 campaign, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) recently turned over a solar power system to the Nangka Elementary School (NES), dramatically enhancing its ability to respond to disasters while augmenting its own power supply. Present […]
