Tag: Metro

24 na barangay sa Maynila, idineklara nang drug-free 

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t-apat na barangay sa Maynila ang idineklara nang drug-free o malinis na kontra ilegal na droga. Ayon kay Manila Police District Director Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, dumaan sa masusing pagsusuri ang mga barangay para malaman kung wala na ang kalakaran ng iligal na droga sa kanilang nasasakupan. Ilang sa mga parameter na inilatag ng Dangerous Drugs Board upang madeklarang drug-free ang isang barangay ay ang kawalan doon ng drug transshipment […]

DOTr magdaragdag ng 40 ruta ng P2P bus bago matapos ang 2017

(Eagle News) — Magdaragdag ang Department of Transportation (DOTr) ng mas maraming ruta ng Point to Point (P2P) bus bago matapos ang taon. Ayon sa DOTR, sa pamamagitan ng Land Transportation and Franchising Board (LTFRB) ay target na mabuksan ang karagdagang apatnapung P2P routes. Ang kasalukuyang P2P routes ay mula: Trinoma/Centris sa Quezon City patungong Glorietta 5 sa Makati Robinsons Galleria sa Pasig City patungong Park Square sa Makati Alabang Town Center patungong Greenbelt Sm […]

2 menor-de-edad na nagbebenta umano ng marijuana, huli ng pulisya sa QC; mahigit P200,000 na halaga ng droga, nasabat

(Eagle News) — Nahuli ng pulisya ang dalawang menor-de-edad na nagbebenta ng kilu-kilong marijuana na nagkakahalaga ng mahigit P200,000 sa Novaliches, Quezon City, kahapon. Ang kinse (15) at disi-sais-anyos (16) na bata ay nahuli sa isang buy-bust operation  na ikinasa ng mga miyembro ng Quezon City Police Drug Enforcement Unit bandang alas onse ng gabi.   Aabot sa limang kilong marijuana ang nasabat ng mga otoridad na tinatayang nagkakahalaga ng mahigit dalawangdaan libong piso (Php […]

Russia detains 8 over Saint Petersburg metro bombing

by Marina Koreneva SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Russian investigators on Thursday detained eight people suspected of involvement in the Saint Petersburg metro bombing, as the country held commemorative rallies to honour the 13 victims. “Six people were detained in Saint Petersburg and two in Moscow who are involved in the act of terror” following an investigation and search operation conducted with the FSB security service and interior ministry, Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee said in […]

Russia metro attack staged by Kyrgyz suicide bomber: Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Russia (AFP) — A suicide bomber from Kyrgyzstan was behind the explosion that killed 11 people and injured dozens more in the Saint Petersburg metro, security services in the Central Asian country said Tuesday. “The suicide bomber in the Saint Petersburg metro was a Kyrgyz national Akbarjon Djalilov… born in 1995,” a spokesperson for the country’s security services told AFP. “It is probable that he acquired Russian nationality,” he said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said […]

Trump pledges ‘full support’ to Putin over Russia metro attack

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump spoke Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and pledged Washington’s “full support” for Moscow’s response to the deadly attack on the Saint Petersburg metro, the White House said. Trump expressed his condolences and condemned the attack, which killed 11 people and left dozens wounded. Russian authorities said they were probing an “act of terror.” “President Trump offered the full support of the (US) government in responding […]

11 dead in Russian metro ‘terror attack’

by Marina KORENEVA SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion rocked the Saint Petersburg metro Monday, with the Kremlin saying it bore “all the hallmarks of an attack.” Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia’s second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing an “act of […]

VMMC to open its gates to ease heavy traffic

(Eagle News)– The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) will open the gates of Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to the public as part of the solutions to heavy traffic during the holiday season. “Ito’y makakaginhawa nang husto sa ating mga kababayan lalo na ‘yung napakabigat na North at Mindanao Avenue,” Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Thomas Orbos said. Once opened, vehicles passing North Avenue may enter the main gate of […]