CHOP-CHOP LADY, WOMAN IN DRUM FOUND BURIED IN QUEZON; SUSPECT ARRESTED
POLICE arrested a 29-year-old construction worker over the brutal murder of two women whose bodies were found buried in the suspect’s compound in Lucena...
Month: July 2024
METRO MANILA PLACED UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY AMID MASSIVE FLOODS
METRO Manila is now under a state of calamity due to heavy rains and flood brought by habagat enhanced by typhoon “Carina.” The Metro...
‘CARINAS’ WRATH: PREGNANT WOMAN, 5 OTHERS BURIED ALIVE IN BATANGAS, PAMPANGA LANDSLIDES
A PREGNANT woman and six others, including four minors, were buried alive in landslides that hit Agoncillo in Batangas, and Angeles City in Pampanga...
SENATOR PADILLA IS NEW PDP PRESIDENT
SENATOR Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla formally assumed his post as president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), the party disclosed on Wednesday. Padilla, who...
ROBIN SETS UP HELP DESK FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TYPHOON CARINA
SENATOR Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla on Wednesday set up hotlines to help those affected by floods and other emergencies brought about by Typhoon “Carina”...
SENATE OKAYS DISCONTINUATION OF MOTHER TONGUE AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION FROM KINDER TO GRADE 3
THE Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday approved on final reading Senate Bill No. 2457 which seeks to discontinue the use of the mother...
TULFO CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF PUV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
SENATOR “Idol” Raffy Tulfo is set to file a Senate Resolution that will seek to suspend the PUV Modernization Program because of its failure...
FOREIGN POGO WORKERS GIVEN 60 DAYS TO LEAVE PHILIPPINES
BUREAU of Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said that all foreign workers of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and Internet Gaming...
PNP PULLS OUT 75 POLICEMEN ASSIGNED TO VP SARA
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) pulled out the 75 police personnel assigned to provide security to Vice President Sara Duterte. The Vice President confirmed...
CDC SUPPORTS TOTAL POGO BAN — DEVANADERA
BY KEVIN GALANG CLARK Development Corporation (CDC) fully supports President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision to prohibit all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the...
ASSASSINS KILL BULACAN BARANGAY SECRETARY
BY KEVIN GALANG A VILLAGE secretary on Monday was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Baliwag, Bulacan. Killed was Boy Silvestre, a 54-year-old barangay...
GOV’T ADDRESSING MALNUTRITION, HEALTH OF FILIPINOS — PBBM
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is doing research to develop healthy food and drinks in a bid to promote health awareness among...
2 STUDENTS DROWN IN ANGAT RIVER
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO teenage students on Sunday drowned while swimming with friends in a river in Angat, Bulacan. According to a report submitted...
‘CARINA’ DESTROYS HOUSES IN ILOILO COASTAL VILLAGES, EVACUATION ORDERED
TYPHOON Carina has destroyed houses and displaced more than a hundred families in the coastal communities in Iloilo City. According to the City Social...
CHIZ SHELVES CHA-CHA, PRIORITIZES PRACTICAL LEGISLATION IN FINAL CONGRESS SESSION
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero announced Monday that pending bills on Charter change (Cha-cha) will be set aside in the final regular session...
PH ECONOMY ‘STRONGEST’ IN SOUTHEAST ASIA PBBM’S GAIN IN PAST 2 YEARS — ROMUALDEZ
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday declared that among the many accomplishments of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration is transforming the Philippine...
FIRM STANCE ON WPS, POGO BAN, BLOODLESS DRUG WAR HIGHLIGHT PBBM’S 3RD SONA
THE Philippines’ brave stance on West Philippine Sea (WPS), the total ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), and the bloodless fight against illegal...
KRIS GETTING BETTER, TO COME HOME IN SEPTEMBER
KRIS Aquino is on the road to recovery and is coming home in the country in September, his son Bimby said. According to Bimby,...
CONTROVERSIAL WHEELCHAIR RAMP AT EDSA TEMPORARILY CLOSED
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that the wheelchair ramp at the EDSA Busway Philam Station in Quezon City has been temporarily shut...
JOE BIDEN DROPS OUT OF 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
US President Joe Biden has dropped out from the presidential race in the November 2024 election. The withdrawal came after weeks of mounting pressure...
CHINESE NATIONAL YIELDS P3.4-M SHABU IN ANGELES CITY BUY-BUST OPERATION
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Sunday arrested a 24-year-old Chinese national for selling 500 grams of shabu worth P3.4 million to a poseur buyer...
PRO3 SENDS OVER 400 COPS FOR PBBM’S SONA
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) has deployed 412 police personnel for today’s...
23,000 COPS TO SECURE MARCOS’ 3RD SONA
NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said a total of 23,000 police officers will be deployed to...
BARMM PREPARING FOR 1ST PARLIAMENTARY POLLS
THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is now preparing for the upcoming first parliamentary elections scheduled in 2025, a BARMM official said...
BBM SIGNS NEW PROCUREMENT, ANTI-SCAM LAWS
SIGNING INTO LAW. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. signs Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) and the New Government Procurement Reform Act Bills during...
CONVENIENCE STORE IN ANGELES CITY ROBBED
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO men on a motorcycle on Friday robbed a convenience store in Angeles City, Pampanga. Robbed was the Alfa Mart convenience...
CHINESE GOES SNORKELING DROWNS IN SUBIC RESORT
BY KEVIN GALANG A CHINESE national on Friday drowned while snorkeling at a resort in Morong, Bataan. The Bataan police reported to Police Regional...
MMDA TO LAUNCH HIGH-TECH COMMAND CENTER ON SONA DAY
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will launch a high-tech mobile command center to be used for the State of the Nation Address (SONA)...
INSURGENCY-FREE PHILIPPINES ACHIEVABLE BY YEAR 2028 – PEACE ADVISER
ACHIEVING an insurgency-free Philippines by the end of 2028 is within reach of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s administration. The good news was delivered...
MICROSOFT OUTAGE CANCELS 47 FLIGHTS AT NAIA
THE Microsoft system outage that hit computer system worldwide had caused cancellation of 47 flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Saturday...
PBBM RESPECTS VP SARA’S DECISION NOT TO SERVE ANOTHER CABINET POST
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. respects the decision of Vice President Sara Duterte not to serve another Cabinet post after she resigned as secretary...
PALAWAN, MARINDUQUE FARMERS, FISHERFOLK GET AID
PBBM EXTENDS AID TO PALAWAN, MARINDUQUE FARMERS, FISHERFOLK. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, receives a rousing...
RIDING-IN-TANDEM ARMED MEN SHOT STORE OWNER DEAD IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG A STORE owner on Thursday was killed by riding-in-tandem gunmen in San Miguel, Bulacan. A report to Police Regional Office 3...
CAYETANO UNCOVERS MORE ISSUES IN NEW SENATE BUILDING REVIEW
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday said the ongoing review of the skyrocketing cost of the New Senate Building (NSB) has uncovered more questionable...
INTERPOL ISSUES RED NOTICE VS ATONG ANG 
ZALDY CO ARRESTED IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC 
CHIZ: USE 14B WINDFALL FROM VAT ON FUEL FOR AYUDA 
NEGROS COPS’ 1-DAY OPERATION NETS P55.8-M ILLICIT CIGARETTES