Thieves break into Makati bike shop
By Jamie Elona
A still undetermined amount of cash was stolen when suspected thieves allegedly broke into a motorcycle shop in Makati City early Friday, police said.
A still undetermined amount of cash was stolen when suspected thieves allegedly broke into a motorcycle shop in Makati City early Friday, police said.
From “guns, goons and gold” to “glitters and gigabytes,” Philippine elections can go dirty and tawdry in many ways. But over 40 candidates for top positions in the Makati City local elections pledged to shun violence, vote buying and muckraking both onstage and online as they signed a “Covenant of Hope” on Friday before election officials, church and poll watchdog groups.
The thief who was caught hiding inside the office of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino over the weekend has been charged with three counts of robbery.
The robber caught inside Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino’s office wasn’t after any document, according to the Makati police.
MANILA, Philippines—A passenger was injured following a robbery incident inside a bus in Makati Thursday afternoon, a city police staff said. Imelda Pasillo of the Makati City police said passengers of Jayross bus (TXZ 610) passengers were held up by at least four unidentified suspects while they were traveling along Edsa inMakati at 4:48 [...]
Firemen had their hands full Thursday afternoon, battling two big blazes that broke out in residential areas in Makati City and Cainta, Rizal.
A woman lost her laptop computer, tablet and other gadgets to thieves who broke into her car by smashing one of the windows of her sport utility vehicle on Monday night.
A ruling issued last month by the Court of Appeals (CA) on the West Tower oil leak case has the two opposing sides both claiming victory.
In July 2010, oil seeped into the basement of the 22-story West Tower condominium in Barangay (village) Bangkal in Makati City, alarming residents in the area. The leak was eventually traced to five rice grain-sized holes in a portion of the 117-kilometer pipeline operated by First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC), just meters away from the condominium.
The Makati City government announced Wednesday that the office in charge of receiving applications for business license renewal and tax payments would be extending its operating hours until Jan. 18.
On Jan. 2, 1995, Makati was converted from a municipality into a highly urbanized city by virtue of Republic Act 7854. At present, Makati has around 113,500 households with an average household size of 4.5.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
A tricycle driver stabbed his neighbor, a taxi driver, over a parking spat last Sunday night.
There are a hundred thousand reasons why it’s more fun to grow old in Makati City.
