200 firecracker injuries recorded before Yearend revelry »
A total of 200 injuries of firecracker-related incidents nationwide were recorded two days before the New Year’s eve according to National Epidemiology Center (NEC).
The NEC stated this incident is 38 cases (22 percent) higher compared to last year and 29 (16 percent) higher than the five-year average of daily cumulative cases (2004-2008). No deaths were [...]
Bus hits flyover, 20 hurt »
A total of 20 people were injured when a bus rammed in the column of a flyover in Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) Northbound lane yesterday in Makati City.
From the initial report of Senior Police Officer Christopher Millares ,Makati Traffic Management Unit, the Mega Bus Line driven by Fredwaldy Jueves was racing with another vehicle [...]
Police shot dead in QC »
A Quezon City Police Deputy Commander was shot to death Monday night while entering a videoke bar.
The investigator said the victim, Chief Inspector Michael Coo, went to the videoke bar after attending the Christmas Party to meet someone. He was entering Tita Ritz Videoke Bar on Commonwealth Avenue,Fairview, when a motorcycle-riding gunman shot him 4 [...]
Manigong Bagong Taon, May Pagbabago Nga Ba? »
Ilang araw na lang at magpapalit nanaman tayo ng taon, iiwanan na natin ang taong 2009 at haharapin ang 2010.
Maraming nangyaring hindi natin malilimutan ngayong 2009, lalo na ang ilang mga trahedya sa bansa, ang pinsalang dinala ng bagyong Ondoy at ng ilan pang bagyong sumunod dito, ang patayan sa Maguindanao ngunit sino ba namang [...]
Missing Passengers feared trapped inside the vessel »
Three days after the collision of a wooden-hulled passenger boat and a fishing vessel that left 3 people dead and 24 are still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard has not yet determine the cause of the incident.
PCG Chief Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo made a statement that the 24 missing people might have been trapped inside the [...]
3 dead, 23 still missing in sea mishap (Updated) »
At least four people were confirmed dead and 23 are still missing after a wooden-hulled passenger motorized vessel loaded with passengers traveling to spend Christmas in provinces collided into a fishing boat and sank off to Limbones Island Wednesday Morning, 1 day before Christmas.
“The information we got from our field said there are three bodies [...]
Archbishop Rosales: Automation will not solve election woes »
“The ultimate solution to our election problems does not exactly depend on the automated machines, but in the well thought of, more seriously considered, and much prayed for choice , regardless of money or favor,” Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales stated in his Christmas day message.
He told the importance of making the right decision in selecting [...]
2 vessels collide in Cavite coast »
46 rescued and 27 people are still missing when a passenger boat and a fishing vessel collided off Thursday Morning according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
“Our search teams have found 3 bodies, but we continue to search for two dozen still missing,” Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Lt. Commander Armand Balilo said.
MV Catalyan B, a [...]
Ipadama ang Pasko sa mga biktima ng Mayon- Mar Roxas »
Sa pagdalaw ni Senador Mar Roxas sa Albay kung saan nagbigay sila ng tulong kasama ang kanyang running mate na si Senador Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ay nanawagan sya sa pamahalaan at publiko na magkapit bisig sa pagtulong upang maipadama ng lahat ang pasko sa mga biktima ng pag aalburuto ng Bulkang Mayon.
Matatandaang ilang linggo [...]
Big fire leaves 3,000 families homeless in Pasay-Makati »
A total of 3,000 families of three barangays between the boundary of Pasay and Makati are homeless this Christmas due to a big fire lasted for more than three hours Wednesday morning.
The fire damaged over P5-million of properties and left 1 injured who identified as Jun Jun Buenafe, a resident of Bangkal, Makati City.
The authority [...]
Deadly ashfall puffs on Mayon »
Clustered ash puffing and thirty small explosions were recorded Tuesday on the Mayon Volcano’s summit.
“It’s not very thick, just a few millimeters of ash, but that is the most dangerous part because it is very fine ash,” [...]
16.4 billion pork barrel for senators »
Almost 16.4 billion will be the budget for the pork barrel of the senators that is included in the P1.541 trillion 2010 national budget. The said amount will be divided among the 23 senators where they will get P400-million each.
The pork barrel of each senator last year was only P200-million.
The individual insertions of the senators [...]