After Marikina River’s water level has reached 16 meters, second alarm was raised at 1:40 a.m. on Saturday (July 24). (Photo courtesy of Marvin Escueta Doles/Marikina Filipino-Chinese Fire Brigade Volunteers) Marikina City Public Information Office (PIO) said that all eight gates of Manggahan...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has red flagged over P600 million worth of procurement transactions made by the Marikina City government in connection with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic emergency last year. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The 2020 annual audit report...
Police seized Friday night over P400,000 worth of shabu from three drug personalities in a buy-bust operation in Marikina City. (Photo from EPD PIO) The suspects -- Ronald Fernando David, 45; Rick Angeles Falco, 31; and Sharmaine Kate Santiniaman Mantala, 27 -- were nabbed on Malaya Street in...
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...
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,...
The Marikina City government was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for the orderly rollout of its Pfizer vaccines on Thursday. Mayor Marcy Teodoro oversees the administering of Pfizer vaccine during the first day of its rollout in the city on Thursday, May 20. (MARIKINA LGU / MANILA...
Marikina City’s Pfizer COVID-19 facility was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for being ideal for the temperature-sensitive vaccine. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The fully air-conditioned vaccination facility for Pfizer was built by the local government unit (LGU) of Marikina in the...
