Tag: Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel

Philippine police detonate suspicious package near U.S. embassy

  (REUTERS)  Philippine police detonated a suspicious package they thought could have been a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday, the police chief in the capital said. There was no damage from the controlled detonation, Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel said, although the incident created a traffic jam in the area. Business at the embassy continued as normal, with dozens of Filipinos queuing outside for visa applications. […]