PRO3 BUYS NEW EQUIPMENT TO BOOST DISASTER RESPONSE
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) bought new equipment to bolster its disaster response...
Month: August 2024
TAIWANESE FIRM INVESTS P15B IN CLARK’S ECO-FRIENDLY TOWNSHIP PROJECT
BY KEVIN GALANG CLARK FREEPORT – A company in Taiwan – BB International Leisure and Resort Development Corporation (BBILRDC)- is investing an additional P15...
SPEAKER ROMUALDEZ WANTS LIFETIME PENSIONS FOR OLYMPIC MEDALISTS
TO honor the outstanding achievements of Filipino athletes in the Olympics, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday said lawmakers will be studying the...
HOUSE BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON PROPOSED P6.352-T 2025 NATIONAL BUDGET
THE House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday, Aug, 5, 2024 has started its deliberation on the proposed...
PBBM HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF PH-GERMANY RELATIONS ON WEST PH SEA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday emphasized the importance of partnership among nations in addressing geopolitical issues, particularly in the West Philippine Sea....
MARCOS RENEWS VIBRANT TIES BETWEEN PH, GERMANY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. renewed the vibrant diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Germany on Monday as he welcomed German Federal Minister of...
CAYETANO ALARMED OVER RELIABILITY OF PH IDS AMID SCAMS
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday expressed grave concerns about the reliability of Philippine identification documents amid reports of widespread counterfeiting. Speaking during the...
US DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN VISITS SUBIC BAY, EVALUATES CAPABILITY OF SDC FACILITY
UNITED STATES (US) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III recently visited Subic Drydock Corporation (SDC) in Subic Bay, Zambales to evaluate the facility’s capability to...
CARLOS YULO WINS 2ND GOLD NI PARIS OLYMPICS
PHILIPPINES greatest gymnast Carlos Yulo has overhauled Philippine sports history after winning the second gold in Paris Olympics on Sunday in just 24 hours....
COP KILLED, ANOTHER HURT IN ENCOUNTER WITH CHINESE KIDNAPPERS IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG A RESCUE operation on Saturday turned into an encounter that left a policeman dead and another wounded in Angeles City, Pampanga....
BUSINESSMAN-PHILANTROPHIST PROVIDES AID TO ‘CARINA’ VICTIMS IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG GOOD-HEARTED businessman Don Robert Gaza sends thousands of relief goods to victims of typhoon “Carina” in Pampanga. The owner of DiGaMa...
P7.3-M ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AIR PARCELS SEIZED IN PASAY
THE Bureau of Customs Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC NAIA), in partnership with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug...
BI WORRIED ABOUT EMERGING TREND OF FRAUDULENTLY-ACQUIRED FOREIGN PASSPORT
BUREAU of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco expressed his concern on a recent trend of minor aliens obtaining fraudulently-acquired foreign passports. Tansingco shared that...
BI ARRESTS KOREAN FUGITIVE, 2 UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS IN CEBU, BAGUIO OPERATIONS
OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a French-British man found to be in violation of immigration laws in Baguio City. Personnel of...
WOMAN WHO PAID P160 TO SYNDICATE FOR FAKE DEPARTURE STAMP STOPPED AT NAIA
BUREAU of Immigration (BI) officers recently stopped the departure of a female victim of fake departure stamp scheme at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
27 ILLEGAL ONLINE GAMING WORKERS DEPORTED — BI
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the deportation of a batch of Chinese nationals who had been previously arrested for working illegally in the...
CARLOS YULO WINS PH’S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN PARIS 2024 FLOOR EXERCISE; TO RECEIVE P3M AWARD FROM CONGRESS
FILIPINO gymnast Carlos Yulo made history Saturday night (Manila time) after winning a gold medal in the men’s floor exercise in the 2024 Paris...
TEVES, QUIBOLOY TO GET FAIR TRIAL – DOJ
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) called on fugitives Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and former lawmaker Arnie Teves to surrender and face the charges against them....
MC-RIDING ASSASSINS KILL BARANGAY CHAIRMAN IN ANGAT, BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG MOTORCYC-RIDING armed men on Saturday shot dead a village chief in Angat, Bulacan. In a report to Police Regional Office 3...
IRAN FREES 3 FILIPINO SEAFARERS FROM SEIZED VESSEL
THE three remaining Filipino seafarers from the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries seized last April have been freed by the Iranian authorities, the Department of Migrant...
DMW ASSURES SAFETY OF PINOYS IN PROTEST-RIDDLED BANGLADESH
FILIPINOS in Bangladesh are safe, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac said on Saturday. Cacdac stated that the DMW’s priority is to ensure the migrant...
MARCOS ISSUES EO INCREASING SALARIES, BENEFITS OF GOV’T EMPLOYEES
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 64, increasing the salaries of government workers and authorizing the grant of an additional allowance...
2 TEENAGERS YIELD P1-M SHABU IN CAVITE BUY-BUST
TWO minors on Thursday were arrested while over P1 million worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Panapaan, Bacoor City,...
VICE MAYOR, SECURITY ESCORT KILLED IN MAGUINDANAO DEL SUR AMBUSH
ARMED men on Friday killed in an ambush the vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur and his aide. Slain was Vice Mayor...
PAMPANGA TOP COP NAMES 3 NEW POLICE CHIEFS
BY KEVIN GALANG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Pampanga police director Col. Jay Dimaandal designated three new police officers to lead key stations...
PBBM’S NET SATISFACTION RATING UP IN JUNE — SWS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s net satisfaction rating increase for the month of June, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released...
11 DIE IN BINONDO BUILDING FIRE
ELEVEN people on Friday died in a fire that hit a five-storey commercial-residential building in Binondo, Manila. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said...
PH TO FURTHER REINFORCE COOPERATION WITH JAPAN — PBBM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed the Philippines’ intent to further bolster its cooperation with Japan. According to the President, “there is...
MEGA BAGONG PILIPINAS SERVICE CARAVAN VISITS EASTERN VISAYAS, PROVIDES AID TO 253,000 BENEFICIARIES
AS the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. celebrates its first anniversary this month, it visited Eastern Visayas to...
50 SULU OFFICIALS JOIN LAKAS-CMD
SULU Gov. Sakur Tan, Vice Gov. Toto Tan and 48 other officials in the province, including mayors, vice mayors, and board members on Thursday...
LPG PRICES UP IN AUGUST
FILIPINO households will see higher prices of cooking gas this month. Oil companies announced an increase in prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products...
SM MALLS IN LAGUNA SHARE A HAND FOR ‘BRIGADA ESKWELA’ 2024
IN line with the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) objective to provide quality education, SM City Calamba and SM Center San Pedro in Laguna joined...
CHINESE FROM BGC NABBED FOR PARTY DRUGS IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG A CHINESE national on Wednesday was arrested after a P250,000 worth of party drugs or ecstasy was seized from him in...
MENDOZA LEADS INAUGURATION OF LTO DISTRICT OFFICE IN GENERAL TRIAS, CAVITE
LAND Transportation Office (LTO) chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II on Wednesday led the inauguration of their district office in General Trias City, Cavite....
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