FISH, SHELLFISH FROM CAVITE STILL NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION — BFAR
FISH and shellfish from the coastal areas of Cavite are still unsafe for human consumption following the oil spill, the Bureau of Fisheries and...
Month: August 2024
PH, SINGAPORE EXCHANGE MOUS ON PROTECTION OF HEALTH WORKERS, ENVIRONMENT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Thursday witnessed the exchange of two memoranda of understanding aimed at protecting Filipino...
DA TO OPEN 800-1,000 KADIWA STORES
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has revealed it will open Kadiwa franchising to private operators or cooperatives as the agency gears toward establishing more...
ASF HITS 2 CITIES, 1 TOWN IN LAGUNA
THE Laguna Provincial Veterinary Office on Thursday confirmed that two cities and one town in the province have been infected with the African Swine Fever...
PNP FILES MURDER RAPS VS 5 SUSPECTS IN BEAUTY QUEEN, ISRAELI BF SLAY CASE
The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) has filed murder charges against five individuals allegedly involved in the gruesome killing of Pampanga...
ROMUALDEZ BATS FOR SSS MEMBERSHIP. LIFE INSURANCE, PENSION FOR BARANGAY OFFICIALS
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez told thousands of barangay officials throughout the country that they may soon become members of the Social Security System...
OBSERVANCE OF NINOY AQUINO DAY MOVED TO AUG. 23
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Proclamation No. 665 moving the observance of the Ninoy Aquino Day from August 21, 2024, Wednesday, to...
SINGAPORE PRESIDENT IN PH FOR 3-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos welcomed Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his spouse, Mrs. Jane Ittogi Shanmugaratnam at Malacañan...
MARCOS SIGNS LAW CREATING MORE SHARI’A JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, CIRCUIT COURTS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 12018, creating three additional Shari’a Judicial Districts and 12 circuit courts across the...
FEMALE KAGAWAD SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF SON IN QUIAPO
A FEMALE village councilor was killed in front of her 11-year-old son in Quiapo, Manila. Victim Stella Sky Lim was walking home with her...
ASF VACCINE ROLLOUT NEXT WEEK – DA
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting to roll out vaccines for African Swine Fever (ASF) on Tuesday next week, according to Agriculture Secretary...
CAYETANO PUSHES FOR STREAMLINED ‘AYUDA’ DISTRIBUTION
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday pushed for a more efficient approach to distributing government aid, saying administrative costs are eating up on the...
BACOLOR COP SACKED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
BY KEVIN GALANG A MEMBER of the Bacolor police in Pampanga on Wednesday was relieved from his post over alleged lascivious acts on a...
MISSING 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD IN SUGARCANE PLANTATION IN NEGROS OCC.
A FEMALE teenager who had been missing since July 29 was found dead on Wednesday in a sugarcane plantation in La Carlota City, Negros...
TODDLER SIBLINGS DIE IN BOHOL FIRE
TWO young siblings on Wednesday night died after they were trapped in their burning house in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The victims, a 3-year-old girl,...
OMBUDSMAN ORDERS DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE OF ALICE GUO
SUSPENDED Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo was ordered dismissed from the service by the Office of the Ombudsman for grave misconduct. In an order...
POLICE CHIEF, 6 OTHERS HURT IN PAMPANGA PORTABLE STOVE BLAST
BY KEVIN GALANG A POLICE chief and six others were injured when a portable stove they were using to cook food on Tuesday exploded...
VILLAGE CHIEF GUNNED DOWN INSIDE BARANGAY HALL IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG CAR-RIDING assassins on Sunday shot dead a barangay chairman inside a village hall in Arayat, Pampanga. In a report to Police...
MANILA MAYOR AWARDS P500,000 CASH INCENTIVE TO OLYMPIAN POLE VAULTER EJ OBIENA
MANILA Mayor Dr. Honey Lacuna-Pangan on Wednesday afternoon awarded P500,000 in cash incentives to Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena held at the...
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ONLINE SELLER, VENDOR BUSTED IN CABANATUAN
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Monday arrested two persons in a drug buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. Nueva Ecija police director Col....
PBBM HONORS PINOY OLYMPIANS, GRANTS P50-M CASH, MEDAL OF MERIT, PRESIDENTIAL CITATIONS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday honored 22 Filipino Olympians in a solemn ceremony at Malacañan Palace, where he awarded a total of...
MANILA TO DESIGNATE AUG. 4 AS ‘CARLOS YULO DAY’
THE City of Manila will officially designate August 4 as “Carlos Yulo Day” to celebrate the day the Olympic star won his first gold...
SENATOR PADILLA WANTS STIFFER PENALTIES, INCLUDING DEATH, VS RAPE
SENATOR Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla is pushing heavier penalties against sexual assault by strengthening the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 to make the offense punishable...
PBBM HOPEFUL ON POTENTIAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP WITH UAE POWER FIRM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is hopeful the Philippines could successfully partner with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC) as the country explores the...
1ST TRANCHE OF GOV’T WORKERS’ SALARY HIKE LIKELY THIS MONTH — DBM
THE Department of Budget Management (DBM) announded that th first tranche of salary increase for qualified government workers would likely be released this month....
LAPID SLAY SUSPECT KILLS SELF – POLICE
ONE of the suspects in the killing of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa on Sunday allegedly shot himself dead while about to be arrested...
6.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE JOLTS JAPAN
ANKARA – A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.8 hit northern and northeastern Japan on Saturday, local media said. However, the weather agency has not issued...
PBBM CONDEMNS AIR INCIDENT OVER BAJO DE MASINLOC; URGES CHINA TO ACT RESPONSIBLY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday strongly condemned the air incident over Bajo de Masinloc as he expressed support to the brave men...
PRC ASSURES ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF BLOOD AMID RAISING DENGUE CASES
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has assured that there is enough supply of blood and medical support are readily available following alarming cases of...
CONVENIENCE STORE MANAGER KILLED BY ROBBERS IN CABANATUAN CITY
POLICE are hunting down three men who robbed a convenience store and killed the establishment’s manager early Friday morning in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija....
WOMAN GUNNED DOWN WHILE WASHING CLOTHES IN ECIJA HOME
BY KEVIN GALANG A 50-YEAR-OLD woman on Sunday was shot dead while washing clothes in Nueva Ecija. In a report to Police Regional Office...
CONG ‘POGI’ DONATES BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT
CONG Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. delivers his personal donations of basketball shot clocks and basketball board to barangays Bical, Bundagul, and San Joaquin in...
7 IN PDEA TARGET LIST NABBED IN OLONGAPO
BY KEVIN GALANG SEVEN men in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Philippine National Police (PDEA-PNP) target list on Friday were arrested in an anti-illegal drugs...
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