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A quick stop at a neighborhood store for a bottle of beer left a policeman and his companion dead before dawn on Wednesday. PO2 Zalde Elumbia, who had just turned 37 years old last week, and his friend Reynaldo Tapay, a resident of Barangay Nova Proper, were shot and killed by still unidentified suspects in front of the store on Doña Rosario Street in Novaliches, Quezon City.

Posted: May 1st, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

7 hurt as bus falls on its side on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City

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Seven people were injured when a passenger bus fell on its side in Quezon City Wednesday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.

Posted: May 1st, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

MMDA apprehends 328 motorists for speeding on QC ‘killer highway’

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In less than a week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has accosted more than 300 motorists for violating the 60-kilometer-per-hour speed limit being enforced in other areas on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

Posted: March 3rd, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

One more dies as speed limit coverage expands on ‘killer highway’

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The night before the expanded coverage of the 60-kph speed limit took effect on Commonwealth Avenue, the Quezon City road notoriously dubbed the “killer highway” claimed one more life.

Posted: February 26th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

Area covered by speed limit on ‘killer road’ extended

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be stepping up its campaign against speedsters, especially on the so-called “killer highway” in Quezon City.

Posted: February 17th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

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TWO ROBBERY suspects landed in jail after a foiled attempt to snatch a bag from a woman in Pasay City late Tuesday night. PO3 Melvin Garcia of the Pasay police said the intended victim, Angelica Brocka, put up a fight when Adonis Durante and Marty Nañez, then on a black motorcycle, tried to grab her bag as she was walking along Buendia with two male companions.

Posted: February 7th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

7 injured in 3-vehicle smashup in Quezon City

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Seven people were injured in a three-vehicle smashup involving a tourist bus, a passenger jeepney and a tricycle on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Posted: January 23rd, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

3 more kids die in Metro fire

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A man looks at the destroyed roof of his house in Manila on November 24, 2012 after an overnight fire razed a slum area. Three children died during the fire and almost 150 people were affected according to local media report. AFP PHOTO/NOEL CELIS

Three children, two of them left asleep alone in their home, were killed when fire razed a slum area in Quezon City on Friday night. At least 150 families were left homselss.

Posted: November 24th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

Marker to rise in honor of ‘killer highway’ victims

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A marker in honor of the people who perished on the so-called “killer highway” and their role in spurring the Quezon City government and the University of the Philippines (UP) into making road safety a priority will soon rise near the spot where multi-awarded veteran journalist Chit Estella-Simbulan lost her life.

Posted: September 11th, 2012 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

8 injured in Quezon City ‘killer highway’ accident

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At least eight people were injured on Monday when a passenger bus was said to have lost its brakes and plowed through 10 vehicles in Quezon City along Commonwealth Avenue, dubbed the “killer highway,” a rescue team of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Tuesday.

Posted: July 31st, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

7-vehicle pileup leaves 7 injured

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Seven people were injured after the driver of a passenger bus lost control over his vehicle which plowed into six others on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, Monday morning.

Posted: July 30th, 2012 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

Clash erupts again on Commonwealth Avenue, 2 media members injured

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Once again, clash erupted on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City after protesters destroyed the metal divider of the northbound and Southbound lane of the avenue as they try to bridge the police line. Video by Frances Mangosing MANILA, Philippines—Once again, clash erupted on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City after protesters destroyed the metal divider of [...]

Posted: July 23rd, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

Militant farmers’ group clashes with police on Commonwealth Avenue

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Clashes erupted along the southbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue after protesters tried to breach the police line by taking the opposite lane of the road where police have lined up earlier Monday to block rally groups from going beyond Ever Gotesco.

Posted: July 23rd, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

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