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AFP opens camp to motorists to ease traffic

The Armed Forces of the Philippines will temporarily  open to motorists three gates at its headquarters in Quezon City, Camp Aguinaldo, to ease traffic during the holidays. Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office,…

She’s fast, they’re furious

It was a scene straight from Grand Theft Auto. Like an action sequence from the popular video game, a road chase triggered by a car driver cited for a parking violation damaged several vehicles, endangered the lives…

Cop ‘invited’ to coffee with Digong

DAVAO CITY—President Duterte said he would “invite for coffee” the police officer who drove the van that plowed through a crowd of protesters on Wednesday outside the US Embassy in Manila, to ask him why he did…

Cop in van who rammed protesters did it before

The policeman at the center of an investigation of the violent dispersal of an anti-US rally who plowed into protesters with a van has been involved in a similar ramming incident six years ago, the Inquirer has…

Vehicle of Aguirre’s driver shot

The vehicle of the close-in security of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II was shot Tuesday. Aguirre said his security, Senior Inspector Ricaredo Sarmiento Marasigan, thought someone threw something at his red Hyundai Eon while he was driving…

‘No window hours’ expanded, extended

Citing its effectivity in easing traffic flow in the metropolis, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) agreed on Monday to implement the “no window hours” policy on 18 other major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, including Commonwealth and Taft…

MMDA takes to web to catch ‘kotong’ enforcers

Due to the recent spate of complaints against its traffic enforcers, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is hoping to launch soon a web portal where the public can immediately report unscrupulous personnel. Through “Report Kotong” which…

P400 puts MMDA men’s jobs in peril

For extorting P400 from a motorist, two traffic constables of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are facing the prospect of losing their job. Wilfredo Banting and Jomar Carbonel said they received P200 each from a still…

Drug-dealing MMDA man nabbed

A traffic constable of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) who reportedly supplied UV Express drivers with “shabu” (methampethamine hydrochloride) was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Sunday. Dexter Lucas, a member of the MMDA’s motorcycle riding…

Death in police car for 2 men in girl’s rape, slay

Two suspects in the rape and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Bacoor City, Cavite province, who were allegedly high on drugs when they committed the crime, were killed inside a police car after they tried to…

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