Tag: Navotas

A look at Navotas ice plant where ammonia leak occurred; 2 killed in accident

BFP, city officials still probing how leak occured, inspect ice plant Eagle News Service reporter Mar Gabriel gives a view of the ice plant in Navotas City which is the site of the Feb. 3 ammonia leak accident that has killed two people. The Burea of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Navotas City inspected the site of the ammonia leat inside the T.P. Marcelo ice plant on Thursday […]

Navotas City to be placed under 14-day lockdown

(Eagle News) — Navotas City will be placed under a 14-day lockdown amid the continued rise in COVID-19 cases there. Mayor Toby Tiangco said in a television interview the tentative start of the lockdown was Wednesday, July 15. “Sa Navotas po ang titigas ng ulo ng mga tao. Ang mga bata pinapayagan ng mga magulang lumabas. Yung ibang matatanda, hindi naman official business, lumalabas na nga, hindi pa naka-face mask…,” he said. As of July […]

Lockdown of H. Monroy St. in Navotas extended to June 24

(Eagle News)–The Navotas government has extended the lockdown in an area in Barangay Navotas West to June 24. Mayor Toby Tiangco said the lockdown on H. Monroy St. will last until 11:59 p.m. on that day instead, after one person who was among the 49 who tested positive in a rapid testing tested positive for COVID-19 in the confirmatory test. He said the extension of the lockdown was upon the recommendation of the City Health […]

Navotas gov’t announces truck ban policies

(Eagle News) — The Navotas government has announced its truck ban policies, as Metro Manila shifts to a general community quarantine on Monday, June 1. According to the local government, a total truck ban or a ban 24/7 will be implemented along Lapu-Lapu Avenue and San Rafael Village. Businesses located along these streets are exempted from the total truck ban. According to the local government, a “limited truck ban,”on the other hand, shall be imposed […]

10 barangays in Navotas under ECQ starting today, May 23

(Eagle News)–Ten barangays in Navotas have been placed under an enhanced community quarantine. Mayor Toby Tiangco said Barangays NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, San Jose, NBBN, Sipac Almacen, Daanghari, Tangos North, Tangos South, and San Roque are under the ECQ starting today to May 31, at 11:59 p.m., following the approval of the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Under the ECQ, Tiangco said only those with home quarantine […]

Navotas to be under “extreme enhanced community quarantine” from May 6 to 15: local gov’t

(Eagle News)–Navotas City will be under an extreme enhanced community quarantine starting Wednesday, May 6. Mayor Toby Tiangco said the EECQ, which will last until May 15 at 11:59 p.m., was needed as the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continues to rise despite the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine there and later an extension of the same. He said most of the patients had gone to the market or grocery store. According […]

Navotas reports two additional COVID-19 cases; one works at Manila hospital, mayor says

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Navotas has reached 17. This was after the  Navotas government reported two additional COVID-19 cases on Tuesday night. One of the two new cases is a frontliner  from Barangay NBBS Dagat-dagatan who works in a Manila hospital. Mayor Toby Tiangco said the patient was already residing, however, in a Manila apartment even before the enhanced community quarantine was declared in Luzon. “Dahil sa kanyang trabaho, naexpose […]

Navotas: Over 1000 quarantine violators caught from March 20 to April 12

(Eagle News)–Over 1000 individuals were caught violating the community quarantine in Navotas from March 20 to April 12. The local government said of the 1120, 854 were adults. Of the 854,   20 were caught from April 11 to 12 and will be charged. Navotas said the 854 were apart from the 326 minors who were caught loitering during the same period. President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon in a bid […]

COVID-19 cases in Navotas reach 13

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Navotas has reached 13. The local government said of the 13, three have died. Of the 13, one each was from Navotas East and  NBBS Kaunlaran. Two each were from North Bay Boulevard North,Sipac-Almacen,NBBS Dagat-dagatan (one death) and Tangos South (one death); and three from San Jose (one death). There are so far 118 patients under monitoring and 72 patients under investigation. The Philippines has so […]

Navotas records first COVID-19 case, also city’s first COVID-19 fatality

(Eagle News)–Navotas has confirmed its first coronavirus disease 2019 case, also its first death from the disease. Over 100, or 125, are patients under monitoring, while 21 are patients under investigation. According to the city government, four patients under probe also died, of which one turned out negative for the virus and three were awaiting results. The Philippines has so far breached the 1000 mark in COVID-19 cases.

At least one dead, two hurt in Navotas fire

(Eagle News)–At least one person died while two others were hurt after a fire hit a residential area in Navotas on Friday, Oct. 18. Authorities identified the fatality in the fire that broke out in Barangay NBBN at 2:30 a.m. as James Bantasan, 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection has yet to determine the cause of the fire, but residents said they heard small explosions beforehand, while others said the blaze was deliberately started. The […]

President Duterte to meet 12 minors “rescued” by PDEA

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet the 12 minors who were being used as drug couriers and were “rescued” by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Navotas. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino made the revelation in a radio interview on Friday, Jan. 18. According to Aquino, the meeting could take place next week. “Hindi niya akalain na yung mga ganung edad ay ginagamit na as couriers,” Aquino said, noting that Duterte […]