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The foul odor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) leaking from a defective valve of a Petron station located at the corner of Makati and Gil Puyat Avenues caused panic among Petron personnel, workers in nearby offices and passersby yesterday afternoon.


The leak, which started at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, also resulted in a monstrous traffic jam as Makati City policemen and firemen started securing the area to prevent motorists from approaching the refilling station.
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"Hindi pwede ang japorms. (Looking cool is unacceptable.) A police officer is a police officer, not an action star," he told The STAR in an interview after informing his station commanders and other unit heads of the new rule.
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Makati City Police chief, Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, said he left the hospital sometime around midnight apparently to avoid media attention.

Leviste, 67, who was charged for homicide after he shot his executive officer Rafael delas Alas to death last Jan. 12, checked himself in at the MMC before surrendering to Mayor Jejomar Binay.
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Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, Makati City police chief, said investigators are verifying the authenticity of the firearm license of Leviste covering the .380 caliber handgun used in shooting his aide Rafael de las Alas.

If the documents covering the handgun are in order, Cruz said Leviste will still face homicide charges for the killing of De las Alas. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379735 [Title] => Crime in Makati down — police [Summary] => Crime in Makati City has dropped over the last three years, the Makati City police disclosed yesterday.

Reported crimes slid to 430 in 2006 from to 435 in 2005 and 597 in 2004.

Meanwhile, the police’s crime solution efficiency slightly rose to 95 percent in 2006 from 94 and 93 percent in 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Makati police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz said indexed or high priority crimes — such as murder, homicide, physical injuries, robbery, theft and rape — dropped to 237 in 2006 from 324 and 402 in the previous years.
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Morena, 32, suffered a fractured left elbow with signs of hematoma, bruises and hematoma on the lower left hip and legs, and a black eye, while Mark Anthony Cruz, 21, sustained bruises on both arms, the neck, and different parts of the body as well as a lacerated upper lip.
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Superintendent Gilbert Cruz will issue a memorandum directing his men against huffing and puffing tobacco in public.

Cruz said he had been receiving complaints against policemen smoking while on duty, particularly those on board mobile patrol vehicles that roam the city streets.
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The improvement is meant to teach foreign nationals living and working in the country’s financial and business capital how to avoid become crime victims.

"We are now working on the upgrade. Our DVD, Criminal Modus Operandi, will soon have Mandarin Chinese and English subtitles," Makati City police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372129 [Title] => Makati residents can now email police chief [Summary] => Residents of the country’s financial and business capital can now make use of the Internet to report crime and other concerns directly to the chief of the local police.

Messages sent via electronic mail are sure to reach Makati City Police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, who reads his messages at least every two days.

"It’s a direct link to me. It gives the people the power to directly talk to me and inform the police of anything that needs to be attended to concerning crime, peace and order, and other related matters," Cruz said.
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                    [Title] => LPG leak causes panic in Makati
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The foul odor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) leaking from a defective valve of a Petron station located at the corner of Makati and Gil Puyat Avenues caused panic among Petron personnel, workers in nearby offices and passersby yesterday afternoon.


The leak, which started at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, also resulted in a monstrous traffic jam as Makati City policemen and firemen started securing the area to prevent motorists from approaching the refilling station.
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"Hindi pwede ang japorms. (Looking cool is unacceptable.) A police officer is a police officer, not an action star," he told The STAR in an interview after informing his station commanders and other unit heads of the new rule.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381157 [Title] => Leviste quietly leaves hospital [Summary] => Three days after posting bail, former Batangas governor Antonio Leviste was discharged from the Makati Medical Center yesterday.

Makati City Police chief, Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, said he left the hospital sometime around midnight apparently to avoid media attention.

Leviste, 67, who was charged for homicide after he shot his executive officer Rafael delas Alas to death last Jan. 12, checked himself in at the MMC before surrendering to Mayor Jejomar Binay.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380075 [Title] => Leviste may be charged with illegal gun possession [Summary] => Police are eyeing to file additional charges of illegal possession of firearm against former Batangas governor Antonio Leviste if it turns out the fatal handgun used in the killing of his aide is an unlicensed firearm.

Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, Makati City police chief, said investigators are verifying the authenticity of the firearm license of Leviste covering the .380 caliber handgun used in shooting his aide Rafael de las Alas.

If the documents covering the handgun are in order, Cruz said Leviste will still face homicide charges for the killing of De las Alas. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379735 [Title] => Crime in Makati down — police [Summary] => Crime in Makati City has dropped over the last three years, the Makati City police disclosed yesterday.

Reported crimes slid to 430 in 2006 from to 435 in 2005 and 597 in 2004.

Meanwhile, the police’s crime solution efficiency slightly rose to 95 percent in 2006 from 94 and 93 percent in 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Makati police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz said indexed or high priority crimes — such as murder, homicide, physical injuries, robbery, theft and rape — dropped to 237 in 2006 from 324 and 402 in the previous years.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378148 [Title] => Actress, former BF swap charges after violent fight [Summary] => Actress Lara Morena and her former boyfriend filed criminal charges against each other yesterday after the two figured in a violent fight inside Morena’s condominium unit in Makati City.

Morena, 32, suffered a fractured left elbow with signs of hematoma, bruises and hematoma on the lower left hip and legs, and a black eye, while Mark Anthony Cruz, 21, sustained bruises on both arms, the neck, and different parts of the body as well as a lacerated upper lip.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377118 [Title] => No smoking for Makati police [Summary] => Makati City police officers – especially those on mobile patrol operations – will no longer be allowed to smoke while on duty beginning January.

Superintendent Gilbert Cruz will issue a memorandum directing his men against huffing and puffing tobacco in public.

Cruz said he had been receiving complaints against policemen smoking while on duty, particularly those on board mobile patrol vehicles that roam the city streets.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372669 [Title] => Crime prevention DVD soon available for foreigners [Summary] => Makati City’s informative DVDs that expose how street criminals operate will soon be available with Mandarin Chinese and English subtitles.

The improvement is meant to teach foreign nationals living and working in the country’s financial and business capital how to avoid become crime victims.

"We are now working on the upgrade. Our DVD, Criminal Modus Operandi, will soon have Mandarin Chinese and English subtitles," Makati City police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372129 [Title] => Makati residents can now email police chief [Summary] => Residents of the country’s financial and business capital can now make use of the Internet to report crime and other concerns directly to the chief of the local police.

Messages sent via electronic mail are sure to reach Makati City Police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, who reads his messages at least every two days.

"It’s a direct link to me. It gives the people the power to directly talk to me and inform the police of anything that needs to be attended to concerning crime, peace and order, and other related matters," Cruz said.
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