Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 10:08:29 +0000
Hundreds of people joined a series of events in Binondo, Manila – the home of one of the world’s oldest Chinatown – as the Filipino-Chinese community welcomed the Chinese New Year yesterday. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso joined the celebrants as early as Friday night in a concert at Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz before […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:46:30 +0000
The anti-kidnapping unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued in Manila a young Korean man from his fellow citizen who abducted him when he discovered that the suspect was involved in telephone fraud, authorities disclosed Wednesday. Brigadier General Jonnel Estomo, head of the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG), identified the suspect as Na Jin Suk, […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:32:11 +0000
President Duterte on Friday warned owners of water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila Water against filing Temporary Restraining Orders against the government or he will be forced to arrest them. Duterte issued the warning amid the government’s attempt to strike a new deal with the two water concessionaires after finding out that their original contract was […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:24:21 +0000
President Duterte on Friday said that he will look into the contract of the Light Rail Transit with the government next as he expressed anew his frustration over the onerous contract between the government and two water distribution companies in Metro Manila. In a speech in Davao City, Duterte said he will check the LRT […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 06:46:01 +0000
The northeast monsoon or “amihan” and the tail-end of a cold front will be the dominant weather systems across the country over the weekend as the low-pressure area off the Philippine Sea dissipated yesterday. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration weather specialist Ezra Bulquerin said the tail-end of a cold front, which is the […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:28:20 +0000
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low-pressure area east of Mindanao that may bring rains over the eastern part of the country in the next few days. PAGASA weather specialist Ariel Rojas said the LPA was estimated 2,500 kilometers east of Mindanao yesterday morning. The weather disturbance is still outside […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:03:46 +0000
Black Nazarene devotees may have to prepare for some light rains during the annual procession today, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday. Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of passing light rains during this year’s Traslacion. Winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:03:35 +0000
Police nabbed four persons, including three minors, after they were allegedly caught in a pot session in an apartment in Barangay Gen. T. de Leon in Valenzuela City last Friday. Police identified the suspects as Jayson Angelo dela Peña, 18, out-of-school youth, resident of the area; and “Jay,” 17; “Carl,” 17; and “Drin,” 17. Investigation […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:58:59 +0000
A man who was about to visit his detained friend also ended up in jail after trying to smuggle two sachets of suspected shabu stuffed in bread last Friday in Quezon City. Arrested by personnel of the Quezon City Police District Station 7 (Cubao) was 47-year-old Pedro Pacatang Jr., resident of Mandaluyong City. A report […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:26:47 +0000
Monday morning was slightly cold and breezy for Baguio City and Metro Manila residents as air temperature dropped to 11.8 degrees Celsius and 21.9 degrees Celsius, respectively. Yesterday was the coldest day so far for both areas since the start of the “amihan” or northeast monsoon season last Oct. 25. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and […]
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