Arroyo pleads not guilty on electoral sabotage rap
By: Jamie Marie ElonaMiko MorelosTetch TorresFormer President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday entered a plea of not guilty to charges of electoral sabotage.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday entered a plea of not guilty to charges of electoral sabotage.
Over 200 motorcycle riders were issued citation tickets by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday for violating its new traffic policy covering the use of motorcycle lanes along EDSA.
Nearly a week after the start of the dry run for the EDSA blue lane, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)on Sunday reminded motorcyclists to stick to the lane designated for their use, lest they be penalized for violating the new traffic scheme, which the agency’s top official described as successful.
The Pasay Regional Trial Court has agreed to the request of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to be arraigned separately from former Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. and provincial election supervisor Lintang Bedol, her two coaccused in the electoral sabotage case filed by the Commission on Elections.
Employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and rescue volunteer groups on Sunday held drills in preparation for a powerful temblor striking Metro Manila, a rare but possible occurrence that could reduce the capital to rubble.
The Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has reset to March the scheduled arraignments of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. after lawyers appealed separate orders issued by Pasay RTC Judge Jesus Mupas.
He did not have superhuman strength or lightning-fast reflexes but Alexander Luistro, a former barangay chair of Ayao-Ilao in Batangas province, rarely turned people down when they came to him for help.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has advised motorists to stay away from Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard starting today until Monday as a portion of the busy thoroughfare will be closed to traffic to make way for the shooting of the Hollywood movie, “Bourne Legacy.”

Before a boulder-sized installation, a wide-eyed Cherilyn Javellana toyed curiously with a contraption that showed, in colorful animation, the different parts of a cell.
“What does reclusion perpetua mean?” Erica Bianca Enanoria asked.

The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has postponed the arraignment of former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos to March 5 after his lawyer sought to have the charges of electoral sabotage dismissed.
The Parañaque government has reminded residents that a local ordinance banning smoking in public places would take effect in the city starting Monday.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino is looking into the feasibility of a linkup between the agency and the closed circuit television (CCTV) camera systems of local governments to improve traffic management.