Catapang announces change of guards at Bilibid Maximum Security Compound
Inmate-supervisors at the National Bilibid Prison-Maximum Security Compound meet with Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Dir. Gen. Gregorio Catapang Jr. He introduced BuCor Sr. Insp Purificacion Hari as acting superintendent for the Maximum Security compound in Muntinlupa City on Wednesday. Catapang announced the change of guards at the facility to address reported irregularities and corruption issues. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Nurses push for 50K living wage
Members of the Filipino Nurses United (FNU) parade along Padre Faura to the Philippine General Hospital in Manila on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, for its 3rd National Congress with the theme " Advancing Nurses' Rights and Welfare for better service to the People." The group reiterated its call for a P50,000 entry level salary for nurses and massive hiring to address understaffing, among others. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Rescue operation at MRT-3
Rescue workers attend to an unidentified female passenger who allegedly jumped onto the tracks of the southbound side of MRT-3 Quezon Avenue station in Quezon City on Wednesday. The passenger was found alive and has been transported to the East Avenue Medical Center according to the MRT-3 management. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Bb. Pilipinas unveils Glam Shot Photo Exhibit
Candidates of Binibining Pilipinas 2023 see their portraits during the unveiling of the pageant's Glam Shot Photo Exhibit in Quezon City on Wednesday. The exhibit is open for viewing at various malls until the Grand Coronation Night. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Dark clouds over the metro
Dark and heavy clouds loom over Metro Manila as seen in Antipolo City due to the first cyclone of the year, Tropical Depression Amang, on Wednesday. State weather forecasters say Amang will bring heavy to intense rains over the eastern parts of Luzon and Visayas and is expected to remain offshore until the end of the week but a landfall scenario over the Bicol Peninsula is not being ruled out. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Busted pipe inundates New Panaderos bridge
A man looks on as water gushing from a burst pipe floods the New Panaderos bridge near Kalentong Market in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday. Contractors of the water company were able to seal the pipe around 6:30pm Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Songkran celebrations start
Early revelers douse a woman during the annual Songkran festival which marks the Thai traditional New Year celebrated every April 13, at the tourist spot Khao San road in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Thailand resumes its water festival after a 3-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is celebrated by splashing water and putting powder on each other's faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the old year. Rungroj Yongrit, EPA-EFE
