41 QUARANTINED AFTER CONTACT WITH FIRST MPOX CASE IN PH
THE Quezon City government on Wednesday said it placed under quarantine at least 41 individuals who came into close contact with the country’s first...
Month: August 2024
MARCOS ON ALICE GUO’S ESCAPE: ‘HEADS WILL ROLL’
GOVERNMENT personnel who aided the departure of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will be held accountable, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on...
DYARYO VERITAS MARKS 25TH ANNIV WITH FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP IN BATANGAS
AS part of its 25th-anniversary celebration, Dyaryo Veritas, a weekly local newspaper based in Batangas, will host a free medical check-up on August 24,...
24-HOUR POLICE OPERATIONS NET 6 DRUG SJSPECTS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAM OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A day-long crackdown on illegal drugs resulted in the arrest of six suspects...
17 HOSPITALIZED DUE TO CHEMICAL LEAK IN LAGUNA
SEVENTEEN people on Tuesday were rushed to the hospital after inhaling a chemical substance that accidentally leaked from a cylinder tank in Cabuyao City,...
NOTORIOUS GUN-FOR-HIRE KILLED IN PAMPANGA ENCOUNTER
BY KEVIN GALANG A NOTORIOUS hired gun wanted for a string of murder cases was killed in a shootout with the police in Porac,...
TAYTAY FIRE CHIEF, 3 MEN IN FIRETRUCK MISUSE SACKED
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) relieved from their posts the chief of the Taytay Fire Station in Rizal and three of his men ...
BI BELIEVES ALICE GUO LEFT PH ILLEGALLY
BUREAU of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said they have reason to suspect that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo left the country illegally...
2 PCG SHIPS DAMAGED IN COLLISIONS WITH CHINESE VESSELS
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) said two Philippine Coast Guard ships were damaged in collisions with Chinese vessels conducting...
ALICE GUO NO LONGER IN PH – HONTIVEROS
BAMBAN Mayor Alice Guo is no longer in the Philippines, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday revealed. She said that Guo, who was also identified...
PH DETECTS FIRST MPOX CASE FOR 2024
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported that a first case of mpox formerly known as monkeypox has been recorded in the country...
PBBM RAISES AID FOR DISPLACED OFWs FROM P50K TO P150K
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has increased the financial assistance for displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from P50,000 to P150,000. In an interview on...
GOVT’ READY TO REPATRIATE ALL OFWS IN LEBANON
THE administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is prepared to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the escalating tension in Lebanon, according...
PH’S A-RATING AFFIRMS PBBM’S ECONOMIC, FISCAL DIRECTION ON TRACK
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday described the A-credit rating the Japan-based Rating and Information Inc. gave the Philippines this month as “an...
LTO, TAGAYTAY CITY LGU SIGN AGREEMENT FOR SINGLE TICKETING INTERCONNECTIVITY SYSTEM
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the city government of Tagaytay on Monday signed an agreement that will pave the way to the interconnectivity...
HAMMER SUPER CLUB IS MAKING NOISE IN ANGELES CITY
LOOKING for the best disco bar in Pampanga? Hammer Super Club in Angeles City is the answer to your cravings for an ultimate party....
OVER 100 PET DOGS, CATS NEUTERED, SPAYED IN GENTRI
A TOTAL of 155 pet dogs and cats on Sunday were spayed and neutered during the operation held at the Animal Pound Center in...
MOBILE ‘AYUDA’ MAKES ROUNDS IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG THE mobile van of businessman-philantrophist Don Robert Gaza continues to make rounds in Pampanga. Its latest stop was in Bgy. Sta....
TAN, SINGAPORE ENVOY LEAD CELEBRATION OF QUEZON DAY
SINGAPORE Ambassador to the Philippines Constance See (3rd from left) yesterday graced this year’s commemoration of the 146th Birth Anniversary of the late President...
TAAL’S VOLCANIC SMOG FORCES SUSPENSION OF CLASSES IN CALABARZON, NEARBY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
VOLCANIC smog or vog from Taal Volcano in Batangas on Monday (August 19, 2924) has caused suspension of classes in several areas in Calabarzon...
ROTARY CLUB LUCENA SOUTH TURNOVER OF LEADERSHIP
INDUCTION. Rotary Club of Lucena South (RCLS) incoming president, engineer Fernando “Fando” Ignacio (right), receives the symbolic bell and gavel from his predecessor, Lucena City...
7 DEAD, 7 HURT IN QUEZON VAN-TRUCK COLLISION
SARIAYA, Quezon – Seven persons early Sunday morning died while seven others were severely-injured when the van they were riding collided head-on with a...
FREE DIALYSIS CENTER IN NOVELETA, CAVITE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. Noveleta Mayor Dino Chua (center) and Dr. Maria Hilda Bucu of the Noveleta Municipal Health Office (left) sign a partnership agreement with NephroPlus...
SOUTH KOREAN NABBED FOR KETAMIN, ECSTASY TABLETS IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG ANTI-ILLEGAL drugs operatives on Saturday arrested a South Korean national in a drug buy-bust operation in Angeles City, Pampanga. Angeles City...
MMDA TO ADD MORE BOATS FOR PASIG RIVER FERRY SERVICE
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Saturday announced that it is set to acquire additional boats for the Pasig River ferry service fleet...
PCSO TO SHOULDER DOCTOR’S PROFESSIONAL FEE BY OCTOBER – SPEAKER ROMUALDEZ
HOUSE Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday announced that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has agreed to shoulder the professional fees of doctors treating...
DOJ PROBING BATAAN OIL SPILL AS POSSIBLE OIL SMUGGLING CASE
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into the possibility of oil smuggling in the Bataan oil spill incident. In a news forum in...
3 CHINESE FUGITIVES ARRESTED IN PARAÑAQUE
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its agents arrested three Chinese nationals who are wanted for a string of criminal cases in the Philippines...
VP’S HUSBAND, BROTHER, MICHAEL YANG LINKED TO DRUG SMUGGLING
A FORMER intelligence officer of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday linked lawyer Manases Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, her brother...
3 PMA CADETS GET LIFE OVER HAZING DEATH OF DARWIN DORMITORIO
THREE former cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) were found guilty over the death of Cadet Fourth Class Darwin Dormitorio due to hazing in...
BAN TOXICS URGES CAUTION IN USE OF ‘KATOL,’ INSECTICIDES AMID RISING DENGUE CASES
BAN Toxics, an environmental organization, cautioned the public on health hazards posed by mosquito coils and insecticides amid the rising cases of dengue. A...
URGENT CARE, AMBULATORY SERVICE CAN BE AVAILED VIA BUCAS CENTERS – DOH
THE country now has 28 Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) centers, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said on Friday. According to Herbosa, BUCAS...
NEGROS LAWMAKER IS NEW TESDA CHIEF
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Bantug Benitez as the new Director General of the Technical Education...
6 CHINESE NATIONALS ARRESTED IN PAMPANGA OVER ALLEGED CYBER-SCAM
BY KEVIN GALANG SIX Chinese nationals allegedly involved in “cyber-related scams” on Thursday were arrested in a raid in Clarkfield, Pampanga. The National Bureau...
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