PH, US, JAPAN VOW TO DEEPEN TIES
THE Philippines, the United States and Japan on Monday vowed to continue working together to enhance and deepen trilateral ties, particularly in the areas...
Month: January 2025
VILLANUEVA BACKS PUSH FOR ALTERNATIVE WORK SETUP
SENATOR Joel Villanueva, principal author and sponsor of Republic Act No. 11165 or the Telecommuting Act, said the push to adopt alternative work setup...
SUSPICIOUS TRAVEL PATTERN LEADS TO ARREST OF PINAY DRUG COURIER AT NAIA TERMINAL 3
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) Anti-Terrorist Group (ATG) on Thursday night intercepted a Filipina found to be carrying ilegal drugs. BI-ATG head Bienvenido Castillo...
FILIPINA BEATEN TO DEATH IN SLOVENIA, HUSBAND SUSPECT NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY
A 27-YEAR-OLD Filipina was murdered in Slovenia, reports on Saturday said. Marvil Facturan-Kocjančič, 27, was allegedly beaten to death by her Slovenian husband, Mitja...
MARCOS EXPRESSES SYMPATHY FOR PINOY WILDFIRE VICTIMS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday expressed his deepest sympathies to the victims of the devastating wildfires in California. In a statement released...
LAGUNA HAS NEW TOP COP
LAGUNA has new police provincial director in the person of Col. Ricardo Dalmacia (left). He replaced outgoing provincial police director Col. Gauvin Mel Unos...
CDC RAMPS UP EFFORTS TO ATTRACT GLOBAL INVESTORS
BY KEVIN GALANG CLARK FREEPORT — The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) is intensifying its efforts to lure more investors to the Freeport. CDC president...
THIEF ATTACKS CHURCH IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Saturday arrested the suspect in looting a church in Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Mabalacat City police commander Lt. Col. Efren David...
AROUND 1,500 CHECKPOINTS SET UP NATIONWIDE AS ELECTION PERIOD STARTS
ALMOST 1,500 checkpoints across the country were set up by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the first day of intensified security measures for...
5,000 COPS TO SECURE IGLESIA NI CRISTO RALLY IN MANILA
NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin said around 5,000 police officers and other security forces will be deployed to...
DSWD EYES ‘WALANG GUTOM’ KITCHEN IN COUNTRYSIDE
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday announced the plan to scale up the food bank program “Walang Gutom Kitchen” in...
COLLEGE DEAN, NEPHEW, COUPLE DIE IN SULTAN KUDARAT TWIN AMBUSH
THE dean of Notre Dame of Salaman College (NDSC) – Lebak, his nephew, and a couple on Thursday night were killed in separate ambush...
GOV’T WORK, CLASSES IN MANILA, PASAY SUSPENDED ON JANUARY 13 DUE TO IGLESIA NI CRISTO RALLY
MALACANANG on Friday announced the suspension of government work and classes in all levels in the cities of Manila and Pasay on January 13...
ENCHANTED KINGDOM BAGS 3 GOVERNMENT RECOGNITIONS, OTHER CITATIONS IN 2024
ENCHANTED Kingdom, the first and only world-class theme park in the Philippines located in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, garnered three government recognitions from the...
2 CHINESE MEN NABBED, P46-M SMUGGLED ‘UKAY-UKAY’ SEIZED IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG OPERATIVES on Wednesday arrested two Chinese nationals and confiscated an estimated P46 million worth of smuggled used clothing or “ukay-ukay” during separate...
FREE ADMISSION FOR SENIORS AT SM CINEMA CALAMBA
GOOD news for senior citizens of Calamba, Laguna. Starting January 8, 2025 elders in the city can now watch movies for free at SM...
VIC SOTTO FILES CYBER LIBEL RAPS VS FILMMAKER DARRYL YAP
VETERAN television host-actor and comedian Vic Sotto on Thursday filed 19 counts of cyber libel against Darryl Yap, the filmmaker of the upcoming controversial...
MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES JOIN TRASLACION 2025 THAT ENDS MORE THAN 20 HOURS
OVER eight million devotees of Jesus Nazareno joined the longest “Traslacion” since 2020. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC),...
ALLEGED MASTERMIND IN AMERICAN VLOGGER’S KIDNAPPING CAPTURED
OPERATIVES on Thursday announced the capture of the alleged mastermind in the abduction of American vlogger Elliot Eastman in Zamboanga del Norte. Police Regional...
FONTANA LEISURE PARK ORDERED CLOSED OVER UNPAID OBLIGATIONS
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Clark Development Corporation (CDC) on Tuesday closed down for the third time the 300-hectare Fontana Hot Spring and Leisure Park...
OVER P20-M SHABU SEIZED IN BULACAN STING
BY KEVIN GALANG A “HIGH-VALUE” target on Wednesday was arrested following the confiscation from him of over P20 million worth of shabu in an...
PALACE ORDERS SUSPENSION OF URDANETA MAYOR, VICE MAYOR
THE Office of the President has ordered the suspension for 12 months of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Mayor Julio Parayno and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno...
OVER 500 NAZARENO DEVOTEES RECEIVE MEDICAL AID
MORE than 500 devotees who joined the procession of the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno were given medical aid, authorities said. According to the...
400 ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS ARRESTED IN PARAÑAQUE RAID
SOME 400 illegal aliens on Wednesday were arrested by immigration authorities in a raid on an alleged scam hub in Parañaque City. BI Intelligence...
RUFA MAE QUINTO SURRENDERS TO NBI OVER INVESTMENT SCAM ALLEGATIONS
ACTRESS and comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto on Wednesday surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to face the charges of her alleged involvement...
SENATE TO PRIORITIZE RIGHTSIZING BILL — ESCUDERO
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero said the proposal on the rightsizing of the national government will be prioritized by the Senate to ensure...
3 MOST WANTED FELONS IN CENTRAL LUZON FALL
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office 3’s (PRO3) intensified campaign against wanted persons resulted in the capture...
‘THE VOICE’ USA CHAMP HONORED IN MALACANANG
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos on Wednesday honored ‘The Voice’ USA Season 26 Grand Champion Sofronio Vasquez for bringing...
84-YEAR-OLD BEDRIDDEN WOMAN MOLESTED, STABBED TO DEATH IN PAMPANGA; SUSPECT ARRESTED
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man accused of raping and stabbing an 84-year-old bedridden woman to death in Floridablanca, Pampanga....
SEA GAMES GOLD MEDALIST STABBED IN CHEST WHILE SLEEPING IN ORIENTAL MINDORO
A NATIONAL athlete who is also an Air Force non-commissioned officer on Tuesday died after being stabbed while sleeping in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro....
SSS PUSHES CONTRIBUTION SUBSIDY PROGRAM
THE Social Security System (SSS) is pushing for a new program to help finance its members’ contribution. In a press briefing in Malacanang on...
NAZARENO ‘PAHALIK’ STARTS AT QUIRINO GRANDSTAND
THOUSANDS of devotees have started to flock to the Quirino Grandstand in Manila as the traditional “pahalik” for the Jesus Nazareno image began on...
LAWMAKER WANTS QUIAPO DECLARED NATIONAL HERITAGE ZONE
SENATOR Lito Lapid is seeking the support of his colleagues for the passage of a measure that would declare Quiapo as a national historical-cultural...
PAKISTANI NATIONAL KILLS SELF BY HANGING IN OLONGAPO HOME
BY KEVIN GALANG A PAKISTANI national on Monday was found hanging and dead in his house in Olongapo City. The Olongapo City police identified...
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