COURT ORDERS ARREST OF HARRY ROQUE, CASSANDRA ONG FOR ALLEGED HUMAN TRAFFICKING
A REGIONAL Trial Court in Angeles City, Pampanga has issued an arrest warrant against former presidential spokesman lawyer Harry Roque, businesswoman Cassandra Li Ong,...
Month: May 2025
MAYORAL CANDIDATE’S DRIVER NABBED FOR ALLEGED VOTE-BUYING
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested a driver of a mayoral bet for alleged vote-buying in Bulacan on...
LIGHTNING KILLS 2 COPS IN ORIENTAL MINDORO
TWO police officers on Wednesday night were killed after being struck by lightning in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. The Police Regional Office 4-B (PRO4-B) identified...
2 FOREIGN NATIONALS BUSTED IN ANGELES
BY KEVIN GALANG ANTI-DRUG operatives on Tuesday arrested two foreigners in a buy-bust operation in front of PRI Hospital on Arayat Blvd., Bgy. Pampang,...
P900K SMUGGLED CIGARETTES SEIZED FROM 2 MEN AT PAMPANGA CHECKPOINT
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Wednesday arrested two men following the confiscation of some P900,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes at a checkpoint in Bgy....
PDEA ARRESTS CHINESE, PINAY COHORT; CONFISCATES OVER P680-M SHABU IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG A CHINESE national and a 24-year-old Filipina on Wednesday were arrested while more than P680 million worth of shabu was seized...
NEW SENATORS URGED TO UNITE, SERVE FILIPINOS
MALACANANG on Wednesday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes the diverse political affiliations of the new senators-elect and hopes they will immediately do...
P20/KILO RICE NOW BEING SOLD IN METRO MANILA KADIWA STORES; AFFORDABLE RICE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE
MALACANANG on Wednesday announced that the P20/kilo rice is now being sold in KADIWA stores in Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR)....
PALACE: PBBM HAS NO HAND IN VP SARA IMPEACHMENT
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is not involved in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, as it is an independent constitutional process,...
K-TO-12 GRADUATES NOW ELIGIBLE FOR GOV’T JOBS — PALACE
K-TO-12 graduates now have greater access to government employment as the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. opened entry-level positions to senior high...
KERWIN ESPINOSA WINS AS MAYOR OF ALBUERA
ALLEGED drug lord Kerwin Espinosa on Tuesday was proclaimed by the Board of Canvassers as mayor of Albuera, Leyte. Based on 71.79% of election returns...
DETAINED DUTERTE WINS IN DAVAO CITY
DESPITE his detention by the International Criminal Court (ICC), former President Rodrigo Duterte was elected as mayor of Davao City, his home city, by...
EX-VP LENI ROBREDO PROCLAIMED MAYOR OF NAGA CITY
FORMER Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday was proclaimed by the City Board of Canvassers as the winner in the mayoral race in Naga...
ISKO MORENO RECLAIMS MANILA
FORMER mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has reclaimed the highest post in Manila in last Monday’s midterm elections. He won against incumbent Manila Mayor...
TOWN COUNCIL BET IN LANAO DEL SUR, AIDE SHOT DEAD WHILE ON WAY TO CAST VOTE
POLICE on Tuesday said that a municipal council candidate and his aide were killed while on their way to vote in Bayang, Lanao del...
PAMPANGA POLLS GENERALLY PEACEFUL — DIMAANDAL
BY KEVIN GALANG PAMPANGA police director Col. Jay Dimaandal on Tuesday said the conduct of Monday’s election in the province was generally peaceful. The...
2025 ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL LUZON PEACEFUL, ORDERLY — PRO3
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, San Fernando, Pampanga — The just concluded 2025 midterm elections in Central Luzon were generally peaceful, with no major...
MERALCO ELECTRICITY RATES DOWN IN MAY
HOUSEHOLDS can expect lower power rates this month. This after the Manila Electric Co.(Meralco) announced a rate reduction in May. Meralco on Tuesday said...
VICO SOTTO WINS PASIG MAYORAL RACE BY A LANDSLIDE
VICO Sotto on Tuesday was officially proclaimed as the mayor of Pasig City, his third consecutive and last term. Sotto, who ran as independent,...
KANLAON VOLCANO ERUPTS ANEW
KANLAON Volcano in Negros Island early morning Tuesday had a five-minute “moderately explosive” eruption, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs...
PBBM TO NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICIALS: LET US ‘MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER’
In a bold gesture of peace, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday called on all newly-elected officials to unify and “move forward together”...
ROMUALDEZ PROCLAIMED LEYTE 1ST DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
THE Provincial Board of Canvassers for the province of Leyte, led by its chairperson, attorney Ma. Goretti Caseñas-Cañas, proclaims Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez...
60 SUSPECTED FLYING VOTERS ARRESTED IN MAGUINDANAO
SIXTY alleged flying voters were arrested by the police in Maguindanao del Sur during Monday’s national and local elections . Confiscated from the suspects...
MABALACAT MAYOR CASTS VOTE
DONE WITH CIVIC DUTY, MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo “Cris” Garbo shows the indelible ink on his finger after casting his vote at...
POLL WATCHER AMONG 3 KILLED IN BASILAN ELECTION DAY CLASH
A PREDAWN boat clash hours before elections began on Monday left three people, including a poll watcher, dead while two others were wounded in...
NAIA SMOKE DUE TO PASSENGER’S POWERBANK—NNIC
NEW NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) on Monday confirmed a smoke incident occurred at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1, which was promptly addressed...
PRESIDENT MARCOS VOTES IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday joined the estimated 70 million registered voters in casting his ballot for the 2025 midterm elections. President...
CAR-RIDING WOMAN NABBED AT ECIJA CHECKPOINT FOR CARRYING P1.6-M
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE manning a Comelec checkpoint on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old woman for carrying over P1.6 million in cash in the Science...
PBBM URGES FILIPINOS TO VOTE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on Filipinos to exercise their right to vote responsibly and protect the integrity of the country’s democratic process....
ENORMOUS SUPPORT FOR MCG TEAM IN MABALACAT CITY
TEAM MCG CLOSING SALVO. Thousands of supporters of Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo “Cris” Garbo attend the Team MCG Closing Salvo held on Saturday in...
‘MAY MALASAKIT TEAM’ IN OLONGAPO GRAND RALLY
PONGE-PEREZ ‘MAY MALASAKIT TEAM’ VOWS ZERO CORRUPTION FOR OLONGAPO CITY. Thousands of Olongapenos throw their support to Team Ponge-Perez 2025 during a grand rally...
8 ACCUSED OF THEFT SENT TO JAIL
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE tracker teams in different barangays arrested eight persons accused of qualified theft in Apalit, Pampanga. In a report to Police...
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT GETS 61.8% SATISFACTION RATING, HIGHEST IN GOVERNMENT BRANCHES
UNDER President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Office of the President received a 61.8% satisfaction rating in a recent survey, the highest among government...
VOTERS URGED TO CHOOSE LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY, COMPETENCE, COMPASSION
TWO days before the May 12, 2025, national and local elections, Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Secretary Jay Ruiz echoed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call...
INTERPOL ISSUES RED NOTICE VS ATONG ANG 
ZALDY CO ARRESTED IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC 
CHIZ: USE 14B WINDFALL FROM VAT ON FUEL FOR AYUDA 
NEGROS COPS’ 1-DAY OPERATION NETS P55.8-M ILLICIT CIGARETTES