A residential and commercial building in Padre Rada St., Tondo, Manila caught fire at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
City Fire Marshal Emilio Langkay said the fire started around 6 p.m. and immediately escalated to a Level 3 alarm because the building was made of light materials.
Fire out was declared at 6:30 p.m.
Langkay said the fire damaged an estimated P200,000 worth of property.
The building was owned by a certain Virgilio delos Reyes.
No casualties were reported.
Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fire.

MANILA, Philippines—Fire hit a warehouse Thursday afternoon in Tondo, Manila, authorities said.

Reports from the Manila Fire District said the fire started at around 1:15 p.m. at a warehouse on the corner of Juan Luna and Morga streets in Tondo.

Firefighters placed the blaze under control at around 2:27 p.m. but a fire out had yet to be declared.

Arson investigators were still determining the cause of the blaze, as well as the estimated cost of damaged property.

On the first day of classes, police in the cities of Manila and Pasay kept an extra-tight watch against kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gangs in schools with Chinese-Filipino students.

In Manila, radio dzBB’s Carlo Mateo reported that the Manila Police District (MPD) increased visibility and patrols around Chinese schools in the city’s Tondo area.

Children of Chinese-Filipino traders have been considered a “favorite” target of KFR groups, as their parents are perceived to pay ransom without reporting kidnapping incidents to authorities.

MPD head Chief Superintendent Rodolfo Magtibay personally inspected police preparations around Chinese schools in the area early Tuesday, the report said.

Similarly heightened was police security on De La Salle University and the College of St. Benilde in Manila, where many children of Chinese Filipinos also study.

In Pasay City, dzBB’s Denver Trinidad reported that police kept tight watch over a Chinese Filipino school there, with a police 6×6 truck is being detailed in the area.

Meanwhile, in Davao City, police have also kept close watch over schools where children of Chinese Filipinos are known to study.

Source:GMA News

Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim ordered Sunday the immediate closure and demolition of a school annex building after it was declared condemned by City Hall building officials.

The Dr. Juan Nolasco High School annex building in Tondo, Manila was earlier declared condemned due to its state of deterioration.

Lim said he ordered the demolition of the condemned school annex building to prevent untoward incidents from happening, adding that it would be risky for teachers, students and occupants of the building to stay there.

With the imminent demolition of the school, Lim also ordered the construction of a new building in a dialogue with the officers and faculty of the school.

The Nolasco High School Annex is a four-story building composed of eight classrooms in the third and fourth floors; the first floor is occupied by clerical and property custodian rooms while the second floor houses the library.

The high school annex building was built about nine years ago.

“Actually, it is not an old building. But the building was recommended to be demolished because the lot where it was erected was too soft and it is dangerous,” said Louise Behan, Manila City Hall information officer.

“City Hall Engineer Armand Andres recommended its demolition to the Mayor. The new school annex building will be built in a lot that has better foundation,” Behan said.

Lim instructed the city engineering office to demolish the Nolasco High School Annex and prioritize the construction of a new five-story building.

He also ordered the relocation of squatters within the perimeter of the building and also the construction of a footbridge which will traverse the Pritil estero for the benefit of the students, faculty and the community, thereby reducing the transportation budget of students to and from school.

Lim wanted the new building to be constructed before June this year.

Source: Manila Bulletin

Sanay kasi tayong magbasa ng from left to right pero since oriental itong theme originally the blog post title goes like this…

Posted in Uncategorized on 07/23/2009 05:32 am Bad trip na Erpat hinostage

pero ngayon naayos ko na to make the title float to the left.
and also, try ko na rin mag-update more often.  thank you po!

Lopez made his mark in Philippine history for fighting off foreign invaders in the war against the Spaniards in 1896, against the Americans in 1899, and the Japanese in 1947 as a soldier, propagandist and journalist, using his words to inspire the spirit of nationalism among the oppressed Filipinos of his time.

Lopez was best known for preparing an almanac used as a propaganda material to promote the Philippine cause during the underground days of the revolution. The calendar of Lopez traced its roots way back to 1897, when it was still under the name of “La Sonrisa” (The Smile), before it was chased deep into the underground where it earned the new name “Dimasalang” (The Untouchable).

After the revolution, Lopez also entered the world of politics when he became one of the first councilors of Manila in 1916-1920.

Among the activities scheduled for the day are masses to be held at the St. Joseph Gagalangin Church, Tonodo Church, and Manila Tayuman Cathedral, to be followed by a commemorative rite at 8:30 a.m. at Sentro ng Karunungan Building on Tayuman corner Dagupan St., Tondo, Manila.

Source MB

Sabi nga daw ni Gomez yung ibang games sa dating garbage dumpsite sa tondo na naging simbulo ng kahirapan sa Pilipinas pero ngayon ay kino-convert sa isang public park.

Limang (5) team ang mag-rerepresent sa Manila, at karamihan dito ay manglalaro galing sa kilalalang-kilala ng buong mundo na Smokey Mountain and iba pang lugar na slum area sa tondo.

“This will be the biggest Philippine Series ever in terms of teams participating,” Gomez said during the Scoop sa Kamayan-Padre Faura. “It goes to show that the Little League program, the largest mass-based, grassroots-oriented youth development program in the world, has come of age here.”

