MMDA to impose higher fines on EDSA bus lane violators

MANILA, Philippines – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will impose higher fines on those who will illegally use the exclusive city bus lane along EDSA effective next Monday, November 13.

BOI Bans American Sex Offender

MANILA, Philippines — An American convicted of sex crimes involving minors was barred from entering the country last Nov. 2, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported yesterday.
Thomas Henry Vander Waal, 39, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on a flight from Taipei, Taiwan but immigration officers found his name was on the BI’s alert list of registered sex offenders, the bureau said in a statement.