PHILIPPINES NOW AN UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY — WORLD BANK 
METRO MANILA WORKERS TO GET P85 DAILY PAY HIKE 
MMDA TO MOTORISTS: AVOID EDSA JUNE 30, 2026 DUE TO ‘SURPRISE’ RALLY 
FIRE HITS 30-STOREY CONDO IN QC 
PRESIDENT MARCOS ARRIVES IN CANADA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT 
SEN. RAFFY TULFO WANTS SEPARATE DETENTION FACILITY FOR MINORS GUILTY OF HEINOUS CRIMES 
PHILHEALTH EXPANDS LEPTOSPIROSIS COVERAGE UP TO P411,000 STARTING JULY 15 
AFP PLACES ALL UNITS IN METRO MANILA UNDER RED ALERT 
BATANGAS SCHOOL SUSPENDS CLASSES AMID THREATS 
CIDG’S OPLAN PAGLALANSAG OMEGA NETS TARLAC MAN WITH HIGH-POWERED GUNS 
RIDING-IN-TANDEM ‘CUSTOMERS’ ROB GAS STATION IN PAMPANGA 
KOREAN EMBASSY HAILS PRO3 FOR FAST RESOLVE OF MURDER CASE 
MAGNITUDE 6.6 QUAKE HITS BALUT ISLAND IN SARANGANI 
SEN. RAFFY TULFO WANTS SEPARATE DETENTION FACILITY FOR MINORS GUILTY OF HEINOUS CRIMES 
BATANGAS SCHOOL SUSPENDS CLASSES AMID THREATS 
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 
‘I’M PERFECT’ MAKES HISTORY AT MMFF 2025 
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
THE Philippines has now attained an upper-middle-income (UMIC) status, according to the World Bank. In its latest income assessment released Wednesday, the World Bank...
PRESIDENT MARCOS ARRIVES IN CANADA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday (Canada time) for an official visit to Canada as part of an intensified campaign...
SEN. RAFFY TULFO WANTS SEPARATE DETENTION FACILITY FOR MINORS GUILTY OF HEINOUS CRIMES
SENATOR Raffy Tulfo is pushing for the immediate amendment of Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act to provide...
MORE than 1.1 million minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region (NCR) are expected to benefit from the P85 daily pay increase following...
PHILHEALTH EXPANDS LEPTOSPIROSIS COVERAGE UP TO P411,000 STARTING JULY 15
FOLLOWING the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to ensure accessible healthcare for Filipinos and ease their financial burden, the Philippine Health Insurance...
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) un Tuesday night placed all its units in Metro Manila under Red Alert status “to ensure heightened...
MMDA TO MOTORISTS: AVOID EDSA JUNE 30, 2026 DUE TO ‘SURPRISE’ RALLY
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 advised motorists to avoid EDSA (northbound and southbound) due to the ongoing demonstrations...
DY PUSHES FOR STRONGER SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
HOUSE Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III is pushing for stronger safeguards to protect Filipino children from the growing dangers of social media, saying...
THE Batangas City Integrated High School (BCIHS) formerly Batangas National High School (BNHS) on Monday suspended classes and on-site activities until further notice following...
HOUSE PROSECUTION TEAM READY TO CROSS-EXAMINE VP SARA
THE House prosecution panel is ready to cross-examine Vice President Sara Z. Duterte if she chooses to testify during her impeachment trial before the...
CIDG’S OPLAN PAGLALANSAG OMEGA NETS TARLAC MAN WITH HIGH-POWERED GUNS
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s (CIDG) Oplan Paglalasag Omega drive led to the arrest of a man and the...
RIDING-IN-TANDEM ‘CUSTOMERS’ ROB GAS STATION IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG MOTORCYCLE-RIDING armed men posing as customers before Monday dawn robbed a gasoline station in Bgy. Mabiga, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. A...
KOREAN EMBASSY HAILS PRO3 FOR FAST RESOLVE OF MURDER CASE
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Manila praised the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) for its swift resolution...
THOUSANDS JOIN WHITE RIBBON MARCH
THOUSANDS of Filipinos led by faith-based groups and civil society organizations on Sunday, June 28, 2026, joined the White Ribbon March calling for accountability...
