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QC mishap
Manila, Philippines – Six persons were hurt yesterday morning during a collision between a bus and a jeepney in Quezon City. Traffic probers said the fender bender took place at 8:45 a.m. along the Philcoa-bound lane of the Commonwealth Ave. in front of the Ever-Gotesco Mall in Brgy. Holy Spirit. (Jeffrey G. Damicog) Read More »
Carjackers take ex-cop’s SUV
Manila, Philippines – A retired cop lost at pre-dawn yesterday his lost his 2010 Hyundai Tucson (PRI-828) sports utility vehicle to armed carjackers while he was buying pan de sal at Pan de Manila Mindanao Ave. branch in Brgy. Bahay Toro, Quezon City. Egton Lescano, 52, of San Pedro Compound, Banlat Rd., Brgy. Tandang Sora, QC said two men approached him from behind and whacked his head with...
Cayetano to answer contempt rap
Manila, Philippines – The spokesman of Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano said yesterday that they will exhaust all legal remedies after defeated mayoralty candidate Dante O. Tinga filed a petition for contempt against the local chief executive before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). (Francis T. Wakefield) Incoming search terms:lani cayetano february 23 Read More »
Hearing reset
Manila, Philippines – The Pasay City Regional Trial (RTC) has reset the hearing on the motion filed by the lawyer of former poll chief Benjamin Abalos to fix bail on March 5. The same date was also set for Abalos’ arraignment on the 11 counts of electoral sabotage. RTC Banch 117 Judge Eugenio dela Cruz also ordered the prosecution panel, headed by Atty. Esmeralda Ladra to submit within...
Cops wanted for tourists’ kidnap
Manila, Philippines – Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has ordered yesterday the arrest of ten policemen accused of kidnapping four South Korean tourists in a plot involving their countrymen tour guides. Lim also ordered that the 10 be dropped from police rolls after they went into hiding on February 14, around the time the kidnapping incident occurred. “The incident is a tremendous and serious...
Senior claims P150-M 6/55 jackpot
Manila, Philippines – Six years of hoping to hit a jackpot of the popular on-line lotteries has paid off for a 72-year-old septuagenarian of a small town in Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas, as he claimed Tuesday morning the other half of Grand Lotto 6/55’s P300,150,554 offered on February 15. He defied 6/55’s odds of one in 28.99 million with one of his six-combination bets to match the...
Establishment refusal
Manila, Philippines – Third District Quezon City Councilor Allan Benedict Reyes asked the public to report business establishments that refuse to grant 20 percent discounts in the purchase of goods, medicines and other related services to special children as embodied in the city’s special children discount ordinance. (Chito A. Chavez) Incoming search terms:where is the exact location of bistekville...
Vehicular mishap
Manila, Philippines – A motorcycle passenger died while his companion driver got hurt after they got sideswiped by a delivery van in Quezon City Monday night. Traffic investigators identified the victim as Bernardo Dalmacio, of Pinadama St., Pilot, Mangahan, Quezon City. Dalmacio died on the spot following the incident that took place at around 8:35 p.m. along Payatas Road near Golden Shower...
Riverbank occupants
Manila, Philippines – The Parañaque City government announced that families who settled along the banks of the Parañaque river classified as a danger zone will soon have decent homes. Mayor Florencio Bernabe said his administration’s dream of relocating all families who settled along the riverbanks already started after a ground breaking was made at the 4.2 hectare lot located along C-5...