Manila, through Mayor Alfredo Lim and Masco chairman Niño dela Cruz, will be hosting some 1,300 players in boys’ baseballs and girls’ softballs.

So kung feel mong mamasyal, manood o maglaro ng softball or baseball – tara na sa smokey mountain ng tondo!!

Source: Inquirer

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III dropped by the Pritil public market in Tondo, Manila the other day to assure buyers that it was still safe to eat pork as long as the meat had been properly handled and thoroughly cooked before it is served.

Duque immediately played down implications of the first pig-to-human transmission of the virus. He said the pig handler, who was not identified, had been infected more than six months ago but remains healthy, claiming he has had no serious illness in the past 12 months.

The Department of Agriculture, meanwhile, has advised the public to buy its meat only from National Meat Inspection Services (NMIS)-certified sources to ensure that the pork came from healthy pigs.

A team of international health experts arrived in the country earlier this month to work with local experts to contain the spread of the particular strain of Ebola virus found in some dead pigs.

It was the first time the Ebola Reston virus had been detected in pigs, although the specific Ebola strain had been found before in monkeys in the country.

Ebola virus can be trasmitted through contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of an infected animal or person.
The Ebola Reston virus is reportedly a milder strain unlike the Zaïre, Sudan and Bundibugyo strains associated with the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Africa.

source: inquirer

eto ang ulat mula sa isang tanyag na source;
Eduardo Laviña, of Manuguit, Tondo, was declared dead on arrival from multiple stab wounds in the body.

Ayon sa  report na ginawa ng Manila Police District homicide section ang krimen ay naganap bandang 2:00 a.m. on a sidewalk fronting a house at 1512 C.M. Recto Street in Sta. Cruz.

Homicide investigators said that before the incident, Laviña was sleeping on the sidewalk when, a witness claimed, a certain Joel Trinidad, a member of the Bahala na Gang, approached him.

Without any provocation, Trinidad pulled out a knife and allegedly stabbed Laviña several times and then fled the scene. Bystanders brought the bloodied victim to the nearest hospital in an attempt to save him but the effort proved futile.

MPD operatives have launched a hunt for Trinidad, who investigators said could have been motivated by an old grudge to murder the victim.

source: inquirer

According to MMDA Chairman B. Fernando, the newly completed Abucay pumping station in tondo will be operational by May 2009.

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The Abucay facility is located along Abucay Street in Tondo, adjacent to the Estero de Maypajo.

“With our Abucay pumping station, we expect to lessen the flooding along Espana, Dimasalang and the whole Sampaloc area,” he said.

The newly-built floodwater pumping facility is the MMDA’s continuing response to the perennially flooded Sampaloc area, a 7.90-square-kilometer residential and educational center of Manila.

MMDA Flood Control Management Office (FCMO) chief Baltazar Melgar said aside from Espana Boulevard, the pumping station will also service Dapitan, Laong-Laan, and Dimasalang streets, the main thoroughfares in Sampaloc area, including Morayta and Recto streets in the University Belt.

The Abucay station will act as receptacle of floodwaters that pass through the 2.9-kilometer Blumentritt Interceptor, a series of culverts that collect floodwaters coming from Quezon City.

It will also control the overflowing of Estero de Maypajo during heavy rains, Melgar said.

Melgar added the interceptor has not been working properly since it could no longer accommodate the volume of floodwaters, particularly during rainy season.

First conceptualized in October 2007, the Abucay pumping station was built at the cost of P80 million, which include the purchase of a 630-hectare private lot where the facility now stood.

The pumping station has three axial-type pumps, each of which has a capacity of 2.0 cubic meters per second, much faster than the old pumping stations being operated by the MMDA.

Earlier, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando cited figures from the MMDA Flood Control and Sewerage Office showing that the agency has made great strides in flood-control efforts since 2002 when flood control programs and sewage management were turned over from Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Previously, there had been massive areas in Metro Manila that used to be under water during heavy downpour, with 7,262 hectares of land flooded in 2003.

It was, however, cut down to just 6,700 hectares in the following year.

Before the implementation of flood control programs, a total of 13,100 hectares equivalent to five cities had been flood-prone.

Fernando said many streets and roads in Metro Manila which have been usually impassable during heavy rains are now accessible to most vehicles with the implementation of the programs.

From 2002 to 2005, with a 40 mm/hr of rainfall volume, about two to three kilometers of roads were not passable but in the succeeding years, these areas have been passable to motor vehicles.

For the same period, around 20 kilometers of road had been rendered inaccessible with 60 mm/hr of rainfall intensity, compared to a kilometer of impassable stretch of road in 2005 and 2006 with the same volume of rainfall.

With a 100 mm/hr of rainfall in 2003 and 2004, some 30 to 40 kilometers had been impassable, which have been reduced to only six to eight kilometers of inaccessible roads in 2005 and 2007.

Aside from these physical improvements, Fernando said, the agency has also been conducting a year-round clean-up of waterways, canals and gutters as part of their anti-flood control efforts.

An information campaign has also been mounted with the help of local government units and non-government organizations especially for those who are living near waterways and other areas classified as “danger-zones” or flood-prone.

source: balita