VP SARA BARES PLAN FOR 2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN
VICE President Sara Duterte on Tuesday bared her plan to run in the 2028 presidential elections. The vice president made the disclosure that she...
Year: 2025
FAKE COP NABBED INSIDE GENSAN POLICE CAMP
A FAKE police officer on Monday was arrested inside a police headquarters in General Santos City. City police director Col. Nicomedes Olaivar Jr. identified...
COMELEC SUSPENDS PRINTING OF BALLOTS
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday suspended the printing of the official ballots amid a Supreme Court (SC) ruling stopping the poll body...
MARCOS ORDERS DOH TO ENSURE UNHAMPERED PHILHEALTH SERVICES
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of services by the...
SENATE APPROVES BILL SETTING 4-YEAR TERM FOR BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS
THE Senate on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill setting the term of office of barangay officials and members of the...
THIEF HITS HOUSE IN BATAAN
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE arrested a man who broke into a house and stole cash and gadget worth over P100,000 on Monday in Mariveles,...
ESCUDERO MOVES TO AMEND COAST GUARD LAW
FOR A STRONGER PCG. Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero during January 14, 2025 plenary session moves to reconsider the approval on second reading...
MERALCO CUTS ELECTRICITY RATES FOR JANUARY
CUSTOMERS of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can expect a slight reduction in their electricity bills this month. Meralco said electricity rate in January...
HOUSE REMOVES CO AS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
THE House of Representatives on Monday removed Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations. Senior Deputy...
CENTRAL LUZON COPS ARREST 24 MEN ON 1ST DAY OF ELECTION GUN BAN
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga –Twenty-four persons were arrested by the police on Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoints in different parts of Central...
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...
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...
5 NABBED FOR ILLEGAL NOTARY IN MANILA 
DMW VOWS LEGAL AID FOR 3 FILIPINO SEAFARERS DETAINED IN ALGERIA 
CHURCH IN ZAMBALES BURGLARIZED 
P9.6-M ILLEGAL STEEL PRODUCTS SEIZED IN PAMPANGA