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Customs buys new cars despite missed targets

MANILA, Philippines—Despite its failure to meet its revenue targets for 10 consecutive months this year, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently acquired 20 brand-new Toyota Vios cars. “Pamaskong handog sa mga bata ni Secretary (Cesar) Purisima sa…

P190M LaFerrari to enter PH, owned by politician

One unit of the extremely limited-edition supercar LaFerrari, of only 499 to be produced, will soon arrive in the country. The owner? A politician from the North.   The LaFerrari is dubbed the company’s most ambitious road…

Bulacan mayor, mom no-shows in ‘road rage’ probe

The investigation into the gun-toting ‘road rage’ incident in Quezon City involving the vehicles of a mayor in Bulacan has not moved forward, as Mayor Patrick Meneses of Bulakan, Bulacan province, and his mother Priscilla failed to…

Raps eyed vs Bulacan mayor, mom for ‘road rage’ incident

Bulacan town mayor Patrick Meneses and his mother, Priscilla, may be accused of obstruction of justice should they continue to refuse police invitations to shed light on a harrowing ‘‘road rage” incident involving their vehicles last week…

Bulacan mayor denies he was in QC ‘road rage’ incident

MALOLOS, Bulacan, Philippines — “I am not part of the alleged traffic incident.” Finally breaking his silence, Mayor Patrick Meneses of Bulakan town in Bulacan province denied having any part in the Oct. 27 road rage incident…

UP professor in road rage files raps vs Bulacan mayor

MANILA, Philippines–“My family is shaken by the brazenness of these men,” Inquirer publisher Raul Pangalangan said, shaking his head. Those men, apparently armed bodyguards for a government official, gave his family—wife Elizabeth, son Miguel Enrico, 21, daughter-in-law…

QCPD steps up ‘road rage’ probe

After a complaint about a road rage incident, police on Tuesday traced the license plate registration of a silver Innova, which figured the incident victimizing the family of a University of the Philippines (UP) professor in Quezon…

Armed VIP bodyguard harasses U.P. professor in traffic row

MANILA, Philippines — A University of the Philippines (UP) professor who was on her way to a cemetery in Tandang Sora was threatened by an armed man, purportedly a bodyguard of a VIP, in a traffic altercation…

‘Good Samaritan QC cop’ goes viral on social media

There are still good cops around. A photo of a Quezon city policeman has gone ‘viral’ online—this time, it’s a positive one. The subject of the Facebook post is Project 4 policeman, SPO1 Ariel Camiling, of the…

Trillanes denies owning “luxury” cars

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV  strongly denied on Tuesday  owning  eight  luxury  cars, saying  he only had a second-hand 1996 Nissan Terrano which he sold to bankroll his senatorial bid in 2007. He was eacting  to the United…

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