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PNP opens one-stop shop at MOA
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Debold Sinas, said the opening of an extension office of the Civil Security Group (CSG) at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) is part of the ongoing efforts to adjust to the "new normal" brought by the pandemic, according to a report by Philippine News A...
AFP chief says DND-UP accord unconstitutional
The Department of National Defense-University of the Philippines (DND-UP) accord was a violation of the equal protection clause under the 1987 Constitution, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief-of-staff Gen. Gilbert Gapay said in a report by Philippine News Agency. In a statement, Gapay said it wa...
MMDA asks DPWH to restore street lights
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to improve lighting fixtures on major thoroughfares across the metropolis, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Abalos said street lights are important t...
Belmonte, Abalos inspect Balintawak Market
Ininspeksyon nina Mayor Joy Belmonte at Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. ang Balintawak Market kaugnay ng road clearing operations na isinasagawa sa buong Metro Manila. Inatasan rin ni Mayor Belmonte ang mga barangay sa QC na paigitingin ang ginagawang clearing s...
1,834 police officers promoted
Some 1,834 police officers in Metro Manila have been promoted to higher ranks, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In a statement on Saturday, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief, Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said the police officers passed the rigid screening and ...
MMDA keeps coding scheme suspended
The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or number coding scheme remains suspended indefinitely, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. This was according to newly-appointed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos Jr., who took his oath of offi...
New MMDA chairman visits Muntinlupa
Newly installed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos paid a courtesy call to Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi last January 15. Chairman Abalos discussed MMDA’s plans to decongest traffic in NCR, including the COVID-19 management in the region to Mayor Fre...
PNP nabs 3 ranking Reds wanted for several raps
Police authorities have arrested three ranking communist terrorist leaders in Luzon and the Visayas wanted for several charges in separate operations on Thursday, the country's top cop said on Friday. “The Warrants of Arrest were issued against wanted CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the P...
Stricter community quarantine eyed
Malacañang Palace raised the possibility that the government might tighten the implementation of nationwide community quarantine following the detection of the first case of B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant, also known as the United Kingdom (UK) variant, in the Philippines, according to a repo...
City Garden Grande Hotel faces fines
The Department of Tourism (DOT) slapped the City Garden Grand Hotel (CGGH) in Makati City with suspension, fines, and revocation of its certificate to operate following a probe into the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera inside its premises, according to a report by Philippine News Agen...