23 FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS OF MISSILE-HIT VESSEL NOW SAFE – DMW
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced that all 23 Filipino seafarers aboard the MT Sounion, which was attacked by Houthi rebels off the...
Year: 2024
COPS NAB NOTORIOUS DRUG PEDDLER IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG OPERATIVES on Thursday arrested a notorious drug peddler following a buy-bust operation in Pampanga. In a report to Police Regional Office...
FISH IN CAVITE NOW SAFE TO EAT – REMULLA
CAVITE Gov. Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla Jr. on Thursday announced that fish caught in the waters of Cavite are now safe to eat. Remulla...
VAN-RIDING THIEVES ATTACK CHINESE’ HOME IN CABANATUAN
BY KEVIN GALANG ROBBERS riding a van attacked the house of a Chinese national in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. In a report to Police...
2 PDLS LINK EX-PRES DUTERTE IN MURDER OF 3 CHINESE DRUG DETAINESS IN DAVAO
TWO persons deprived of liberty (PDL) on Thursday said former President Rodrigo Duterte ordered them to kill three Chinese men convicted of drug charges...
99 WORKERS ROUNDED UP IN PARAÑAQUE SCAM HUB
SOME 99 Filipino and foreign workers on Thursday were arrested in a raid at an alleged online scam hub in Parañaque City. According to...
PBBM HANDS OVER P1M EACH TO OLYMPIC GOLFER, 3 OTHER ATHLETES
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. honored four Filipino Olympians in a ceremony in Malacañan Palace on Thursday. The President granted the athletes cash incentives...
INDONESIA SENDS BACK TO PH ALICE GUO’S SISTER, POGO WORKER CASSANDRA ONG
THE Indonesian authorities on Thursday sent back to the Philippines the sister of dismissed Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and Philippine Offshore Gaming...
‘SANA ALL MAY INTERNET’ BILL HURDLES HOUSE ON 3RD READING
THE House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the proposed measure whose ultimate objective is for the government to provide...
BATCH ’87 HS CLASS REUNION
PHOTO CAPTION The IV-St. Therese High School Class of 1987 with class adviser Ms. Amada Gupit. Photo courtesy of AYEN VERIA-AMARGO REUNION IV-St. Therese...
PBBM ORDERS CONTINUOUS SURVEILLANCE OF MPOX
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered agencies to continue monitoring areas and people most vulnerable to mpox. “Continue surveillance especially on areas and...
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...
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...
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