(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit-3 has beefed up its security following an incident of vandalism on one of its trains on May 12. In a statement, the MRT-3 said from the initial 580 security personnel deployed across all MRT-3 stations, the number has increased to 750. Apart from the security personnel on patrol, the MRT-3 has deployed a patrol car for added security. The MRT-3 also installed 241 new closed-circuit television cameras in […]
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Año to PNP: Go after vandals
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the police to go after people who vandalize government properties. Año made the statement as he lauded the arrest of four members of Panday Sining, who had spray-painted messages against the government in posts in the Light Rail Transit in Recto during a protest on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30. Earlier, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno expressed frustration after a wall at the Lagusnilad underpass was vandalized even after it […]
DILG condemns vandalism of Lagusnilad underpass
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has condemned a cultural group’s vandalism of a wall of the Lagusnilad underpass in Manila. “Nakakahiya ang ginawang pambababoy sa Lagusnilad pagkatapos itong linisin at ayusin ng Manila City government,” Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a statement. According to Malaya, “while we respect the rights of these organizations to express their views and opinion, that right is not acceptable.” “Ang karapatan ay may […]
NBA star LeBron James’ property in L.A. vandalized with racial slur
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) – Basketball superstar LeBron James’ Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial slur, police said on Wednesday (May 31), one day before the Cleveland Cavaliers player was set to take the court in the first game of the National Basketball Association’s finals. The graffiti was spray-painted on the front gate of James’ house and investigators are looking for any possible suspect involved in the vandalism, said Los Angeles police spokesperson Norma […]
‘Hollyweed’ sign prankster arrested
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles police on Monday arrested a local artist suspected of a New Year’s Day prank in which he altered the letters of the famous Hollywood sign to read “Hollyweed.” Zachary Cole Fernandez, 30, was booked on a misdemeanor charge when he voluntarily surrendered to the authorities with his attorney at his side. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to appear in court on February 15, […]





