MetroBriefs

Makati sends second rescue team to Tacloban

The Makati City government has deployed another batch of rescuers to assist in the retrieval of bodies in the typhoon-hit province of Leyte. In a statement, Makati Mayor Junjun Binay said the 15-man team left for Tacloban City on Monday morning on board a C-130 plane of the Philippine Air Force. After setting up camp at Remedios T. Romualdez Hospital, the team immediately swung into operation. As of Tuesday, it has retrieved 12 bodies from various areas in San Jose. “The first batch of Makati Rescue and Philippine K-9 members returned to Metro Manila last Dec. 6. During their five-day operations in San Jose, they were able to retrieve 38 victims, including some children,” Binay said. The first team was accompanied by trained search dogs “Drena” and “Ash.” The second batch of rescuers, on the other hand, are all from Makati Rescue which has teamed up with International K9 Search and Rescue Services. Niña P. Calleja

Car theft suspect yields stolen motorcycle

A man was charged with theft after he was caught driving a motorcycle earlier reported stolen by its owner, a 17-year-old student, in Malabon City. What was ironic, however, was that the suspect, Jayson Dalisay, a 28-year-old driver from San Jose Street in Pandacan, Manila, was arrested by the Malolos police in Bulacan for the theft of another vehicle. The motorcycle owner, a student of De La Salle-Araneta University in Malabon City, told the police that he drove the vehicle to school on Monday morning. When he returned nearly two hours later, the motorcycle was gone, prompting him to report its loss to the police. Later in the day, the Malolos police arrested Dalisay for the theft of another vehicle. When they checked the motorcycle he was driving at the time of his arrest, they found out that it had just been reported stolen. Nathaniel R. Melican

100 kilos of ‘hot’ buffalo meat from India seized

Around 100 kilos of meat illegally imported from India were seized from a public market in Parañaque City Wednesday morning. A joint team from the City Veterinary Office which is under the local agriculture department and the National Meat Inspection Board conducted surprise inspections at the Bicutan Public Market.  Nilo Germedia, head of the Parañaque City agriculture department, said a vendor was about to unpack what was supposedly frozen beef when inspectors arrived at 5:30 a.m. and found out that he was selling buffalo meat imported from India.  Niña P. Calleja