SCRAPPING VAT ON ELECTRICITY TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS, BUSINESSES – CHIZ
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero said electricity sales should be exempt from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT), saying this targeted relief in the power sector...
Day: January 8, 2026
ROAD CLOSURES, RE-ROUTING FOR FEAST OF BLACK NAZARENE
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday issued an advisory on road closures and traffic rerouting in Manila for the feast of the...
GUNSHOT WOUND IN HEAD KILLS MAN IN BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG ANGAT, Bulacan – Police are conducting an investigation into the shooting and killing of a man at Sitio Gulod...
CIDG MEN ARREST 2 GUNRUNNERS IN NUEVA ECIJA
BY KEVIN GALANG LLANERA, Nueva Ecija — Joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Nueva Ecija Provincial Field Unit and the...
OVER 5,000 TAKERS PASS 2025 BAR EXAMS
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday announced that a total of 5,594 examinees passed the 2025 Bar Examinations, representing a passing rate of 48.98%....
MAGNITUDE 6.7 QUAKE HITS DAVAO ORIENTAL
A MAGNITUDE 6.7 earthquake on Wednesday struck Davao Oriental, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the epicenter of the...
DOH TO PILOT ZERO BALANCE BILLING IN LGU HOSPITALS IN 5 PROVINCES
The Department of Health (DOH) is set to pilot the zero balance billing program in provincial hospitals being run by local government units to...
PNP, DILG ASSURE TIGHT SECURITY FOR TRASLACION 2026 AS ‘PAHALIK’ STARTS JAN. 7
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have assured the public of heightened security and extensive...
DOH: ‘SUPER FLU’ DETECTED IN PH NOT ALARMING
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said the so-called “super flu” recently detected in the Philippines is not a cause for alarm, even...
NO NEED FOR GUARANTEE LETTERS IN DOH-RUN HOSPITALS – HERBOSA
DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa clarified that it is not a government policy to use guarantee letters issued by political figures...
DOJ OKAYS CONTRACTOR, EX-DPWH OFFICIALS TO BECOME STATE WITNESSES 
LACSON: EX-DPWH HEAD DELIBERATELY FED FAKE GHOST FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS DATA TO MALACAÑANG 
RUSSIAN VLOGGER SERVES JAIL SENTENCE; TO BE DEPORTED TO RUSSIA 
P10M REWARD OFFERED FOR ARREST OF ATONG ANG