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May
7
From inquirer.net:
By Nathaniel Melican
MANILA, Philippines—What began as a bicycle ride with friends for the manager of a local shipping firm on Saturday ended in his abduction, with a number of men dressed in police uniforms whisking him away to a still unknown location.
The Las Piñas Police identified the victim as Vicente Cordero III, 27, the manager of Shogun Ships Co. Inc., which specializes in transporting petroleum products from local refineries to individual clients.
Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said that the incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. Saturday while Cordero was biking with his companions along Daang Hari Road in front of the Versailles Subdivision in Las Piñas.
“Apparently, then, a white Mitsubishi Adventure van with plate number WBF 237 blocked the group. Only Cordero was taken away,” Sapitula said.
Around six men, all wearing the Philippine National Police athletic t-shirts and carrying M16 rifles and .45-caliber pistols, grabbed the struggling Cordero and threw him inside the van.
The kidnappers then drove off toward Alabang.
Sapitula said the police have yet to identify the abductors.
“While we still do not know who did this, our officers are monitoring the city to spot the vehicle used,” he said, adding investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the abduction.
Apr
20
Las Piñas clears waterways to prevent flooding; pursues greening activities
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Apr
20
Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road concession agreement signed
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Source: Philippine Star, 08 April 2012
MANILA, Philippines – A concession agreement was entered last April 3, 2012 between the Philippine government through the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Ayala Corporation for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road.
The four-kilometer Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Link Road Project bagged by the Ayala group during the December 2011 open, transparent and competitive bidding at the DPWH central office is the very first infrastructure-building project auctioned by the President Benigno S. Aquino administration under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework.
The concession agreement was signed by DPWH secretary Rogelio L. Singson and Ayala Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala with DPWH undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut, DPWH assistant secretary Maria Catalina E. Cabral, and Ayala Corporation managing directors John Eric T. Francia and Ginaflor C. Oris as witnessed.
Secretary Singson said that the Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road Project would provide strategic access to the Cavite and Laguna area and much-needed relief to traffic in the congested Alabang-Zapote Road and Commerce Avenue.
Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road Project is a key component of the DPWH Metro Manila Urban Expressway Network Master Plan which intends to provide a high-standard highway within a 200-kilometer radius of Metro Manila
The Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road will be an additional access between Metro Manila and Cavite connecting rapidly growing towns of Imus, Dasmariñas and Bacoor to SLEx near the Susana Heights Interchange.
The DPWH chief welcomed the entry of Ayala Corporation as new key player in the tollways operation and is expected to further raise the standard for convenience and safety for motorists and travellers.
He also looks forward to awarding two (2) or more projects namely the NAIA Expressway Phase 2 Project and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx)-South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) Connector Project in addition to construction of more bridges and schoolbuildings in coordination with Department of Education.
Private sector financing in the construction, operation and maintenance of key infrastructure undertakings would also enable the government to channel funds for the upgrading and improvement of national roads and bridges nationwide, with the national arterial road targeted to be 100 percent paved by 2014 and national bridges 100 percent permanent by 2016, said Singson.
A very much delighted Mr. Zobel de Ayala said that this initial venture of the Ayala Corporation in the transport infrastructure under the government’s PPP program would provide significant opportunities for synergies within the Ayala group, as it cuts travel time to residential and commercial projects of the Ayala group in the rapidly growing part of the metropolis.
The chair of Ayala Corporation also expressed his deep appreciation to the men and women of DPWH as well as partner government agencies for the transparent, competitive and professional handling of the bidding for this project.
Civil works is expected to commence by May 2012 and the expressway expected to be fully operational on or before November 2013 following the Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) arrangement for a period of 30 years.
The Ayala conglomerate is getting into this project in partnership with Getinsa Ingineieria, a Spanish engineering company.
Apr
19
3 suspects arrested over Bobby Aguirre security people shooting in Las Pinas
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From pinoyown.com:
MANILA — Police arrested three suspects in shooting death of three security personnel of Banco Filipino owner Bobby Aguirre in BF Homes, Las Piñas City, on April 7.
Las Piñas police chief Romulo Sapitula said the three men were arrested in a follow up operation conducted in the city and in the nearby Parañaque City.
He said the suspects will be presented to the media at the National Capital Region Police Office at 2 p.m. Thursday.
At least 10 men broke into the compound of Aguirre on April 17 and fatally shot three security men stationed near the gate.
The incident killed retired police officer 2 Melvin Padaca, security guard David Manguera and Police Officer 3 Luistro Macatunao, who was assigned at the Police Security and Protection Group. (Sunnex)
Apr
19
MANILA, Philippines – A 25-year-old man was beaten and stabbed dead by players who kept on losing in the first-person shooter video game “Counter-Strike” at a computer shop in Las Piñas City after midnight Monday.
Eric Cristobal, a resident of Casimiro Townhomes, was playing when he was attacked by a certain “Puti” and two other players. “The suspect got angry when lost consistently in the game,” city police chief Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said.
The players, whose names were not disclosed, were arrested by police. Sapitula said he will meet with computer shop owners to avoid a repeat of the incident.
