PALACE NO HAND IN ‘BLANK ITEMS’ IN 2025 BICAM REPORT
MALACANANG has nothing to do with the “blank pages” in the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2025 national budget, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
Month: January 2025
BROKENHEARTED GRADE 6 STUDENT HANGS SELF
BY KEVIN GALANG A GRADE 6 female student suffering from a heartbreak on Thursday was found hanging and dead in the comfort room of...
AMENDMENTS TO BATAAN FREEPORT LAW TO REVITALIZE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE, CREATE MORE JOBS — ZUBIRI
SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri has sponsored a measure amending the Freeport Area of Bataan Act to further strengthen the Authority of the Freeport Area...
17 FILIPINO SEAFARERS FINALLY HOME
THE 17 Filipino crew members of cargo ship MV Galaxy Leader are finally home after 428 days in captivity by Houthi rebels Department of...
WOMEN MEMBERS OF COOPERATIVES IN MABALACAT GET FINANCIAL AID
BY KEVIN GALANG MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Some 50 women from various cooperatives in this city received a total of P1 million financial grants...
FEMALE CHINESE ABDUCTED IN CAVITE
UNIDENTIFED armed men on Wednesday snatched a 33-year-old female Chinese from her rented house in Bgy. Navarro, General Trias City, Cavite. The name of...
WOMAN, SON NABBED FOR TRANSPORTING P170-M SHABU FROM MASBATE TO CEBU CITY
A 63-YEAR-OLD woman and her son on Thursday were arrested for transporting some 25 kilograms of shabu worth P170 million from Masbate to Cebu...
LADY GUARD NABBED FOR P4.8M SHABU IN TAGUIG STING
POLICE on Wednesday arrested a lady guard tagged as a “high-value” target following the confiscation of around P4.8 million worth of shabu in an...
EX-BOC HEADS ADMIT ‘TARA’ SYSTEM EXISTS
THE House Quad Committee led by Committee on Dangerous Drugs chairperson and Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Barbers reconvened on Tuesday for its 14th...
HONEST TAXI DRIVER RETURNS P2.4-M LEFT BEHIND BY PASSENGER
LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman Teofilo Guadiz III on Wednesday lauded the honesty and integrity of a taxi driver from Iloilo...
FILIPINA TOURIST ‘TAKING SELFIE’ HIT BY TRAIN IN TAIWAN
A FILIPINA tourist who was said to be posing for a photo was hit by an oncoming train at Shifen Station in Pingxi district...
17 PINOYS HELD HOSTAGE IN YEMEN FREED – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday announced that the 17 Filipino crew members of M/V Galaxy Leader who were held captive in Yemen...
CLARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXTENDS HELP TO STORM-HIT AURORA
BY KEVIN GALANG DIPACULAO, Aurora – Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has launched a relief operation in Aurora province in response to President Ferdinand Marcos...
PAMPANGA, BULACAN OPERATIONS NET GUN PEDDLER, ROBBERS
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Operatives of the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) on Wednesday scored significant successes...
LABORER SHOT DEAD IN MABALACAT
BY KEVIN GALANG A CONSTRUCTION worker on Tuesday was shot dead in Bgy. Sta. Maria, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Mabalacat City police commander Lt. Col....
SOON-TO-WED COUPLE DIES IN ILOCOS ROAD ACCIDENT
LOVERS set to get married this year died in a road accident in San Emilio, Ilocos Sur. Police identified the victims as Ibrahim Cardenas...
QUIBOLOY RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
KINGDOM of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy on Saturday was rushed to the hospital due to pneumonia, the Bureau of Jail Management and...
NBI ARRESTS SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY, 2 PINOY COHORTS
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday said it arrested a Chinese national and two Filipino cohorts believed to be involved in espionage...
LGU DONATES HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS TO TAYABAS PNP
HIGH-POWERED GUNS FOR TAYABAS PNP-SWAT. Acting Mayor Rosauro Dalida of Tayabas City (center) poses for posterity with members of the Sangguniang Panlunsod headed by...
P10-M SHABU DECLARED AS VINYL WINDOW FROM CALIFORNIA SEIZED IN CLARK
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOC CLARK BY KEVIN GALANG OVER P10 million worth of shabu declared as vinyl window from California, USA on Monday was...
PBBM CONGRATULATES TRUMP, CITES STRONG PH-US ALLIANCE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. extended his congratulations to newly-inaugurated United States (US) President Donald Trump following his return to the White House. Citing...
TRUMP SWEARS IN AS 47TH PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, VOWS ‘GOLDEN AGE’ FOR AMERICA
DONALD Trump on Monday was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The Republican leader took his oath of office at...
MAGNITUDE 5.5 QUAKE SHAKES LUZON
A MAGNITUDE 5.5 earthquake on Monday night shook the waters near Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The...
QUARREL LEADS TO STABBING; 2 DEAD IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Sunday arrested a man for stabbing a man and a woman in Bgy. Cutcut, Angeles City, Pampanga. Angeles City...
MARCOS ACCUSES EX-PRESIDENT DUTERTE OF PEDDLING LIES
FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte lied about what he called missing budget amounts and discrepancies in the newly-approved P6.326-trillion national budget, President Ferdinand R. Marcos...
PBBM BUCKS CONTENT OF ‘SEX EDUCATION’ PROPOSAL
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. strongly condemned on Monday the absurd policies proposed in the implementation of sex education in the country. The President...
EX-QC MAYOR HERBERT BAUTISTA, AIDE SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR GRAFT
THE Sandiganbayan has found ex-Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista and former city administrator Aldrin Cuña guilty of graft and were sentenced to up to...
SEVEN-STOREY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING TO RISE IN MANILA
A NEW seven-storey high school building is soon to rise in Manila. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna on Monday led the ceremonial groundbreaking for the...
CHIZ: BILL FIXING PCG CHIEF’S TERM OF OFFICE TO PROVIDE STABILITY AMID TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN WEST PH SEA
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero said the legislation fixing the term of office of the commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to...
GRADE 12 FEMALE STUDENT FOUND DEAD NEAR CREEK IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG A FEMALE teenager who was reported missing by her family was found dead near a creek in Ciudad De Hizon, Bgy....
LEGARDA HAILS GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL, CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE SOLUTIONS
SENATOR Loren Legarda welcomes the approval of the deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would pause the war between Israel and the Palestinian...
HOUSE PANEL APPROVES CHILD SUPPORT BILL
THE House Committee on the Welfare of Children has approved a proposed measure seeking to penalize parents or irresponsible fathers who refuse to support...
POE ALLAYS FEARS OF JOB LOSS OF MOTORCYCLE RIDERS
SENATOR Grace Poe said the absence of a law should not result in the loss of jobs of over 60,000 motorcycle riders in the...
RENT-TO-OWN PUBLIC CONDO UNVEILED IN MANILA
MANILA Mayor Honey Lacuna recently inaugurated the city’s first rent-to-own public condominium. The local government unit said the housing project aims to provide affordable...
4 NABBED FOR ILLEGAL SALE OF DIESEL IN TARLAC 
5 DETAINEES DIE IN POLICE CAR CRASH IN QC 
GATCHALIAN BILL SEEKS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR MINORS UNDER 16 
PRESIDENT MARCOS TO MAKE STATE VISIT TO JAPAN IN MAY