Box with 12 grenades found in front of condo
The discovery on Tuesday of a boxful of hand grenades in front of a condominium in Pasig City is not part of a terror plot, according to a police official. “There is no cause for alarm,” Senior Superintendent Jessie Cardona, Pasig police chief, said Wednesday. He added that the grenades were probably owned by a former military man who wanted to get rid of these but did not know how to dispose of the explosives properly. A dozen 40 mm high-explosive grenades packed into a box were found by a garbage collector around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday in a trash bin in front of Villa Regina Condominium in Barangay (village) Bambang. The grenades, which according to the police are usually issued to military men, looked old. Cardona said that the owner of the grenades probably got rid of the explosives because he was afraid that these might explode. The explosives have been turned over by the police to members of the Explosives and Ordnance Division of the Eastern Police District for proper disposal.—Niña Calleja
Boy falls out of school bus
An 8-year-old boy was injured after he fell from a school service vehicle at the intersection of North and Mindanao Avenues in Quezon City Wednesday. Senior Police Officer 2 Reynaldo Patiag of the Quezon City Police District’s Traffic Enforcement Group said Joshua Bao-Bao,
a student of Bagong Pag-asa Elementary School, was taken to East Avenue Medical Center for treatment. His condition was described as stable. The boy was on his way to school around 6 a.m. Wednesday when he fell out of the school bus. Witnesses said the vehicle was on North Avenue and about to turn right on Mindanao Avenue when its rear door swung open. The boy who was seated at the rear of the vehicle fell out of his seat and onto the road. Patiag said the driver of the school service would be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in physical injuries.—Nancy C. Carvajal