SENATE OKAYS BILL SETTING 5-YEAR TERM FOR BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS 
THOUSANDS MOURN ‘NANAY NENE NG TONDO’ 
P199.7-M SHABU, KUSH DECLARED AS PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM CANADA INTERCEPTED AT NAIA 
PGH READY TO ASSIST NKTI AS LEPTOSPIROSIS CASES RISE — PALACE 
ROMUALDEZ TRANSFERRED FROM HOSPITAL TO QC JAIL IN PAYATAS 
CONSTITUION BARS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT FROM BUSINESS PARTICIPATION — EX-SANDIGAN CHIEF 
VAT REMOVAL ON SYSTEM LOSS TO EASE POWER COSTS FOR FILIPINO CONSUMERS – SPEAKER DY 
CHIZ PUSHES FOR DIGITIZED SEA TRAVEL RECORDS 
2 HVIS NABBED, OVER P908-K SHABU SEIZED IN BATAAN, BULACAN STINGS 
‘ASWANG’ SHOT DEAD IN BULACAN 
15 TRAILER TRUCKS CARRYING P960-M SUSPECTED SMUGGLED CIGARETTES INTERCEPTED IN BATAAN, PAMPANGA 
AROUND P49-M ILLICIT CIGARETTES INTERCEPTED ON MACARTHUR HIGHWAY IN MABALACAT 
PRO3 REPORTS 16.82% DROP IN FOCUS CRIMES AMID JBM PATROL SYSTEM ROLLOUT 
SENATE OKAYS BILL SETTING 5-YEAR TERM FOR BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS 
PBBM IN INDIA TO JOIN WORLD LEADERS AT BRICS SUMMIT 
‘LOVE BUS’ RETURNS TO METRO MANILA; OFFERS FREE, COMMUTER-FRIENDLY RIDES 
PALAWAN-BOUND SHIP CATCHES FIRE; 5 DEAD, OVER 80 MISSING 
BEA ALONZO, BUSINESSMAN VINCENT CO NOW MARRIED 
SM MALLS HOST BTS ARMY CELEBRATIONS 
LEA SALONGA CONFIRMS SEPARATION FROM HUSBAND ROBERT CHIEN 
LAWMAKER URGES PUBLIC TO WATCH ‘I’MPERFECT’ 
LOINIE EXPECTING FIRST BABY 
ENCHANTED KINGDOM REOPENS GO-KART RACE TRACK, LAUNCHES CADET KARTS FOR KIDS 
ENCHANTED KINGDOM SHARES MAGIC, LOVE, PROSPERITY THIS FEBRUARY 
MPTC 2024 HAPPY HOLIDEALS: OVER P5-M PRIZES AWAIT LUCKY MOTORISTS 
THOUSANDS MOURN ‘NANAY NENE NG TONDO’
THOUSANDS of mourners on Sunday gathered to pay their final respects to Angela “Nanay Nene” Lopez Ching who passed away on Sept. 4. “Nanay...
FORMER House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is now behind bars after the Sandigabayan ordered his transfier from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) to the...
THE Constitution bars the President and Vice President from engaging directly or indirectly in business during their tenure, former Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang...
VAT REMOVAL ON SYSTEM LOSS TO EASE POWER COSTS FOR FILIPINO CONSUMERS – SPEAKER DY
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Monday welcomed the removal of the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) on allowable system loss charges, as...
P199.7-M SHABU, KUSH DECLARED AS PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM CANADA INTERCEPTED AT NAIA
BUREAU of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno, together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), led the inspection of more than P199.7 million...
SENATE OKAYS BILL SETTING 5-YEAR TERM FOR BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS
THE Senate approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2387, which seeks to fix the term of office of barangay officials and...
CHIZ PUSHES FOR DIGITIZED SEA TRAVEL RECORDS
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero is pushing for the rapid, nationwide rollout of the government’s maritime digital passenger manifest system after the Philippine Coast Guard...
PRESIDENT MARCOS MEETS WITH INDIAN AGENCIES ON RAILWAY PROJECTS, SPACE TECHNOLOGY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday met with two Indian organizations to explore cooperation on major railway projects and space technology development in...
PBBM IN INDIA TO JOIN WORLD LEADERS AT BRICS SUMMIT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in New Delhi, India on Friday night to join world leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit and meet...
GATCHALIAN WARNS OF LEARNING LOSS AMID WEATHER-RELATED CLASS DISRUPTIONS
SENATE President Win Gatchalian urged more localized and targeted class suspensions instead of blanket, system-wide declarations, emphasizing the need to prevent learning loss amid...
TRAIN, STRENGTHEN SK INSTEAD OF ABOLISHING IT – CAYETANO
SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano proposed tapping State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) to train barangay...
HOUSE TO ENSURE EVERY CENTAVO IN 2027 BUDGET ARE PROPERLY ALLOCATED FOR FILIPINOS – SPEAKER DY
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Saturday assured taxpayers that the House of Representatives will scrutinize every centavo in the proposed ₱7.2-trillion national...
