Metro Manila faces garbage crisis – DENR  

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:44:33 +0000

Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu said that the country’s current garbage problem, especially in Metro Manila, has reached crisis level. He said time has come to make serious effort in properly managing wastes generated by Metro Manila and nearby areas, as he pointed out that the public continues their habit of indiscriminate dumping […]

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SC OKs transfer of Baldo trial to Manila

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:34:46 +0000

  The Supreme Court has allowed the transfer from the Legazpi City Regional Trial Court to the Manila RTC of the criminal cases filed against former Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo and several others for the deaths of Ako Bicol party-List Rep. Rodel Batocabe and his escort in 2018. In a resolution, the SC directed […]

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Isko unveils newly renovated Jones Bridge

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:00:10 +0000

By ERMA EDERA The newly renovated 220-meter historic Jones Bridge in Binondo, Manila was unveiled to the public last night by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno. “Ang tulay ng Jones Bridge ay nagpakita ng paglago ng Lungsod ng Maynila, nagsimula sa maliit dala ng komersyo na naganap ating bansa, partikular na sa lungsod ng Maynila,” Moreno […]

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Isko unveils newly renovated Jones Bridge

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:00:10 +0000

By ERMA EDERA The newly renovated 220-meter historic Jones Bridge in Binondo, Manila was unveiled to the public last night by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno. “Ang tulay ng Jones Bridge ay nagpakita ng paglago ng Lungsod ng Maynila, nagsimula sa maliit dala ng komersyo na naganap ating bansa, partikular na sa lungsod ng Maynila,” Moreno […]

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Storm signals lifted as ‘Sarah’ barrels away

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:33:09 +0000

Tropical cyclone warning signals were lifted yesterday as severe tropical storm “Sarah” (international name “Fung-Wong”) weakened into a tropical storm while moving away from the country, the State weather bureau said. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said Sarah is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility last night or this morning […]

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Baseco police chief sacked after arrest of 4 ‘kotong’ cops

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:03:59 +0000

The commander of the Manila Police District Baseco compound Police Community Precinct was sacked from his post following the arrest of four of his men for allegedly extorting money from the wife of a drug suspect. The NCRPO leadership did not name the sacked PCP commander but his replacement was Police Capt. Javen Dominguez. “The […]

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Iranian beauty queen granted refugee status

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:31:45 +0000

An Iranian beauty queen seeking asylum in the Philippines has been granted refugee status and is now allowed to go out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, where she has been staying since Oct. 17. Bahareh Zare Bahari, who represented Iran at the 2018 Miss Intercontinental pageant in Manila, and who has studied dentistry in […]

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LPA, ITCZ, ‘amihan’ affecting PH

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 10:00:56 +0000

Three weather systems are prevailing and would bring cloudy skies with scattered to light rains in some parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday. PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin dela Cruz said the trough or tail of a low-pressure area  located outside the country’s area of responsibility is bringing […]

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Airport kidnap try foiled

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 09:08:03 +0000

Who’s afraid of police and airport authorities? Apparently not these eight Chinese men who pulled off a daring kidnapping attempt on their countryman right at the waiting area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Friday. Police Col. Jonnel Estomo, director of the PNP-Anti-Kidnapping Group, said the eight Chinese and their alleged Filipino cohort identified […]

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3 suspected drug pushers nabbed in buy-bust

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 05:46:20 +0000

Three suspected drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kaunlaran, Quezon City on All Saints’ Day. The Quezon City Police District Police Station (Project 4) identified the suspects as Michael Cabildo, 29, of Taytay, Rizal; Mark delos Reyes, 42, of Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City; and Michael Castellon, 46, of Barangay Laging […]

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