REVIEW OF THE MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH THE US PUSHED
THERE is a need to review the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States, National Maritime Council (NMC) spokesman Undersecretary...
Year: 2024
TIMOR-LESTE TURNS DOWN TEVES’ APPEAL TO STOP HIS EXTRADITION
THE government of Timor-Leste has rejected the appeal filed by former Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves on his extradition to the Philippines....
CHILD, WOMAN AMONG NEW MPOX PATIENTS IN PH, ACTIVE CASES RISE TO 5
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday confirmed that there are now five active mpox cases in the Philippines after two more were added...
RMDU3 CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES FOR CENTRAL LUZON COPS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — The Regional Medical and Dental Unit 3 (RMDU3) continues to implement the Enhanced...
ROBBERS HIT BUSINESSMAN’S BULACAN HOME
BY KEVIN GALANG FIVE men armed with a gun on Wednesday struck the house of a businessman in Balagtas, Bulacan. In a report to...
MARCOS TO CAVITEÑOS: IT’S NOW SAFE TO GO BACK TO FISHING
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday declared that the Cavite fisherfolk can now go back to fishing as the oil spill that affected...
PBBM EXTENDS OVER P360-M AID TO OIL SPILL-HIT RESIDENTS IN CAVITE
Despite the inclement weather, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday personally handed over a total of P363,050,000 in financial assistance and standby funds...
AMLC URGED TO EXPEDITE FILING OF MONEY LAUNDERING RAPS VS ALICE GUO, COHORTS
SENATOR Win Gatchalian urged the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to expedite the filing of anti-money laundering charges against dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and...
SENATE HONORS FORMER SPEAKER DE VENECIA
THE Senate on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, honored former House Speaker Jose de Venecia for his career in public service. The Senate presented de...
ALBAY MAYOR WANTED FOR MURDER OF LAWMAKER, BODYGUARD NABBED
THE mayor of Daraga, Albay wanted for the 2018 assassination of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe and his policeman-bodyguard on Tuesday was arrested by...
SHEILA GUO CONFIRMS LEAVING PH WITH ALICE, WESLEY VIA BOATS
SHEILA Guo on Tuesday confirmed to senators that she, her sister, dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, and brother Wesley had fled the country by...
2 DRUG-PEDDLING TRIKE DRIVERS, LABORER NABBED IN CABANATUAN STING
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO tricycle drivers and a construction worker on Monday were arrested while over P400,000 worth of shabu was seized in a...
DAVAO COURT ISSUES TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER IN FAVOR OF KOJC OVER PNP
A DAVAO City court on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, has issued a temporary protection order (TPO) to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC), directing...
NO SACRED COWS IN PROBE ON ALICE GUO’S ESCAPE – PBBM
THE government has already identified employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) behind the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, according to...
NO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING ENFORCEMENT OF QUIBOLOY’S ARREST — MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. firmly stated on Tuesday that the Philippine National Police (PNP) did not commit any human rights violations while serving...
EXPECT FASTER OFW DEPARTURE CLEARANCES — BI
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that the integration of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) into the agency’s system will expedite the processing of...
COA ORDERS VP SARA TO RETURN P73-M DISALLOWED CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered Vice President Sara Duterte to return the ₱73.28 million of the ₱125 million in confidential funds that...
MAN SHOT DEAD OVER QUARREL IN PARKING AREA
A CONFRONTATION over a parking space on Saturday left a 27-year-old man dead in Bgy. Cupang, Antipolo, Rizal. Police identified the victim as John...
SHABU IN DIAPER SENDS ‘LOLO’ TO JAIL
A 70-YEAR-OLD widower on Sunday was arrested after he tried to sneak shabu inside the Nueva Ecija Provincial Jail using his grandson’s diaper in...
431 WANTED MEN CAPTURED DURING INTENSIFIED POLICE OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL LUZON
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Some 431 wanted felons, including 64 most wanted criminals in Central Luzon, were...
PNP SAYS DIE-HARD KOJC MEMBERS HURT 7 COPS AS TENSION RISE DURING QUIBOLOY SEARCH
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said that at least seven policemen on Sunday night were wounded by die-hard members of the Kingdom...
US, JAPAN SLAM CHINA’S LATEST WPS ATTACK
“UNLAWFUL, unacceptable.” This were how the United States and Japan called out China’s latest aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a post...
SENATE GETS CUSTODY OF SHEILA GO, CASSANDRA ONG BROUGHT TO HOUSE
THE Philippine Senate has assumed custody of Sheila Guo, the sister of former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, from the National Bureau of Investigation....
PBBM LEADS NATION IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL HEROES’ DAY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday led the wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldiers at the Libingan ng mga Bayani...
CARD PROGRAM BENEFITS 3,000 BATANGUEÑOS
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, assisted by Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Ryan Christian Recto and Lipa City Mayor Eric Africa, leads the Cash and...
3,000 BATANGAS STUDENTS RECEIVE ISIP AID
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, assisted by Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Ryan Christian Recto and Lipa City Mayor Eric...
PAOCC VOWS TO PURSUE INCARCERATION OF GUO, COHORTS
THE Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Saturday vowed to pursue the incarceration of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and her cohorts in...
THE spokesman of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Saturday said the name of Harry Roque, a lawyer and former presidential spokesperson, keeps...
ALICE GUO POSSIBLY HEADING TO GOLDEN TRIANGLE – ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION
DISMISSED Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is possibly heading to the Golden Triangle in mainland Asia where her family has business interests, according to...
DMW ASSURES SAFE EVACUATION, REPATRIATION OF PINOY WORKERS IN LEBANON
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has guaranteed the safe evacuation and repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by conflicts in Lebanon. “I...
DENR BARES THREE STRATEGEIS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga on Friday outlined the government’s strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change....
HEAT WAVE CAUSES 28 DEATHS, 3,000 RELATED CASES IN SOUTH KOREA
ISTANBUL – The number of heat-related illnesses in South Korea has surged past 3,000 this year, with 28 deaths reported amid relentless heat waves sweeping...
RETIRED ARMY MAN DROWNS IN AURORA RESORT
BY KEVIN GALANG A RETIRED member of the Philippine Army on Thursday drowned while swimming at a resort in Dipaculao, Aurora. The Aurora police...
THAI ENVOY EYES INVESTMENTS IN CLARK
BY KEVIN GALANG CLARK FREEPORT – Thailand Ambassador Tull Traisorat has highlighted this Freeport as a prime location for expanding trade and investment relations...
CACHE OF GUNS, BULLETS FOUND IN HOUSE OF ROB-HOMICIDE SUSPECT IN NUEVA ECIJA 
P4.5-M TAMPERED LPG TANKS CONFISCATED IN BATAAN 
LACSON CONFIRMS ‘MILITARY-BACKED PEOPLE POWER’ PLOT 
IMEE FILES BILL POSTPONING BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS TO OCTOBER 2027