‘LOVE BUS’ RETURNS TO METRO MANILA; OFFERS FREE, COMMUTER-FRIENDLY RIDES
THE “Love Bus” project has returned to Metro Manila offering free and commuter-friendly rides to the public. In a press briefing at the Philippine...
PH EMBASSY CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING FILIPINO DOCTOR IN NEPAL
THE Philippine Embassy in New Delhi, India continues to coordinate closely with Nepalese authorities in the search for Filipino physician Dr. Juan Carlos Manalo,...
2 HVIS NABBED, OVER P908-K SHABU SEIZED IN BATAAN, BULACAN STINGS
BY KEVIN GALANG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Two “high-value individuals” (HVIs) were arrested and more than P908,000 worth of suspected shabu...
RIDON: MAN’S CARPIO MAY BE CALLED AS HOSTILE WITNESS IN VP SARA UNEXPLAINED WEALTH
THE House prosecution may consider calling Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, as a hostile witness in her impeachment trial...
‘ASWANG’ SHOT DEAD IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG NORZAGARAY, Bulacan — A 47-year-old man was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in the early hours of Thursday in...
PALAWAN-BOUND SHIP CATCHES FIRE; 5 DEAD, OVER 80 MISSING
A PASSENGER ship on Wednesday night caught fire in the waters off Coron, Palawan leaving five people dead while 87 others remained missing. According...
BOC INTERCEPTS OVER P10.-M SHABU HIDDEN IN WEDDING DRESS BOX FROM MEXICO
THE Bureau of Customs–Port of Clark, in coordination with PDEA and the Clark Inter-Agency Task Force Against Illegal Drugs, intercepted approximately 1.573 kilograms of...
15 TRAILER TRUCKS CARRYING P960-M SUSPECTED SMUGGLED CIGARETTES INTERCEPTED IN BATAAN, PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — A follow-up operation from an earlier interception in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Tuesday...
CHIZ CALLS FOR BROADER INDIGENCY DEFINITION
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero has called for a broader definition of indigency to grant more Filipinos access to government services, saying current standards are...
SM GROUP BAGS 15 PH QUILL AWARDS FOR STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
SM Group companies received 15 Philippine Quill Awards, including six Excellence Awards, for communications programs spanning community engagement, customer service, financial education, investor relations...
ROMUALDEZ SERVED ARREST WARRANT AT HOSPITAL
FORMER House of Representatives Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday night was served his arrest warrant for plunder while...
AROUND P49-M ILLICIT CIGARETTES INTERCEPTED ON MACARTHUR HIGHWAY IN MABALACAT
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) early Monday morning intercepted a wing van...
PRO3 REPORTS 16.82% DROP IN FOCUS CRIMES AMID JBM PATROL SYSTEM ROLLOUT
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Focus crimes in Central Luzon declined by 16.82 percent as the Police Regional...
PROPOSED PH P240 BORDER FEE CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD – BI CHIEF
MANILA — Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado on Monday said that the proposed P240 fee for the use of a modernized...
2 BROTHERS FOUND DEAD AFTER DELIVERY TRUCK FALLS INTO FLOODED RICE FIELD IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG APALIT, Pampanga — Two brothers were found dead in a flooded rice field in Bgy. Cansinala, Apalit, Pampanga, two days...
8 ROB SUSPECTS WHO USED HIGHWAY DRAINAGE TO GAIN ENTRY INTO PAWNSHOP NABBED
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Eight suspects were arrested in a foiled robbery at a pawnshop in...
COURT ORDERS ARREST OF VP SARA OVER GRAVE THREATS RAPS
A COURT in Quezon City on Friday issued a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte over charges of grave threats. The arrest...
PBBM CONDOLES WITH FAMILIES OF 2 FILIPINO SEAFARERS KILLED IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has expressed condolences to the families of two Filipino seafarers who died in the Strait of Hormuz and vowed...
FLOOD RESCUE BRINGS RIPPLES OF HOPE MEMBERS BACK TO THANK PRO3 PERSONNEL
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Days after being rescued from rising floodwaters in Sto. Tomas, Pampanga, members...
PRO3’S 36-HOUR MANHUNT OPERATIONS HAUL TO JAIL ALL CL’S 10 MOST WANTED FELONS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) has arrested all 10 individuals on its...
2 PINOY SEAMEN KILLED IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ ATTACK
TWO Filipino seafarers were killed after their vessel on Monday was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans...
PALACE ANNOUNCES FREE TOLL IN SELECT NLEX AREAS STARTING SEPT. 2
MALACAÑANG on Wednesday announced free toll passage for all vehicles along selected portions of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to assist motorists affected by...
CONSTITUION BARS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT FROM BUSINESS PARTICIPATION — EX-SANDIGAN CHIEF 
VAT REMOVAL ON SYSTEM LOSS TO EASE POWER COSTS FOR FILIPINO CONSUMERS – SPEAKER DY