MULTIPURPOSE EVACUATION CENTER. Photo shows the design of the proposed multi-purpose evacuation center to be built by the Department of Public Works and Highways -Aurora District Engineering Office (DPWH-ADEO) in Barangay Butas na Bato, Dingalan, Aurora. The facility will serve as a temporary shelter for residents who will be displaced in times of calamities. (Photo by DPWH Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Public Works and Highways - Aurora District Engineering Office (DPWH-ADEO) will start building another multi-purpose evacuation center in Dingalan, Aurora that will serve as a temporary shelter for residents in times of calamities. District Engineer Roderick Andal, in a statement Tuesday, said they target to finish the construction of the two-story facility by mid-June this year and turn it over to the local government unit of Dingalan before the onset of the typhoon season. The 480-square meter two-level facility will be built in the coastal barangay of B
MRT-3 (File photo) MANILA - None of the passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) tested for Covid-19 in February were found positive as compared to a 4 percent positivity rate in January. The MRT-3 said there were 488 antigen tests administered in MRT-3 stations as part of its voluntary and random Covid-19 testing compared to 1,335 antigen tests administered during the program's initial rollout from January 11 to 31. "The data shows a decline from the 4% positivity rate recorded under the first rollout of the random antigen testing," the MRT-3 said in a Facebook update Wednesday. The free random antigen testing in MRT stations will continue in March despite the National Capital Region (NCR) and several other areas in the country being placed under the least restrictive Alert Level 1. "Passengers can volunteer to take an antigen test for free at North Avenue, Cubao, and Shaw Boulevard stations, Mondays to Fridays, from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m., and from 4:00 to
MANILA - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Friday advised of road works along the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) and a motorcade along major roads in Quezon City over the weekend. In a traffic advisory, the MMDA said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will undertake reblocking and repairs along Edsa Northbound near Quirino Highway Exit, Edsa - Caloocan Southbound in front of Biglang Awa St. (4th lane from the sidewalk), and the innermost lane of Edsa - Northbound from E. Rodriguez St. to C. Jose St. in Pasay City. "Motorists are advised to take other lanes instead," the MMDA said. The road works, it said, will begin at 11 p.m. Friday and all affected roads will be "fully passable" by 5 a.m. Monday. On the other hand, a motorcade or caravan will take place in Quezon City on Sunday, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. It said the motorcade will pass through Quezon Memorial Circle, East Ave., Edsa, Cubao, Aurora Blvd., Rizal St., Quirino
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CHECKPOINT. A motorcycle rider stops at a checkpoint at the corner of Aurora Blvd. and Pinatubo St., Barangay San Martin De Porres, Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday night (Jan. 13, 2022). Police checkpoints have so far arrested 144 gun ban violators. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The weeklong checkpoints related to the 2022 national elections have netted 144 gun ban violators so far. A total of 121 firearms have been confiscated as of 6 a.m. Sunday. A total of 512 illegal weapons have been seized so far, including gun replicas. "Naki-usap naman kami, nagbigay kami ng maagang impormasyon. Gun ban, huwag tayo magdala ng baril (We issued appeals before the establishment of checkpoints. Gun ban, do not bring weapons)," Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said in a radio interview on Sunday. As a deputized agency of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Carlos said the PNP will ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the May 9 polls. Th