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...
Year: 2024
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...
BLUE COPS ON MOBILE WHEELS IN QUEZON
MOBILE WHEELS DONATION SIGNING. Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) vice chairman for Welfare Committe Nelson Licup (seated, center) leads the signing...
COLANZA BAGS BEST PCAD JUNIOR PCO AWARD
AWARDED. Orion Municipal Police Station OIC Capt. Silvestre C. Colanza receives the Best Police Community Affairs and Development (PCAD) Junior Police Commissioned Office (PCO)...
COMPANY MANAGER HURT IN PAMPANGA ROB-TRY
BY KEVIN GALANG A COMPANY executive on Friday was injured when he tried to defend himself from a robber who tried to stab him...
2 WOMEN STABBED DEAD WITH ICEPICK IN CAVITE CONDO
A BUSINESSWOMAN and her niece were found brutally murdered inside their condo unit in Imus City, Cavite, police on Saturday said. The victims were...
PBBM TO HONOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST CARLOS YULO, OTHER PINOY OLYMPIANS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will honor 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist Carlos Yulo, along with other outstanding Filipino Olympians, at the Malacañan Palace...
ROMUALDEZ VOWS TO INCREASE SOLDIERS’ ALLOWANCE
THE House of Representatives would raise the daily subsistence allowance of the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from P150 to...
MARCOS BACKS PH HOSTING OF 22ND ASIAN KARATE YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on all government agencies, instrumentalities, and local government units to support the Philippines’ hosting of the 22nd Asian...
PHILIPPIINE NAVY SHOWS NEW DEFENSE CAPABILITIES
Philippine Fleet commander Rear Admiral Renato David shows Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez a Spike NLOS (non-line of sight) missile system as well as...
MARCOS URGED TO DECLARE NATIONAL STATE OF CALAMITY AMID ASF SPREAD
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was urged to declare a national state of calamity amid the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in the country....
COORDINATED, SUSTAINED EFFORTS NEEDED TO ERADICATE DRUG MENACE – GARBO
BY KEVIN GALANG MAYOR Crisostomo Garbo of Mabalacat City in Pampanga on Friday said coordinated and sustained efforts are keys to stop the proliferation...
PBBM APPROVES LLFC, ULFC MERGER
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 65 approving the merger of United Coconut Planters Bank Leasing and Finance Corporation (ULFC) and the...
ANGARA WANTS PISA-LIKE EXAMS FOR STUDENTS
EDUCATION Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Friday stressed the need to develop examinations in schools that would match the Program for International Student...
CA FREEZES ASSETS OF QUIBOLOY, KOJC
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has issued a freeze order on assets of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) and its officers led by...
PORTIONS OF EDSA MANDALUYONG, SAN JUAN TO UNDERGO 2-WEEK REHAB
PARTS of the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) covering the cities of Mandaluyong and San Juan will undergo a two-week rehab starting Friday, August...
COPS HUNT KOREAN ACCUSED OF TAKING COMPATRIOTS P200,000, CAR
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Mabalacat City police are hunting down a South Korean national accused of taking his compatriots P200,000 cash and a vehicle....
MARCOS’ PARTIDO FEDERAL FORGES ALLIANCE WITH VILLAR’S NACIONALISTA PARTY
IN a move that further broadens the grand coalition under the banner of Bagong Pilipinas, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas...
POLICE OPERATIONS NOW AS ‘HUMANE, BLOODLESS AS POSSIBLE’ – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos on Thursday recognized the reforms and achievements of the country’s police force, stressing that it has made their operations “as...
PBBM NAMES 2 NEW NATIONAL SCIENTISTS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared Carmencita David Padilla, MD, and Romulo Gelbolingo Davide, Ph.D., as national scientists for their achievements in the fields...
LAKAS CMD NOW AT 103, ONE-THIRD OF TOTAL HOUSE MEMBERS
THE total number of the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party members in the House of Representatives is now at 103 as two more senior...
NBI URGED TO PURSUE PROBE INTO ISSUANCE OF FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATES
SENATOR Win Gatchalian urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to pursue its investigation over the issuance of fake birth certificates to ensure that...
6.3% GDP GROWTH REFLECTS SUCCESS OF PBBM’S STRATEGIC ECONOMIC POLICIES – ROMUALDEZ
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Thursday hailed the 6.3% annual growth of the Philippine economy in the second quarter of 2024 as an...
SENATE PANEL TO SUBPOENA RESPONDENTS IN SANDRO’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE, NINO MUHLACH BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS
A SENATE panel is set to issue a subpoena against the two respondents in the sexual harassment case filed by the son of actor...
FOOD POISONING DOWNS 151 SK OFFICIALS
BY KEVIN GALANG AT least 151 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials attending a seminar in a hotel at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on Tuesday...
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