Over P1million worth of shabu was seized from three suspects following a buy-bust operation conducted by the Marikina City police on Tuesday night. (Photo from EPD PIO) The suspects were identified as Mark Gil Durante Busa alias Migs, 19; Abdullah Laatao Ebrahim alias Boss, 20; and Khalid Latip...
The supposed inauguration of the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) on Tuesday, June 22, has been moved to next month, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Monday, June 21, LRTA Administrator Reynaldo Berroya said...
The two additional stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) which extends the rail line further to Antipolo will finally start operation next week, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) "Yung...
A blatantly illegal and potentially catastrophic tree-cutting activity is taking place in the Upper Marikina Watershed. (Photo from Masungi Georeserve Facebook page) The Masungi Georeserve Foundation recently discovered what it described as a "tree massacre" during its on-the-ground inspection of...
Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro said the city can achieve herd immunity within 17 days or in three weeks if there is a “steady vaccine supply.” Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro In an interview with DZMM on Tuesday (June 15), Teodoro said around 100, 000 individuals have been vaccinated in the...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) has issued a flood advisory for Marikina River on Wednesday evening, June 9, due to threats of flooding, as well as landslides, brought about by the monsoon rains. In the initial advisory issued at 8:30 p.m., PAGASA said...
Marikina City has administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 61,700 individuals, Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro announced on Wednesday (June 2). “Tuloy-tuloy ang vaccine rollout natin (Our vaccine rollout continues). Sa ngayon ay 61,700 indidividuals tayong nababakunahan (As of now,...
In a bid to vaccinate workers in the city to revive the local economy, the city government of Marikina has inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with a homegrown private company in the city. (Jel Santos/Manila Bulletin) Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro forged the agreement with...
The plate numbers of the vehicles used by the two assailants during an ambush in Marikina City last Thursday (May 27) belong to tricycles registered in the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Cotabato. Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) personnel process the crime scene where Nomer Cardines, a retired...
The retired policeman killed in an ambush in Marikina City had no enemies, Marikina Police said on Friday (May 28). Col. Benliner Capili, Marikina City Police chief, said they were told by the common-law wife of Nomer Cardines that he had no enemies and was a good man. “We are now having a...
A midwife helped a woman give birth on a pavement in Marikina City in the wee hours of Wednesday (May 26). Rozendo Naupan, 24, and his wife Lobilla, 36, were on their way to a maternity clinic aboard a motorcycle when Lobilla's water broke around 2 a.m. in Barangay Nangka, Marikina. “Pinark ko po...
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro said on Thursday that the city will open an additional vaccination facility to further boost Marikina's vaccination efforts. Mayor Marcy Teodoro oversees the administering of Pfizer vaccine during the first day of its rollout in the city on Thursday,...
