MARCOS SALUTES TROOPS IN DANGEROUS AYUNGIN RESUPPLY MISSION
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. hailed the Western Command troops for exercising restraint when they were engaged by hostile Chinese sailors during their recent...
Month: June 2024
BAMBAN MAYOR ALICE GUO REMOVED FROM LIST OF NPC MEMBERS
THE Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) has ordered the removal of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo from the roster of its members, adding to...
PBBM INAUGURATES PHILIPPINES’ BIGGEST HOTEL IN PARAÑAQUE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Alliance Global Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Kevin Tan unveil the marker of the Grand Westside Hotel in...
EMB PROBES BATAAN PAPER MILL FOR ALLEGED WATER POLLUTION
BY KEVIN GALANG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Region 3 Office is conducting an investigation into complaints that a big...
PH CONCERNED OVER CHINA’S LATEST AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS IN AYUNGIN
THE Philippine government on Friday expressed concern over China’s latest aggressive actions on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Maritime...
PH WILLING TO WORK WITH CHINA TO RESOLVE DISPUTE – BERSAMIN
THE Philippines is not elevating to a higher international body the latest Ayungin Shoal incident, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday, as he...
PBBM ORDERS MORE FUNDING FOR PH ATHLETES COMPETING IN 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed on Friday the Office of the Executive Secretary to provide additional funding to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)...
CHIZ CALLS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN AYUNGIN
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero on Thursday expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly in Ayungin Shoal,...
ROMUALDEZ-LED DELEGATION SECURES JAPANESE VOW TO HIRE MORE FILIPINOS IN CRUCIAL SECTORS
A PHILIPPINE congressional delegation led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday secured a firm commitment from top Japanese parliamentarians to facilitate the...
MARCOS VOWS TO TURN BUTUAN CITY INTO TRADE, INDUSTRY, GOVERNANCE HUB
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. committed on Thursday to develop Butuan City into center of trade, industry and governance in Caraga. The President also...
SENATE PROBE ON PROLIFERATION OF FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATES SOUGHT
SENATOR Win Gatchalian wants to probe the proliferation of fake birth certificates which allow unscrupulous individuals, including foreign nationals, to secure government-issued identification, evade...
CONSIGNEE NABBED, MARIJUANA DECLARED AS CANDLES FROM CALIFORNIA SEIZED IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Anti-narcotics operatives on Wednesday arrested a man and seized at least P392,533 worth of marijuana resins in...
TEVES’ BROTHER ARRESTED OVER TERROR FINANCING RAPS
FORMER Negros Oriental Gov. Pryde Henry Teves on Thursday was arrested by agents of the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
P500,000 BOUNTY OFFERED FOR ARREST OF KILLER OF BATANGAS RESORT OWNER
THE president of the Vice Mayor’s League of the Philippines – Batangas Chapter Mataas na Kahoy Vice Mayor Jay Manalo Ilagan has offered a reward...
4 CALOOCAN COPS IN 2016 DRUG BUST KILLINGS FOUND GUILTY OF HOMICIDE
FOUR members of the Caloocan City Police Station on Tuesday were found guilty of homicide over the killing of a man and his teenager...
MAN NABBED IN PAMPANGA GUN BUY-BUST
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man in a gun buy-bust operation in...
DUMP TRUCK HITS MOTORCYCLE: MOTHER, DAUGHTER KILLED IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG A 24-YEAR-OLD mother and her 7-year-old daughter on Tuesday died while her 2-year-old child was injured when a dump truck sideswept...
VP SARA RESIGNS AS DEPED SECRETARY
VICE President Sara Duterte resigned as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), Malacañang on Wednesday announced. Duterte also stepped down as vice chairperson...
JULY 17-23 IS NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS WEEK
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared July 17 to 23 of every year as the “National Disability Rights Week.” The move is part...
MARCOS SIGNS LAW CREATING 2 SCHOOLS IN BACOOR, CAVITE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act Nos. 12007 and 12008, establishing a senior high and elementary schools in Bacoor City, Cavite. The...
PHILIPPINES, JAPAN SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN LEGISLATION
SENIOR officials of the House of Representatives of both the Philippines and Japan engaged in a productive exchange of best practices in legislation late...
ROMUALDEZ MEETS JAPAN NATIONAL DIET SPEAKER IN TOKYO
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Japanese Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga meet at the National Diet Building in Tokyo late Tuesday morning (June 18, 2024)....
21 RESCUED PINOY SEAMEN BACK IN MANILA
TWENTY-ONE Filipino crew members of MV Tutor, who were rescued after a recent attack by Houthi rebels in the southern Red Sea, on Monday...
REMAINS OF 3 OFWS ARRIVE FROM KUWAIT
THE remains of the three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in a fire that hit an apartment building in al-Mangaf, Kuwait arrived on...
HONTIVEROS SOUNDS ALARM OVER LINK OF EX-GOV’T OFFICIAL TO POGO
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros on Monday sounded the alarm over the reported link of convicted former Technology and Resource Center Director General Dennis Cunanan to...
KOREAN NATIONAL NABBED FOR STEALING
BY KEVIN GALANG A KOREAN national was hauled to jail for allegedly stealing the cash and valuables of a fellow Korean in Angeles City,...
WOMAN DIES IN BOAT SINKING DURNG BATAAN ISLAND HOPPING
BY KEVIN GALANG A SUPPOSED exciting island hopping on Sunday turned into tragedy when a woman drowned in Bataan. In a report to Police...
JANITOR ARRESTED FOR BURNING SCHOOL, MAYOR’S HOUSE IN NEGROS OCC
AUTHORITIES on Saturday arrested a janitor who allegedly set a school on fire in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed was Rico Cabales, 58,...
PBBM TO FILIPINO MUSLIMS, PH CITIZENS: GROW IN WISDOM, FORTITUDE AMID CHALLENGES
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday joined Muslim Filipinos in the observance of Eid’I Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, encouraging all citizens...
MUSLIMS IN CEBU SHARE MEALS TO CELEBRATE EID’L ADHA
AN Imam (prayer leader) in Cebu on Monday said Muslim community in the province celebrated the Eid’l Adha by sharing meals with people from...
NO PLATE, NO TRAVEL POLICY FOR TRICYCLES IN QUEZON CITY STARTS JULY 1
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be implementing a “No Plate, No Travel” policy on all tricycles being used as public transport in Quezon...
IGNORE TRAFFIC VIOLATION MESSAGES FROM SCAMMERS, MOTORISTS TOLD
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) advised all motorists to ignore all text messages and other notifications sent through messaging apps of the supposed traffic...
RMFB3 HAS NEW TOP COP
Col. Jay C. Dimaandal passes the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 leadership to Lt. Col. Cornelio D. Ordanza during the turnover ceremony led by...
21 RESCUED SEAFARERS ARRIVING IN MANILA MONDAY
THE 21 Filipino seafarers rescued from the Houthi-hit MV Tutor in the Red Sea are set to arrive Monday afternoon in Manila, a few...
GAWAD KALINGA FOUNDER ARRESTED 
STL BOOKIE OPERATOR ARRESTED WHILE COLLECTING BETS AT TARLAC PUBLIC MARKET 
P841-M FAKE PERFUMES, LOTIONS SEIZED IN VALENZUELA 
BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO RESUME FLOOD CONTROL PROBE ON JUNE 4 – CAYETANO