A nine-year-old Muntinlupa resident lost his fingertip bone after a firecracker exploded on Jan. 1. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), the boy is a resident of Sitio San Antonio in Barangay Poblacion. Firecrackers confiscated by the Muntinlupa Police (Photo from...
Two people were admitted to the Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) due to injuries as people defied the ban on the use of firecrackers in the city. Many residents violated two Muntinlupa ordinances prohibiting the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices, and open pipes and mufflers on...
A warehouse was destroyed in an eight-hour fire on New Year’s Eve in Muntinlupa. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire hit a warehouse on Don Jesus Boulevard in Alabang Hills, Barangay Cupang at about 10:52 p.m. The fire at a warehouse in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa...
The number of illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices confiscated in Muntinlupa has reached 7,767. According to the Muntinlupa Police headed by Col. Angel Garcillano, from Dec. 24 to 6 a.m. of Dec. 31, a total of 7,767 pieces of firecrackers worth P156,120 were confiscated by...
The Malabon City local government on Saturday, Dec. 30, started the distribution of grocery packages for the New Year celebration to Malabon Blue Ahon cardholders in the city. Photo from Justin Anduyo/MANILA BULLETIN The grocery package was distributed at the Fisher Mall in Malabon City. The said...
Muntinlupa authorities continued their crackdown on the sale and use of firecrackers, and drivers whose motorcycles are equipped with open pipes and mufflers that emit loud noise. On Dec. 30, officials from the Muntinlupa police and Muntinlupa fire station destroyed confiscated...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan spearheaded the ceremonial destruction and disposal of confiscated illegal firecrackers in Quezon City on Saturday, Dec 30. Photo from Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN The ceremony was held around 9 a.m. at the QCPD Grandstand in...
Around 600 demonstrators from various groups gathered at Mendiola, Manila on Friday afternoon, Dec. 29, urging the national government to stop the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) phaseout. Photo from Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) said the rallyists gathered to express...
The Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) has been inspecting stalls to ensure that they are complying with laws regulating the sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices. PPO director Col. Felipe Maraggun has been leading his personnel and the police station officials in the inspection of stores...
A snatcher was arrested by the police after he took a woman’s cell phone and money in Taguig on Dec. 29. The suspect, identified only by the Southern Police District (SPD) as alias Romy, 31, was arrested in a follow-up by members of the Western Bicutan Police Substation 2 at Food Terminal...
Taguig police arrested a 47-year-old man in a buy-bust operation on Dec. 30, leading to the confiscation of P108,000 worth of suspected shabu. The Drug Enforcement Unit of the Taguig Police conducted the sting at about 6:30 a.m. on Road 39 in Barangay North Daang Hari, Taguig...
Caloocan Mayor Dale Gonzalo "Along" Malapitan on Friday, Dec. 29, instructed the police and other concerned agencies to closely monitor the illegal sale and use of prohibited firecrackers in the city. Photo from Caloocan City Public Information Office (CPIO)/MANILA BULLETIN Photo from Caloocan City...