The contractor of the Common Station in Metro Manila has suggested to temporarily close a portion of EDSA and the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) North Avenue Station to expedite the completion of the project. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
A new station of the Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS) was inaugurated Tuesday, Nov. 9, to accommodate more people taking public transportation amid the reopening of the country’s economic activities. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) led the opening of Kalawaan Station on N....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a mayoralty candidate who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in an anti-illegal drug operation in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday night, Oct. 21. (PDEA photo) The PDEA identified the suspect as Tom...
Combined Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents (PDEA) and the local police confiscated on Friday, Oct. 15, more than P100,000 worth of shabu following the arrest of five drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City. PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (RO-NCR) officer-in-charge...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local police seized P600,000 worth of marijuana following the arrest of a drug pusher on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, in a buy bust operation in Santa Rosa City in Laguna. In a statement, PDEA said that the suspect Rey PJ Reyes, 24,...
Photo from Social Weather Stations Around half of Filipinos believe that it is dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical of the administration even if it is the truth, based in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Thursday, Oct. 14. The nationwide poll, which...
One of the train cars of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) caught fire near Guadalupe Station in Makati City on Saturday night, Oct. 8, injuring at least four passengers. One of the cars of MRT-3 Southbound caught fire at Guadalupe station on Saturday night, October 9, 2021. (Photo from Patrick...
One of the train cars of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) caught fire near Guadalupe Station in Makati City on Saturday night, Oct. 8. One of the cars of MRT-3 Southbound caught fire at Guadalupe station on Saturday night, October 9, 2021. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) In its initial statement,...
President Rodrigo Duterte updates the nation on the government’s efforts in addressing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on June 4, 2020. (JOEY DALUMPINES/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) President Duterte’s net satisfaction rating decreased after scoring his highest...
A drug suspect in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) watchlist was arrested on Friday, Sept. 17 in Bukidnon through its “Isumbong mo kay Wilkins (Report it to Wilkins)’’ Facebook page. Devised by PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva, “Isumbong mo kay Wilkins’’ is an...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday congratulated the people behind the successful launch of Philippine-made Maya-3 and Maya-4 CubeSats to the International Space Station calling it a “new high” in the Japan-Philippines cooperation. Japanese Ambassador to the...
The Philippines’ Maya-3 and Maya-4 cube satellites have been successfully delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday night, Aug. 30. Photo captured from NASA's live stream The country’s first Philippine university-built satellites were among the cargos that hitchhiked aboard...