CHANGES IN ICI WILL NOT AFFECT OVERALL INVESTIGATION – PALACE
MALACAÑANG has assured that changes in the composition of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) will not affect the ongoing investigation ordered by President...
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BAM AQUINO: 20,000 NURSING, ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM P500-M RLE AID
AROUND 20,000 nursing and other allied health sciences students are set to benefit from P500 million in financial assistance for Related Learning Experience (RLE)...
K–6 COVERAGE IN EXPANDED PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM SOUGHT
SENATOR Win Gatchalian is pushing to expand government assistance to private schools through a uniform voucher system which will include learners from Kindergarten to...
SOTTO ORDERS SENATE PANEL TO ISSUE SHOW CAUSE ORDERS VS ZALDY CO, GUTEZA
SENATE President Vicente Sotto III on Monday directed the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to issue show cause orders against individuals who failed to respond...
BONG REVILLA SURRENDERS
FORMER Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Monday night surrendered to the authorities in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Revilla surrendered amid the arrest warrant...
IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT FILED VS PRESIDENT MARCOS
AN impeachment complaint on Monday was filed against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before the House of Representatives. Attorney Andre de Jesus filed the impeachment...
NBI ARRESTS 2 EX-DPWH ENGINEERS AT SENATE
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday night arrested two former engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) implicated in...
PBBM ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF MAJOR NATURAL GAS FIELD IN MALAMPAYA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday announced the discovery of a major natural gas field at the Malampaya East 1 (MAE-1) reservoir, the...
FORMARAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF QUEZON MEDIA SPORTS CLUB; CALLS FOR UNITY SANS POLITICS
THE Quezon provincial mainstream media practitioners on Sunday founded the Quezon Media Sports Club (QMSC) and elected People’s Journal scribe Gemi Formaran as its...
EX-DPWH CHIEF BONOAN IS BACK IN THE PH
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Sunday confirmed that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan is back in the...
OVER P200M FAKE FOOTWEAR SEIZED IN BULACAN, PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG JOINT operatives of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) on...
BOC INTERCEPTS OVER P480K ILLEGAL DRUGS DECLARED AS CANDIES AT NAIA
OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) o Friday intercepted P480,400 worth of illegal drugs declared as accessories and candies at the Ninoy Aquino...
BONG REVILLA, 6 DPWH EXECS FACE MALVERSATION, GRAFT RAPS
FORMER Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and 6 other officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office were...
ICI NEARS END OF FLOOD CONTROL PROBE – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday said the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) has essentially completed its investigation into alleged anomalous flood control...
PBBM INAUGURATES MEGA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR METRO MANILA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration of the 60-million-liters-per-day (MLD) Aglipay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Mandaluyong, a major facility...
DOJ OKAYS CONTRACTOR, EX-DPWH OFFICIALS TO BECOME STATE WITNESSES
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has allowed a contractor and three former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials to become state witnesses...
LACSON: EX-DPWH HEAD DELIBERATELY FED FAKE GHOST FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS DATA TO MALACAÑANG
SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Wednesday bared that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan deliberately...
RUSSIAN VLOGGER SERVES JAIL SENTENCE; TO BE DEPORTED TO RUSSIA
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has confirmed the impending deportation of Russian vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy following the completion of his...
P10M REWARD OFFERED FOR ARREST OF ATONG ANG
INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday said the government will provide a P10- million reward for information leading to the arrest...
‘ARREST ATONG ANG’ – LAGUNA COURT
A COURT in Laguna has issued an arrest warrant against businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of dozens of...
COP STABS FELLOW POLICE OFFICER IN CAMP CRAME
A MEMBER of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Tuesday stabbed a fellow police officer inside Camp Crame in Quezon City. The...
MERALCO ANNOUNCES REDUCTION IN ELECTRICITY RATES THIS JANUARY
MANILA Electric Company (Meralco) has announced that it will reduce power rates for the January 2026 billing Meralco said this is due to lower...
DILG PROBES FIRE, POLICE OFFICIALS OVER CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS
DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla on Tuesday said the DILG has created a special task force to...
PH, UAE INK HISTORIC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. witnessed on Tuesday the historic signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the United Arab...
P114.5M SHABU IN FIGURINES SEIZED AT NAIA
GOVERNMENT and anti-narcotics agents arrested three men and seized around P114.5 worth of shabu in an interdiction operation at a warehouse of the Ninoy...
2026 BUDGET ALLOCATES P9B FOR ARAL PROGRAM — GATCHALIAN
NEARLY P9 billion under the 2026 national budget will expand the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program to accelerate learning recovery, Sen. Win...
4 DIE, OVER 1,000 HURT IN TRASLACION 2026
FOUR people died while at least 1,700 devotees were injured during the Traslacion or the procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Friday....
BI ARRESTS 83 ILLEGAL ALIENS IN BACLARAN SHOPPING MALL RAID
OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested 83 illegal aliens in a raid at a shopping mall in Baclaran, Pasay City. The arrest...
LONGEST NAZARENO PROCESSION ENDS AFTER NEARLY 31 HOURS
Devotees try to get close to the glass-encased image of Jesus Nazareno during the annual Traslacion in Manila Jan. 10, 2026. Photo courtesy of EARL...
JINGGOY PROPOSES P10B CANCER FUND FOR INDIGENT FILIPINOS
WITH the high cost of cancer treatment pushing many Filipinos into debt or worse, forcing them to forgo life-saving care, due to the heavy...
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...
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%....
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...
115 REBELS, SUPPORTERS RENOUNCE TIES WITH COMMUNIST TERROR GROUP, SURRENDER GUNS 
CHILD DROWNS IN BULACAN RESORT’S SWIMMING POOL 
PRO3 RAMPS UP INTERNAL CLEANSING EFFORTS, RESOLVES 43 ADMINISTRATIVE CASES IN 2 MONTHS 
ZALDY CO NO LONGER IN CZECH CUSTODY, NOW IN FRANCE SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM — PALACE