PORT PROJECTS TO BOOST TRADE, ECONOMY IN BICOL
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday touted the port projects in Bicol. The projects, according to the President, will hasten transport of goods,...
Month: June 2024
ANGELES CITY MAYOR TO RUN FOR CONGRESSMAN IN 2025
BY KEVIN GALANG ANGELES City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. will declare his candidacy as Pampanga’s first district representative on June 28 at the...
2 PAKISTANI NATIONALS NABBED, P235-M KETAMINE SEIZED IN MALATE BUY-BUST
OPERATIVES led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Regional Field Unit 4A on Thursday night arrested two Pakistanis and seized P235-million worth of...
ELDERLY WOMAN WASHING CLOTHES IN RIVER DIES IN CROCODILE ATTACK IN PALAWAN
A 60-YEAR-OLD woman on Wednesday died after she was attacked by a crocodile in Palawan. The victim was identified as Monelba Sariol, a resident...
40 SCHOOL HEADS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO SUSPECTED FOOD POISONING
SOME 40 school heads in Nueva Ecija who went on a five-day educational tour in Subic, Zambales were allegedly hospitalized due to suspected food...
TONDO PRIEST SUSPENDED OVER ‘PERSISTENT DEFIANCE’
THE Archbishop of Manila has suspended a priest in Tondo from all clerical activities due to his “persistent defiance.” In a statement released last...
PBBM VOWS TO CAPACITATE AFP FOR EXTERNAL DEFENSE ROLE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, on Thursday vowed to provide the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with the necessary resources, training, and equipment...
HOUSE MOVES TO KEEP RICE PRICES DOWN
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez addresses questions from the media about the rising price of rice during a press conference at the Manila Golf...
TARIFF CUT, KADIWA DIRECT SALES TO CUT RICE PRICES
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday lauded the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to cut the tariff for imported rice from...
HOUSE FETES 22 PRE-KINDERGARTEN KIDS IN MOVING-UP CEREMONY
THE 22 young children of the Early Childhood Care and Development Center (ECCDC) of the House of Representatives (HRep) on Thursday held their moving...
MARCOS CONGRATULATES INDIAN PM MODI FOR HISTORIC WIN
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. extended his congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his historic third consecutive term after emerging victorious in...
NO MORE DRINKING IN PUBLIC SPACES IN CAVITE
DRINKING in public places is now prohibited in the province of Cavite. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by presiding officer Vice Governor Athena Tolentino passed...
P9-B SEIZED DANGEROUS DRUGS DESTROYED
MORE than P9-billion worth of seized dangerous drugs on Thursday was destroyed at the Integrated Waste Management Incorporated (IWMI) facility in Bgy. Aguado, Trece...
TEACHER FOUND STABBED DEAD IN MABALACAT CITY
A YOUNG teacher on Wednesday was found dead in Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Mabalacat City police commander Lt. Col. Efren David reported to Police Regional...
LIGHTNING STRIKE KILLS 3 MINORS IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG A TEENAGER and his two young cousins on Wednesday afternoon were killed by a lightning strike in Pulilan, Bulacan. The Pulilan...
FISHING BOAT EXPLODES OFF CEBU; 6 DEAD
A FISHING vessel on Wednesday night exploded and caught fire in the sea of Naga City in Cebu leaving six people dead. Six others...
HEART EVANGELISTA TAKES OATH AS SENATE SPOUSES FOUNDATION HEAD
FASHION icon and actress Heart Evangelista on Wednesday took her oath as the new President of the Senate Spouses Foundation Inc. (SSFI). Her husband,...
DON’T SETTLE CASES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION, BARANGAY OFFICIALS WARNED
IN line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday warned barangay officials not...
SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECTS UNDER PBBM NOW HAVE POOLS, CLUBHOUSES – ROMUALDEZ
THE Build Better More (BBM) programs of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in the socialized housing sector have improved significantly, which now has amenities...
JUNE 17 DECLARED HOLIDAY FOR EID’L ADHA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared June 17, Monday, a regular holiday to give way for the observance of Eid’l Adha or the...
BI SERVICE CARAVAN GOES TO BATANGAS CITY
THE fourth leg of the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) nationwide caravan will be held in Batangas City today, June 6, 2024. According to BI...
BUHAYANI FESTIVAL 2024 KICKS OFF IN CALAMBA CITY
MAYOR Roseller Rizal of Calamba City in Laguna on Tuesday unveiled plans for a month-long celebration of the city’s founding anniversary dubbed “Calambagong Buhayani...
MAN GUNNED DOWN BY CAR-RIDING ASSASSIN IN CABANATUAN
BY KEVIN GALANG A MAN on Monday was shot dead by an armed suspect riding a car in Cabanatuan City. Slain was Lamberto Hernandez,...
PAMPANGA POGO HUB RAID: 187 FOREIGN, FILIPINO WORKERS RESCUED
JOINT operatives on Tuesday night rescued 187 foreign and Filipino workers in a raid at a Philippine Overseas Gaming Operator (POGO) center in Pampanga....
COVID-19 FLIRT IN PH: GATCHALIAN PRESSES NEED TO CREATE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
FOLLOWING the detection of the FLiRT variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines, Senator Win Gatchalian reiterated the need to create the Center for Disease...
ALAS PILIPINAS TOLD TO REMAIN PERSISTENT AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A TEAM
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday encouraged the Philippine women’s national volleyball team, Alas Pilipinas, to remain persistent not only in their individual capabilities...
DFA URGED TO STUDY POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF INT’L HUMANITARIAN LAW BY CHINA
SENATE Majority Leader Francis N. Tolentino has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to study possible violations of International Humanitarian Law by...
TULFO ALARMED OVER SEEMING CHINESE INVASION IN MULTINATIONAL VILLAGE
SENATOR Idol Raffy Tulfo filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the alarming influx of Chinese nationals in Multinational Village, Parañaque. In filing Senate...
MARCOS WANTS CREATION OF PNP LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS VS HARASSMENTS, FLIMSY ACCUSATIONS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered a study for the possibility of creating a legal department within the Philippine National Police (PNP) as...
NOTORIOUS HITMAN IN MINDANAO FALLS
AGENTS of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group recently arrested a resident of Zamboanga del Sur tagged as one of the...
3 CHINESE MEN YIELD P3.4-M SHABU IN ANGELES STING
BY KEVIN GALANG THREE Chinese nationals on Tuesday were hauled to jail following the confiscation of some 500 grams of shabu worth P3.4 million...
37 DAVAO CITY HALL EMPLOYEES POSITIVE FOR DRUGS, NOT THE POLICE – PNP
PHILIPPINE National Police spokesperson Col. Jean S. Fajardo said 37 employees of the Davao City Hall tested positive for illegal drugs and not the...
49 BAMBAN COPS RELIEVED FROM POSTS
FORTY-NINE officers and men of the Bamban Municipal Police Station in Tarlac on Monday were relieved from their posts in the wake of the...
GOV’T ON TOP OF KANLAON VOLANO ERUPTION – PBBM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured all the residents affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption of the government’s continued support as he enforced a...
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