GOREBOX DEVELOPER DECLINES SENATE PROBE
THE Germany-based developer of Gorebox, the video game linked by authorities to the Tacloban school shooting investigation, has declined to attend the July 1...
HOUSE PROSECUTION PANEL: NO MORE OBSTACLES TO JULY 6 VP SARA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
THE House prosecution panel on Friday declared that the successful completion of pre-trial proceedings has removed any remaining obstacle to the July 6 start...
DY FILES BILL BARRING POLITICAL DYNASTIES, CONTRACTORS FROM PARTY-LIST SYSTEM
HOUSE Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III has proposed sweeping safeguards against political dynasties, conflicts of interest, and undue political influence in the party-list...
PBBM LAUNCHES DBM COMPASS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday launched the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Centralized Open Monitoring Platform for Appropriations and Spending Statistics...
MAGNITUDE 6.6 QUAKE HITS BALUT ISLAND IN SARANGANI
A MAGNITUDE 6.6 earthquake o Friday night struck Balut Island in Sarangani. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the tremor, which...
OVER P6-M E-BIKE BATTERIES, EQUIPMENT SEIZED IN PAMPANGA WAREHOUSE RAID
BY KEVIN GALANG MORE than P6 million worth of e-bike batteries, chargers, and related equipment on Tuesday was seized by joint operatives during...
LACSON SEEKS REVIEW OF JUVENILE JUSTICE LAW AFTER TACLOBAN SCHOOL GUN ATTACK
THE Philippine Juvenile Justice Law may need to be revisited in light of recent violent incidents involving minors, including the fatal shooting at a...
CENTRAL LUZON TOP COP ORDERS HEIGHTENED FIREARM SECURITY AMONG PERSONNEL
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess B. Mendez has ordered all police personnel in Central Luzon to...
MAN NABBED FOR UNLICENSED SHOTGUN, BULLETS IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — A 24-year-old man on Tuesday was arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and...
POLICE FOIL LEYTE SCHOOL ATTACK PLOT
AUTHORITIES thwarted another planned school attack in Leyte following a tip from Senator Bam Aquino., Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
COPS ARREST 6 MEN FOR STEALING TELCO CELL SITE BATTERIES IN BATAAN
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE arrested six men for allegedly stealing industrial batteries worth P117,000 from a telecommunications cellsite in Bgy. Lamao, Limay, Bataan....
VP SARA PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE NEARS END AS EVIDENCE MARKING WRAPS UP
SENATE Secretary and Impeachment Court clerk Renato Bantug Jr. expresses confidence that the marking of all documentary evidence in the impeachment trial of...
15-YEAR-OLD TACLOBAN SCHOOL SHOOTER CHARGED WITH MURDER, FRUSTRATED MURDER
THREE counts of murder and multiple counts of frustrated murder and serious physical injuries were filed against a 15-year-old student of the San Jose National...
TECH-ENABLED TRAFFICKING DEMANDS INNOVATION, EXPERTS WARN
AMID the Philippines’ retention of Tier 1 status in the 2025 U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the 10th consecutive year,...
2 TEENAGERS IN TACLOBAN SCHOOL SHOOTING PLANNED THE ATTACK – PNP
THE two teens who allegedly killed three fellow students and wounded several others in a shooting spree at a school in Tacloban City, Leyte...
PEÑARANDA POLICE POSTS MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER NEW OIC
BY KEVIN GALANG PEÑARANDA, Nueva Ecija — The Peñaranda Municipal Police Station (MPS) has recorded significant gains in law enforcement and peace and...
PRO3 ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF SOUTH KOREAN TRADER; SOLVES CASE IN LESS THAN 3 DAYS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) has solved the murder of a South...
DSWD GUARANTEE LETTERS NOW ACCEPTED IN 262 MERCURY DRUG OUTLETS STARTING JUNE 22
STARTING June 22, 2026, beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program may once...
SENATE TO PROBE TACLOBAN SCHOOL SHOOTING
Senator Risa Hontiveros has officially announced that the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality will open an investigation on July...
PNP TO REVIEW SCHOOL SECURITY POLICIES, STRENGTHEN POLICE-SCHOOL COORDINATION
ACTING on the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla has ordered a...
PRESIDENT MARCOS ARRIVES IN CANADA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT