PH SECOND FASTEST AMONG MAJOR EMERGING ECONOMIES IN ASIA – NEDA
THE Philippine economy grew by 5.6 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, making the Philippines the second fastest among major emerging economies...
Month: January 2024
PBBM RETURNS FROM STATE VISIT ESTABLISHING STRONGER PARTNERSHIP WITH VIETNAM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned to the Philippines on Wednesday morning from his two-day state visit to Viet Nam, laying the groundwork that...
PBBM WANTS SIMPLER SOLUTION TO AMEND CONSTITUTION
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that he is working with allies on the best mode to amend the Constitution by particularly...
BI TURNS AWAY 80-YR-OLD US PEDOPHILE AT NAIA
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have turned away an American pedophile who was banned...
PBBM CLARIFIES NO RIFT WITH VP SARA DUTERTE, UNITEAM IS STILL INTACT
VICE President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte continues to enjoy the trust and confidence of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. despite...
PH WILL CONTINUE TO DEFEND SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OVER WEST PH SEA – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. brought the issue of the South China Sea before Viet Nam Tuesday, pointing out the country’s sovereign rights over...
PH, VIETNAM INK MOU ON INCIDENT PREVENTION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
THE Philippines and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding on “Incident and Management in the South China Sea,” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr....
2 TERROR GROUP MEMBERS SURRENDER IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO members of the Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB) on Monday surrendered to the authorities in Malolos City, Bulacan. In a report...
COUPLE NABBED FOR SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS
BY KEVIN GALANG A COUPLE reportedly involved in drug peddling and their alleged cohort on Monday were arrested by the police in an anti-illegal...
Senators and employees of the Senate wore white tops and donned arm bands on Monday, January 29, 2024, in solidarity with the Upper Chamber’s...
COMELEC SUSPENDS ACCEPTANCE OF SIGNATURE SHEETS FOR PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday indefinitely suspended the acceptance of signature sheets in connection with the move to amend the constitution through...
DRUNK STUDENT RAMS CAVITE CHECKPOINT, COP KILLED, ANOTHER HURT
A POLICE officer died while another is in serious condition when an Isuzu DMax pick-up truck driven by an alleged drunk student on Sunday...
14-YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNS WHILE CATCHING RATS IN CANAL
BY KEVIN GALANG A MALE teenager on Sunday drowned while catching rats in an irrigation canal in Bgy. Narvacan 1, Guimba, Nueva Ecija. In...
MABALACAT CITY COLLEGE GETS SPOT IN THE AWARDS ASIA 2024 SHORTLIST
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Mabalacat City College (MCC) has been included in the shortlist of the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2024....
PBBM ARRIVES IN VIETNAM FOR A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in Vietnam on Monday afternoon for a two-day state visit, which aims to strengthen the bilateral ties between...
QUIAPO CHURCH IS OFFICIALLY A NATIONAL SHRINE
QUIAPO church in Manila also known as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene was officially declared as a national shrine...
PRO4A OFFICERS LADIES CLUB GIVE CALABARZON COPS TRAINING ON MUSHROOM FARMING
CAMP BGEN VICENTE LIM, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna. Members of the Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon) in this camp were trained on how to grow...
PAMPANGA STING NETS MAN WITH DRUGS, GUN
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Joint operatives on Saturday arrested a 45-year-old man who is in possession of...
BARANGAY COUNCILOR SHOT DEAD IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG ASSASSINS on Saturday shot dead a village councilman in Bulacan. A report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose...
POE ASKS PUBLIC TO SHUN ‘PEKENG INITIATIVE’
SENATOR Grace Poe called on the public to reject the fake people’s initiative being peddled to amend the 1987 Constitution. What the Filipinos urgently...
WOMEN, FARMERS IN CEBU RECEIVE LIVELIHOOD AID
MORE than a hundred women and farmers in Tuburan, Cebu on Thursday received vital livelihood assistance from the offices of Senators Alan Peter Cayetano...
DILG: ‘BAGONG PILIPINAS’ IS BRINGING PUBLIC SERVICES CLOSER TO FILIPINOS
DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. shared on Sunday that the “Bagong Pilipinas” campaign of President Ferdinand R. Marcos...
MARCOS ADMIN TO DISTRIBUTE MORE LANDS, MAKE TRANSPORT SECTOR MORE EFFICIENT
THE agrarian reform and transportation departments vowed Sunday to further improve their services under the “Bagong Pilipinas” Campaign being spearheaded by the Marcos administration....
GOV’T TO PRIORITIZE YOUTH’S WELFARE UNDER ‘BAGONG PILIPINAS’
THE government will prioritize the welfare of the Filipino youth under Bagong Pilipinas, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared on Sunday, recognizing the role...
PBBM LEADS ‘BAGONG PILIPINAS’ KICK-OFF RALLY IN MANILA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led Sunday the Bagong Pilipinas kick-off rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila as he calls for unity to...
LAGUNA HAS NEW TOP COP
THE province of Laguna has new police director in the person of Col. Gauvin Mel Unos. Unos replaced outgoing Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO)...
TANOD BUSTED IN PORAC
BY KEVIN GALANG A VILLAGE watchman on Friday was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Porac, Pampanga. A report to Police Regional Office 3...
NAVY CADET COLLAPSES, DIES
BY KEVIN GALANG AUTHORITIES are conducting an investigation into the death on Saturday of a Philippine Navy trainee at the Naval Education Training and...
9 SUSPECTED DI-MAUTE TERROR GROUP MEMBERS KILLED IN LANAO DEL SUR ENCOUNTER
NINE alleged members of the terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute on Thursday were killed in a firefight with government troopers in Piagapo, Lanao del Sur,...
ANTIPOLO CATHEDRAL NOW AN INTERNATIONAL SHRINE
THE Vatican has elevated the Antipolo Cathedral known as the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage National Shrine in Antipolo City to the...
GOV’T SERVICES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ‘BAGONG PILIPINAS’ KICK-OFF RALLY – PCO
THOUSANDS of Filipinos are expected to attend the “Bagong Pilipinas” kick-off rally set on Sunday afternoon, January 28, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila...
20 ARRESTED IN BULACAN FOR ALLEGED CYBERCRIME ACTIVITIES
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Thursday arrested 20 persons in a raid at an alleged cybercrime den in Malolos City, Bulacan. In a report...
MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING 3 WOMEN IN OLONGAPO FALLS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP LT. GEN. MANUEL F. CABAL, Bgy. Barretto, Olongapo City – Members of the Olongapo City police on Thursday arrested a...
MARCOS TELLS NGCP: ‘DO NOT LET PANAY ISLAND POWER OUTAGE HAPPEN AGAIN’
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed on Friday the country’s power transmission service provider to ensure that the three-day total blackout in Panay Island...
CIDG SMASHES 2 STL BOOKIES IN TARLAC 
TROPICAL STORM ‘HAGUPIT’ INTENSIFIES, TO ENTER PAR SATURDAY 
ASEAN OKAYS MARITIME CENTRE IN PH TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA – MARCOS 
7 PINOY SEAMEN HURT IN IRAN DRONE ATTACK IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ — DFA