P7K MEDICAL ALLOWANCE FOR QUALIFIED GOV’T WORKERS TO START IN 2025 – DBM
QUALIFIED government personnel will begin receiving P7,000 medical allowance starting this fiscal year 2025, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday announced....
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BLESSING OF BLACK NAZARENE REPLICAS SET ON JANUARY 2 – ORGANIZER
THE blessing of the Black Nazarene replicas will be held on January 2 in Quiapo, Manila, the organizer of the annual feast of Jesus...
VLOGGER, KID DIE IN FIRECRACKER RELATED INCIDENTS
THE New Year celebrations on Wednesday turned tragic when a 23-year-old vlogger and an 8-year-old boy died in separate firecracker-related incidents in Cebu. Vlogger...
PBBM SIGNS 2025 BUDGET, VETOES P194-B PROJECTS
AFTER thorough review and scrutiny, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed the 2025 national budget on Monday. The 2025 national budget, initially amounting to...
SOUTH KOREAN JET CRASH-LANDS AT AIRPORT, OVER 40 PASSENGERS DEAD
A PASSENGER jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea leaving ar least 47 people dead. The plane was carrying 175 passengers and...
LRT-2 OFFERS FREE RIDES ON RIZAL DAY
THE Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) will be offering free rides to commuters during morning and late afternoon rush hours on Monday, Dec....
RICE RETAILERS IN MARKETS START LOWERING PRICES – DA
MARKET rice retailers have started lowering prices following the successful implementation of the Kadiwa ng Pangulo “Rice-for-All” program across Metro Manila, the Department of...
KOKO WARNS PUBLIC VS HOLIDAY SCAMS
SENATE Minority Leader Koko Pimentel on Thursday issued a public warning against holiday-themed scams, urging Filipinos to remain vigilant against fraudulent schemes proliferating during...
ARMY ON ALERT AHEAD OF CPP ANNIVERSARY
THE Philippine Army is now on an alert status as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) prepares to mark its 56th founding anniversary...
POPE FRANCIS ON CHRISTMAS 2024: GOD IS OUR HOPE
VATICAN— Hope lives, Pope Francis said in his homily for Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican, as he reflected on the incredible fact that...
PUBLIC WARNED VS HOLIDAY HEART SYNDROME
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Monday warned the public about holiday heart syndrome which may be caused by too much stress, lack of...
OCD WARNS 3 REGIONS TO PREPARE FOR A TSUNAMI
THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has told three regions to make immediate tsunami evacuation plans following a series of earthquakes that struck off...
BIÑAN MAYOR DISTRIBUTES P3,000 LOCAL PENSION EACH TO OVER 18,000 CITY SEÑIORS
BIÑAN, Laguna Mayor Arman Dimaguila brought early Christmas cheer to over 18,000 pensioners through the distribution of P3,000 local social pension to grandmas and...
CONTRACTUAL, JOB ORDER GOV’T WORKERS TO RECEIVE GRATUITY PAY – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved an increase in gratuity pay for Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) workers in the...
PBBM ANNOUNCES ‘LIBRENG SAKAY’ FOR LRT, MRT COMMUTERS ON DEC. 20, 2024
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has announced free rides for commuters of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) systems on...
MARCOS DEFERS SIGNING OF NATIONAL BUDGET
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has deferred the signing of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) to allow more time for “a rigorous and comprehensive...
MARY JANE VELOSO IS FINALLY HOME
OVERSEAS Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso who was convicted and has spent 14 years in prison in Indonesia for alleged drug trafficking is finally...
HOUSE OKAYS BILL POSTPONING BARMM POLLS
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill postponing the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
MARY JANE VELOSO RETURNING TO PHILIPPINES ON DECEMBER 18
MARY Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who was sentenced to death 14 years ago in Indonesia, is set to return home to the...
34 HOUSES DAMAGED AFTER GROUND RUPTURES IN LOPEZ, QUEZON
SOME 34 houses sustained damage when the big part of the ground at Purok 2 in Bgy. Matinik, Lopez, Quezon suddenly ruptured on Saturday...
PBBM LEADS DISTRIBUTION OF CONFISCATED MACKEREL TO BASECO RESIDENTS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the distribution of confiscated mackerel to residents of Baseco Port Area in Manila on Saturday. During the event,...
UP LAW GRADUATE TOPS 2024 BAR EXAMS, 3,962 TAKERS PASS
Bar topnotcher Kyle Christian G. Tutor from the University of the Philippines (UP). A TOTAL of 3,962 law graduates passed the 2024 online Bar...
3 BOY SCOUTS ELECTROCUTED DURING JAMBOREE IN ZAMBOANGA CITY
THREE senior scouts on Thursday died while 10 others were hospitalized after being electrocuted during a jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines...
GOV’T TO RUN DOWN ALL UNDERGROUND POGOS
THE government will run down underground Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla vowed on Wednesday. “Guerrilla (POGO) operations...
PH WON’T DEPLOY WARSHIPS – MARCOS
THE Philippines will not be deploying Navy warships in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) despite the recent harassment by China, President Ferdinand R. Marcos...
GOV’T EVACUATING 87,000 RESIDENTS AFTER KANLAON VOLCANO ERUPTION
THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced that an urgent evacuation operation is underway for around 87,000 residents following the explosive eruption of Kanlaon...
KANLAON VOLCANO ERUPTS, ALERT LEVEL 3 UP
KANLAON Volcano in Negros Island erupted Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs hoisted Alert Level 3 or magmatic unrest...
DA MULLS SELLING P40 PER KILO RICE NATIONWIDE
MORE Kadiwa ng Pangulo trade centers are expected to be established by the government to give Filipinos further access to the P40 per kilo...
2 OFWS DIE IN KUWAIT FIRE
TWO overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died in a fire that hit a house in Kuwait, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed Friday. Both...
187 POGO WORKERS DEPORTED BACK TO CHINA
A TOTAL of 187 POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming) workers on Thursday morning, December 5, 2024, were deported back to China. The deported workers were...
13 PINAYS JAILED IN CAMBODIA FOR VIOLATING SURROGACY BAN
THE Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh confirmed that 13 Filipino women were meted a two-year sentence for violating the surrogacy ban in Cambodia. The...
AFP OFFICIALS REAFFIRM LOYALTY TO CONSTITUTION, MARCOS ADMINISTRATION
SENIOR officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reaffirmed their loyalty to the Constitution and the duly-constituted government of President Ferdinand “Bongbong”...
IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT FILED VS VP SARA
CIVIL society groups on Monday filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives. The complaint was filed in...
PBBM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN ATTACK SUBMARINE SPOTTED IN PH WATERS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday expressed concern over the Russian attack submarine that was spotted in the West Philippine Sea last week. The...
4 NABBED FOR ILLEGAL SALE OF DIESEL IN TARLAC 
5 DETAINEES DIE IN POLICE CAR CRASH IN QC 
GATCHALIAN BILL SEEKS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR MINORS UNDER 16 
PRESIDENT MARCOS TO MAKE STATE VISIT TO JAPAN IN MAY