Bullet hits PDEA exec’s car
By Jamie Elona
A bullet tore through the vehicle of a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency official early Tuesday, but no one was hurt.

A bullet tore through the vehicle of a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency official early Tuesday, but no one was hurt.

Roughly P5 million worth of properties went up in smoke when a fire gutted a house in Pasig City a little past midnight Monday, a city fire officer said.

Fire struck a residential community in Tondo, Manila Friday afternoon, a Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region official said.

Fire gutted a portion of a mall’s food court in Muntinlupa City Friday, a fire officer said.

Heavy rain submerged parts of Metro Manila Thursday, forcing most schools in affected areas to suspend classes and the Philippine National Railways to stop its operations.

Floodwaters in several areas in Manila have subsided following the sudden heavy downpour in different parts of Metro Manila Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.

About a hundred leftwing activists staged a protest at the Bonifacio Monument in Divisoria, Manila as the country celebrated its 115th year of independence Wednesday.

People gathered at the Luneta Park in Manila Wednesday for the flag raising ceremony to be led by Vice President Jejomar Binay in celebration of the country’s 115th Independence Day.

A cop was wounded following an explosion at the compound of a police station in Zamboanga Sibugay Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

Two people were killed and one was injured when the truck they were riding figured in an accident in Quezon before dawn Monday, police said.

The explosion that rocked a unit in a posh condominium in Taguig City a week ago was not caused by a bomb, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas.

Nine vehicles figured in an accident Thursday afternoon at the southbound lane of C5, Libis, Quezon City, causing heavy traffic in the area.

Authorities were looking into the death of a man whose body was found without head and feet along the South Luzon Expressway in Laguna early Thursday, police said.