ALICE GUO TO REVEAL MASTERMIND BEHIND POGO — EJERCITO
DISMISSED Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will reveal the identity of the mastermind behind the “international crime syndicate” involved in POGO-related activities in the...
ILOCOS VILLAGE CHIEF, SON GUNNED DOWN
RIDING-IN-TANDEM assassins on Monday night shot dead an incumbent village chief and his son in Bgy. Lapting, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. Slain were Bello...
RICE PRICES TO DROP TO P45/KILO IN JANUARY 2025 — DA
AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel on Monday said he expects rice prices to drop to P45 per kilo in January next year. The projected decline...
SENATE OKAYS VAT REFUND FOR NON-RESIDENT TOURISTS
THE Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposed value-added tax (VAT) refund measure for non-resident tourists that would hopefully attract...
ALICE GUO TRANSFERRED TO PASIG CITY JAIL
DISMISSED Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo on Monday morning was transferred to Pasig City Jail female dormitory. Guo was earlier detained in Camp Crame, Quezon...
LTFRB MULLS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR UNCONSOLIDATED PUJ OPERATORS
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is considering another chance for unconsolidated Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) operators to join the jeepney modernization...
BAN TOXICS SEEKS LAB TESTS ON SUSPECTED TOXIC BATTERIES
WASTE watchdog BAN Toxics has urged regulatory agencies to conduct lab tests on suspected toxic batteries. This as the group warned the public to...
PBBM SIGNS MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS INTO LAW
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday signed into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers which aims to protect the rights and overall...
MICHAEL YANG’S LINK TO POGOS BECOMING CLEARER AFTER BROTHER’S ARREST – HONTIVEROS
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros on Monday hailed the arrest of Michael Yang’s elder brother, Tony Yang, saying this further exposed the Yang family’s deep links...
6 TERROR GROUP MEMBERS IN CL RETURN TO FOLD OF LAW
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga –Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr. on Monday said peace-building...
IPOPHL RECEIVES APPLICATION FOR ‘MADE IN CLARK PHILIPPINES’ MARK
BY KEVIN GALANG THE Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) received the application for “Made in Clark Philippines” mark submitted by Clark Development...
HOUSE EYES P6.352-T 2025 BUDGET APPROVAL THIS WEEK
THE House of Representatives is set to approve the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget on third and final reading on Wednesday (September 25) after...
GOV’T SENDS REPLACEMENT SHIP TO WEST PH SEA
THE government has sent a ship near Escoda Shoal as a replacement of the BRP Teresa Magbanua, National Maritime Council (NMC) spokesman Alexander Lopez...
MARCOS VOWS TO BUILD HOSPITALS FOR CANCER PATIENTS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reiterated his commitment to improving healthcare and increasing the number of health facilities in the country, including those for...
CSC LAUNCHES TREE GROWING FOR A CAUSE IN BIÑAN CITY
AROUND 600 civil servants recently took part in the 2024 tree growing initiative launched by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) at the lakeshore in...
GRADE 12 STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN CEBU LODGING HOUSE
A GRADE 12 student on Friday was found dead inside a lodging house in Bgy. Poblacion, Toledo City, Cebu. Police identified the victim as...
FEED MILL WORKER DIES IN FREAK ACCIDENT
BY KEVIN GALANG A 27-YEAR-OLD feed mill worker on Friday died in a freak accident in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga. Pampanga...
MUNICIPAL ELECTION OFFICER, WIFE FOUND SLAIN IN PALAWAN HOME
AN election officer and his wife on Saturday were found murdered inside their house in Bgy. Cambian, Agutaya, Palawan. Police identified the victims as...
ABDUCTED ELDERLY WOMAN RESCUED IN CAVITE
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba, Laguna — A 67-year-old woman who was kidnapped on Tuesday night in front of her residence at a posh condominium...
CALAX GOVERNOR’S DRIVE INTERCHANGE REACHES 25% COMPLETION, TO OPEN BY Q1 2025
MPCALA Holdings Inc., the concessionaire of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), announced that the CALAX Governor’s Drive Interchange has reached its 25% completion milestone. The...
BALAORO ASSUMES POST AS NEW ‘JUNGLE FIGHTER ’ COMMANDER
CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – Brig. Gen. Cerilo Balaoro Jr. has assumed his post as the new commander of the Philippine Army’s (PA) 2nd...
NATIONWIDE COASTAL CLEANUP YIELDS 352,479 KILOS OF TRASH
MORE than 74,000 volunteers joined the Philippines’ International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) drive held last Saturday and a total of 352,479 kilograms of trash and...
PBBM NAMES NEW ERC OIC
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed on Friday Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Director of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, Jesse Hermogenes Andres as...
PH SEEKS STRONGER TIES WITH INDONESIA
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sought stronger ties between the Philippines and Indonesia. President Marcos received Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Malacañang on...
STING NETS 3 SUSPECTS, P272K SHABU IN BATAAN
BY KEVIN GALANG ORANI, Bataan – Police on Friday arrested three drug suspects and seized at least P272,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust...
LAKAS-CMD NAMES REVILLA AS CANDIDATE FOR SENATE
THE dominant Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) party on Friday named Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., its chairman, as its official senatorial candidate in the May...
COURT ORDERS ALICE GUO TRANSFER TO PASIG CITY JAIL
THE Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the transfer of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo to the city jail on charges of...
‘ANGELS OF DEATH’ EX-MEMBER NOW UNDER POLICE CUSTODY — PNP SPOKESPERSON
A SELF-TAGGED member of Apollo Quiboloy’s alleged private army “Angels of Death” is now under the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP...
PBBM LEADS TURNOVER OF P830-M MODERN MOBILE CLINICS TO 28 PROVINCES IN MINDANAO
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the government in turning over modern and highly-equipped Bagong Pilipinas mobile clinics to 28 provinces in...
HOUSE QUAD COMM HOLDS CASSY ONG IN CONTEMPT ANEW
THE House Quad Committee on Thursday has cited anew Cassandra Li Ong in contempt for violating Section 11 Paragraph C of the House of...
DUTERTE NARCO-LIST USED TO TARGET POLITICAL RIVALS – EX-ILOILO CITY MAYOR
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial narco-list was used as a “hit list” to target his political rivals, ex-Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog on...
MARCOS AWARDS E-TITLES, CERTIFICATES OF LAND OWNERSHIP TO AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES IN WESTERN VISAYAS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. distributed Electronic Titles (E-titles) and Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to over a thousand Agrarian Reform beneficiaries (ARBs)...
POE BACKS AI USE IN COURTS BUT WITH SAFEGUARDS
SENATOR Grace Poe supported initiatives to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in court-related works, but stressed the need for stringent safeguards and vetting. “We...
BODIES OF ENGINEER, SURVEY AIDE WHO DROWNED IN ANGAT RIVER FOUND
BY KEVIN GALANG THE bodies of an engineer and his survey aide who drowned in Angat River on Thursday were found in Bustos, Bulacan....
LGU’S RECEIVE BENGUET VEGGIES 
5 GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS DROWN IN POND IN MARAWI 
‘PAIHI GANG’ BUSTED IN AGUSAN 
3 GOLD BUYERS LOSE P3.3-M TO ROBBERS IN TARLAC