WOMAN KILLED WHILE HAVING DINNER IN PAMPANGA HOME; MAN HURT
BY KEVIN GALANG LUBAO, Pampanga — Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot dead a woman and injured a man who were having dinner in their...
Month: September 2025
PRO3 REPORTS DROP IN CENTRAL LUZON CRIME RATE IN FIRST 100 DAYS UNDER PEÑONES
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) has reported that crime rate in Central...
EX-PNP CHIEF NAMED NEW ICI SPECIAL ADVISER, INVESTIGATOR
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief retired General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. as Special Adviser and Investigator of...
ZALDY CO RESIGNS AS CONGRESSMAN AMID FLOOD CONTROL PROBE
AKO Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co on Monday resigned as a member of the House of Representatives amid allegations of massive corruption in connection...
ROMUALDEZ BEHIND ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILIZE SENATE TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY OVER FLOOD CONTROL ANOMALIES – CHIZ
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero on Monday accused former House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez as behind the attempt to mislead...
9 NABBED, 13 GUNS SEIZED IN WEEKLONG ANTI-LOOSE FIREARMS DRIVES IN CENTRAL LUZON
BY KEVIN GALAG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Nine suspects were arrested while 13 unlicensed guns were seized during a weeklong campaign against...
PAMPANGA SOLON BACKS CALL FOR SALN DISCLOSURE
BY KEVIN GALANG PAMPANGA 1st district Rep. Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. has expressed full support for House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III’s call for...
HOUSE ALL SET TO FINISH PLENARY DEBATES ON PROPOSED 2026 NATIONAL BUDGET THIS WEEK
THE House of Representatives (HRep) under the leadership of Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III is determined to wrap up deliberations of the 2026 budget...
PBBM VOWS ALL PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD REDOUND TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE
“Tiyakin na ang bawat sentimo ay mapupunta sa maganda, para pagandahin ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan.” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday...
4 ALLEGED DRUG SUPPLIERS IN CENTRAL LUZON, NCR FALL
BY KEVIN GALANG PANDI, Bulacan — A joint police operation on Thursday resulted in the arrest of four suspected drug suppliers in Region 3...
OFW SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KUWAIT
AN overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was sentenced to death by hanging in Kuwait over the killing of her employer’s child, the Department of Migrant...
PALACE REGRETS MAGALONG’S EXIT FROM ICI, ASSURES PROBE BODY WILL PURSUE ANTI-CORRUPTION MANDATE
MALACAÑANG has expressed regret over the resignation of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong from the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) as special adviser, but...
LACSON UNCOVERS AT LEAST P100B IN SENATORS’ INSERTIONS IN 2025 BUDGET
AT least P100 billion worth of items were inserted by “almost all” senators in the 19th Congress in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA),...
LACSON: MANILA RTC MAY HELP CRACK MYSTERY OF GUTEZA’S AFFIDAVIT
THE Manila Regional Trial Court can help solve the mystery behind the controversial affidavit of Orly Guteza, the “surprise witness” at the Senate Blue...
KIKO ASKS REMULLA TO ‘WEIGH THINGS CAREFULLY’ BEFORE PROVIDING STATE WITNESS IMMUNITY
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has urged Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla to “weigh things carefully” before granting state witness protection...
MENDOZA FIRES 68 ENFORCES AS LTO STEPS UP DRIVE VS CORRUPTION
PURSUANT to the goal of institutionalizing transparency and integrity in government service, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) under the guidance of acting Department of...
MAGALONG RESIGNS AS ICI ADVISER
BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday resigned as special adviser to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). ICI is the body created by...
P16.6M UNCERTIFIED LIGHTERS SEIZED, CHINESE NABBED IN BULACAN WAREHOUSE RAID
BY KEVIN GALANG PULILAN, Bulacan — Police on Thursday arrested a Chinese national and confiscated some P16.6 million worth of uncertified lighters in raid at...
