A controversial ordinance that was approved by Barangay (village) Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa City regarding the sale and use of contraceptives will no longer be implemented, according to Mayor Aldrin San Pedro. “[The ordinance] is dead,” San Pedro told the Inquirer in a phone interview Thursday. “It will no longer be implemented. Well, in the [...]
A Kenyan woman belonging to a drug syndicate and her Filipina cohort known to be a recruiter of drug couriers in Manila were caught in an entrapment operation conducted by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents on Wednesday. PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. identified those arrested as Elizabeth Runana Nyamdura and Maria Grace [...]
While its environmental enforcers will start apprehending smokers puffing away in public places starting Friday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will also designate smoking areas with makeshift ashtrays on major thoroughfares. The makeshift ashtrays—55-gallon drums cut in half and filled with sand—will be placed about 10 meters away from loading bays on Edsa. However, [...]
For the first time in years, only a few vendors were hawking pirated discs on sidewalks and in several buildings on Arlegui and Bautista streets in Quiapo on Thursday, a day before the Manila government is to impose a citywide crackdown on the sale of pirated CDs and DVDs. “All these stalls will be closed [...]
LawyerS for road rage suspect Jason Ivler have reiterated their appeal for a judge to inhibit himself from the case due to his alleged bias. In a motion received in court on Thursday, lawyers Joseph Sagandoy Jr., Edwarson Ong and Priscilla Marie Abante argued that Judge Bayani Vargas of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court [...]
The office of Caloocan Vice Mayor Egay Erice was ransacked on Thursday. According to Erice, at around 9 a.m., a staffer found the door of his office at city hall open. “It was as if the person who entered was looking for something,” he said. Erice added that no valuables were missing although some documents [...]
Man nabbed at city hall for rape A Quezon City hall employee was arrested inside his office on Wednesday for the alleged rape of a minor three years ago, the police said. Chief Inspector Richie Claravall, head of the police city hall detachment, identified the man as Ricardo Briones Perez, 31, of Barangay (village) Pinagkaibahan, [...]
A controversial ordinance that was approved by Barangay (village) Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa City regarding the sale and use of contraceptives will no longer be implemented, according to Mayor Aldrin San Pedro. “[The ordinance] is dead,” San Pedro told the Inquirer in a phone interview Thursday. “It will no longer be implemented. Well, in the [...]
The death toll in what residents said was the most devastating flood here in recent memory could exceed 30 as people grappled for answers that some said were staring them in the face.
CAMP PACIANO RIZAL—A retired policeman and his two children died in a two-hour fire that razed 30 houses in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Thursday. Carlito Maglipon, 62, and his children Mara, 20, and Francisco, 28, also a policeman, died as they tried to escape from their burning home in Barangay Santisima. Town police chief Supt. Chito [...]
ONE OF THE convenors of Reform ARMM Now (RAN) has been receiving threats through mobile text messages from an anonymous sender, warning him of harm if he continued being vocal in support of President Aquino’s agenda to reform the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Dr. Darwin Rasul III, president of Bangun! (Rise!) which is [...]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— A total of 197 corporations and cooperatives, including 21 Small Town Lottery (STL) agents, have applied for permits to operate the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s lottery games, which would replace STL as the state’s countermeasure against “jueteng,” an official said on Thursday. Thursday was the last day for PCSO to receive [...]
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur—Guards of a mining firm that had been ordered closed for illegal operations have been ordered by their officers to stay put, raising tension in a village here and prompting residents to flee their homes. Subanen residents started leaving their homes in Barangay Conacon after guards of AY76 Security Agency, hired by [...]
