NBI CHIEF SANTIAGO FILES IRREVOCABLE RESIGNATION, CITES ‘ORCHESTRATED SMEAR CAMPAIGN’
NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Jaime Santiago has resigned from his post, Malacañang on Saturday confirmed. Santiago cited an “orchestrated move to blacken...
Year: 2025
75 FREE MEDICINES UNDER GAMOT PACKAGE TO BE PROVIDED BY PHILHEALTH STARTING AUG. 21
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that starting August 21, 2025, Filipinos will soon have access to 75 types of medicines for...
PBBM INSPECTS BULACAN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, SLAMS WASTED FUNDS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed strong disapproval on Friday over what he described as a clear misuse of public funds after personally inspecting...
P802M SHABU SEIZED IN BATAAN
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Six sacks containing shabu worth P802-million on Thursday were seized by operatives of...
2 WOMEN SHOT DEAD, DUMPED IN ZAMBALES CANAL
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO women on Thursday were found shot dead and their bodies were dumped in a roadside canal in Palauig, Zambales. In...
155 MINORS RESCUED FROM PAMPANGA CARE FACILITY, AMERICAN PASTOR ARRESTED
BY KEVIN GALANG ONE hundred fifty-five minors on Wednesday were rescued while an American pastor was arrested in Mexico, Pampanga. In a report to...
BSP GIVES E-WALLETS 48-HOURS TO UNLINK ONLINE GAMBLING SITES
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday ordered e-wallet platforms to remove within 48-hours their in-app links that connect users to online gambling...
TULFO WARNS: BSP OFFICER FACES CONTEMPT IF E-WALLET LINKS TO GAMBLING APPS NOT REMOVED BY AUG. 17
SENATE Committee on Games and Amusement Chairperson Sen. Erwin Tulfo has issued a stern warning: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan...
PBBM WANTS CONTRACTORS BEHIND BOTCHED FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS BLACKLISTED
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the blacklisting of contractors behind anomalous flood control projects from securing new government contracts, Malacañang said on Thursday....
COUPLE KILLED AS PASSENGER BUS RAMS VAN, CARINDERIA IN NUEVA ECIJA
BY KEVIN GALANG A COUPLE on Wednesday were killed when a provincial bus rammed a van and a carindera in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija....
FISHERMAN TAKES 16-YEAR-OLD BOY HOSTAGE IN BALIWAG PUBLIC MARKET
BY KEVIN GALANG A FISHERMAN on Wednesday took a 16-year-old boy hostage after stabbing two others at the Baliwag Public Market in Bgy. Poblacion,...
PBBM SIGNS LAW POSTPONING BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS TO NOV. 2026
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act No. 12232, which postpones the December 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE),...
CIDG URGED TO RELEASE AFFIDAVITS OF WITNESSES IN MISSING ‘SABUNGEROS’ CASE
A LAWYER representing a police officer implicated in the missing “sabungeros” case has asked Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III to...
3 STUDENTS HURT BY FALLING DEBRIS IN QUEZON CITY
A PIECE of concrete debris on Tuesday fell from a condominium unit injuring three students in Tomas Morato, Quezon City. Two of the victims...
TRIKE-DRIVING MAN SHOT IN NUEVA ECIJA
TWO men on a motorcycle shot a man driving a tricycle in Bgy. San Isidro, Lupao, Nueva Ecija. In a report to Police Regional...
DON’T DRINK AND SWIM
BY KEVIN GALANG A DRUNK man on Monday was found floating and dead in a river in San Miguel, Bulacan. The Bulacan police reported...
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SHOT IN COTABATO
A PRINCIPAL of a school on Tuesday was injured in a gun attack in Midsayap, Cotabato. Police identified the victim as Arlyn D. Acebar,...
TARLAC ROAD ACCIDENT LEAVES 5 DEAD, 9 HURT
BY KEVIN GALANG FIVE people died while nine others were injured in an accident on Central Luzon Link Expressway in Tarlac. Poice said the...
CHA-CHA REVIVED IN HOUSE
A LAWMAKER on Monday proposed for a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) which will undertake a review of the 1987 Constitution. Deputy Speaker and National Unity...
PBBM RECEIVES SIGNED GOVERNMENT OPTIMIZATION ACT FROM CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
CONGRESS leaders on Tuesday presented to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the signed Government Optimization Act, which aims to enhance the delivery of public...
PANGILINAN REPLACES PADILLA AS COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CHAIRMAN
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has formally accepted the challenge of leading the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes. Pangilinan replaced Sen....
TULFO ALARMED OVER RISE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE
SENATE Committee on Basic Education Vice Chairperson Sen. Idol Raffy Tulfo expressed concern over the recent surge of violence in Philippine schools which affects...
ROMUALDEZ BACKS JOINT DSWD–TESDA INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER 4PS ‘GRADUATES’
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez expressed full support for the partnership between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical Education...
OMBUDSMAN ASKED TO PROBE DOH OFFICIAL
THE Ombudsman on Monday was urged to investigate Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa over government funds earmarked for the purchase of life-saving vaccines and essential...
PRO3’S STEPPED-UP DRIVE NETS 250 LOOSE GUNS IN CENTRAL LUZON
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Operatives of the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) confiscated, recovered, and facilitated the...
ENGINEER GUNNED DOWN IN NUEVA ECIJA
BY KEVIN GALANG A 59-YEAR-OLD engineer on Sunday was shot dead in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija. A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director...
PBBM LAUNCHES ‘SUMBONG SA PANGULO’ WEBSITE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. launched the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website on Monday, urging citizens to fulfill their civic duty by directly reporting to...
MARCOS BARES 20% OF P100B FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS WENT TO ONLY 15 CONTRACTORS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. disclosed on Monday that an initial review found that P100 billion worth of 20 percent of all flood control...
MATIBAG NAMED FIRST DEAN OF ALABANG COLLEGE OF LAW
LYCEUM of Alabang chose attorney Melvin Matibag as the first Dean of its newly established College of Law. Matibag’s appointment marks a milestone for...
COUNTER-FLOW DRIVER GETS LICENSE REVOKED FOR LIFE
DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the perpetual revocation of the driver’s license of a motorist who was caught driving on...
ERWIN TULFO TO LEAD SENATE PROBE INTO ONLINE GAMBLING
SENATE Committee on Games and Amusement Chairperson Erwin Tulfo is set to spearhead the hearing on bills seeking to address the ill effects of...
ENCHANTED KINGDOM CELEBRATES ELDAR’S MEGA BIRTHDAY BASH
ENCHANTED Kingdom, the first and only world-class theme park in the Philippines, marks 30 years of magic through the fun-filled birthday celebration of its...
NOTORIOUS DRUG PEDDLER IN ANGELES CITY NABBED, OVER P300K SHABU SEIZED
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Saturday arrested a notorious drug pusher in an entrapment operation near Bagong Bayan Bridge, Liwayway St., Bagong Bayan, Bgy...
ROBBERS HIT CONSTRUCTION FIRM IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG A CONSTRUCTION company on Saturday was hit by robbers in Bacolor, Pampanga. In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3)...
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