MARCOS ORDERS TRANSFER OF P36B FROM DPWH FLOOD CONTROL FUNDS TO DSWD PROGRAMS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday announced that around P36 billion originally allocated for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) flood control...
PBBM PLANS TO SCRAP 7-YEAR LIMIT FOR 4PS BENEFICIARIES – PALACE
THE government, under the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., is considering reforms to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), including the removal...
LACSON WANTS FULL RECORD, BACKGROUND CHECK ON ‘SURPRISE WITNESS’ GUTEZA
A FULL record check and background investigation on “surprise witness” Orly Regala Guteza will be needed due to the gravity of his testimony at...
COLLEGE STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE INSIDE CHURCH
A 21-YEAR-OLD college student allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself inside a church in Iloilo. The victim was a resident of Calinog, Iloilo and...
COPS INTERCEPT P900K FAKE CIGARETTES AT NUEVA ECIJA CHECKPOINT
BY KEVIN GALANG AUTHORITIES on Wednesday intercepted some P900,000 worth of counterfeit cigarettes and arrested several suspects during intensified checkpoint operations in Nueva Ecija....
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE LAHAR FLOW FROM MAYON VOLCANO, DILG TELLS ALBAY LGUS
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday directed all local chief executives (LCEs) in Albay province to undertake immediate and...
AROUND 6K PASSENGERS STRANDED IN PORTS DUE TO ‘OPONG’ – PCG
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday reported that some 5,929 passengers were stranded in various ports in areas to be hit by severe...
KIKO TO COA: PROBE ALL AUDITORS INVOLVED IN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS
AMID growing concerns over the involvement of a commissioner of the Commission on Audit (COA) in the flood control corruption scandal, Senator Francis “Kiko”...
ESCUDERO VOWS TO SUE EX-DPWH OFFICIAL OVER KICKBACK ALLEGATIONS
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday said he will file charges against former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo over...
7 FISHERMEN DIE AFTER BOAT SINKS IN CAGAYAN DURING ‘NANDO’
SEVEN fishermen on Tuesday died when a fishing vessel sank in Santa Ana, Cagayan during the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Nando.” Six others were...
EX-DPWH ENGINEER BRICE HERNANDEZ TURNS OVER ANOTHER LUXURY VEHICLE
DISMISSED Department of Public Works and Highways Bulacan First District engineer Brice Hernandez on Wednesday turned over to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI)...
DPWH ASKS AMLC TO FREEZE P4.7B WORTH OF PLANES, CHOPPERS LINKED TO CONGRESSMAN ZALDY CO
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to freeze the billions of pesos worth of aircraft...
CLASSES, GOV’T WORK IN SEVERAL PROVINCES SUSPENDED ON SEPT. 25 DUE TO ‘OPONG’
MALACAÑANG announced the suspension of government work and classes in several provinces on September 25, 2025, Thursday, due to Severe Tropical Storm “Opong,” which...
2 MEN SURVIVE GUN ATTACK IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO men on Tuesday cheated death following a gun attack in Bgy. Malabanias, Angeles City, Pampanga. In a report to Police...
COPS ARREST 3 COPPER WIRE THIEVES IN NUEVA ECIJA
BY KEVIN GALANG OPERATIVES of the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO£) on Monday arrested three men for stealing copper wires worth P213,750 in Talavera,...
4 CHILDREN DIE, 8 HURT IN VALENZUELA FIRECRACKER EXPLOSION
FOUR children, including a twin, on Wednesday died while eight others were injured in a firecracker blast in Valenzuela City. The fatalities were identified...
MOST WANTED FOR CHILD ABUSE IN TARLAC NABBED 
2 PRO3 SENIOR OFFICERS GET HIGHER RANK 
ILLEGAL GAMBLING CRACKDOWN JAILS 7 IN TARLAC 
CL COPS ARREST 19, SEIZE P100-M ILLICIT CIGARETTES IN BULACAN