Families of SAF 44 file complaints anew vs former president Aquino, Purisima,...
Families of slain SAF members in the Mamasapano incident filed complaint against former president Aquino, Alan Purisima and Getulio Napeñas in the Office of the Ombudsman. QUEZON CITY, Philippines —...
View ArticleDuterte urges Peter Lim to face investigation or else…
Cebu businessman and alleged drug lord, Peter Lim (right) reaches out to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte (left) in Davao City. DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Cebu businessman Peter Lim to...
View Article2 motorcycles crash and burn in Makati
MAKATI CITY — Two motorcycles burst into flames on Gil Puyat corner Paseo De Roxas Avenue, Makati City after crashing against each other at past midnight this morning. A cellphone video captured by...
View ArticleChiller in Manila: Filipinos fume as snail-pace internet leaves business on ice
Sunday, July 17, 2016Residents surf internet at a neigbourhood computer shop in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines July 10, 2016. Picture taken July 10, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Patrolling downtown...
View ArticleKids who watch lots of TV have lower bone mass as adults
A young child watches television in an NYCHA apartment after receiving electricity just minutes before for the first time following Hurricane Sandy in the Brooklyn borough neighborhood of Coney Island...
View ArticleSalvage operations for M/V Captain Ufuk is underway
M/V Captain Ufuk MANILA, Philippines — The cargo vessel M/V Captain Ufuk will not sink any further underwater since half of it has already run aground the seabed of Manila Bay. However, the Philippine...
View ArticlePNP takes pride in faster LTOPF application processing
Applicants apply for license to own and possess firearms in PNP Firearms and Explosive Office in Quezon City. “Dokumento, pila-pila. Kusang tatakbo kahit walang piso piso.” (“Documents applied with...
View Article3 robbery-carnapping suspects, killed in shootout with QCPD
QUEZON CITY — Another police encounter with robbery-carnap syndicates occurred at 2 a.m. on Monday along San Mateo Road, Batasan Hills, Quezon City. Three of the four suspects, who victimized a taxi...
View Article5 Marikina City ordinances, stale due to pending budget approvals
Facade of Marikina City Hall building. Free tuition ordinance at the University of Marikina; P2,000 birthday subsidy of senior citizens; 50% decrease of business tax and real property tax. These are...
View ArticleProsecution presents 1st witness vs Sen. JV Ejercito on 1st technical...
Sen. JV Ejercito QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The prosecution panel has presented its first witness against the camp of Senator JV Ejercito. Sen. JV is facing a technical malversation charge for the...
View ArticlePeter Lim must prove he is not the drug lord – DOJ
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte strongly advised businessman Peter Lim to subject himself to an investigation of NBI after seeing him last Friday....
View ArticleDOLE Sec to personally check condition of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi...
Stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia. “That’s the job of our labor attaché. The first thing that he should have done, “Sir, we have compatriots stranded and starving there. They are deprived of their salary....
View ArticleDuterte will not honor int’l agreement on carbon emissions
President Rodrigo Duterte asserts that he will not comply with the international agreement concerning the reduction of carbon emissions even though the Philippines is among its signatories. The...
View ArticlePutin approves anti-evangelism law
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Moscow’s Kremlin October 30, 2013.REUTERS/MICHAEL KLIMENTYEV/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN MOSCOW, Russia —...
View ArticleRespect Pres. Duterte’s position on Paris Agreement on Climate Change – Drilon
File photo: Senate President Franklin Drilon. MANILA, Philippines — On April 22, 2016, the Aquino administration signed the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The Philippines then promised to...
View ArticleSandiganbayan releases hold departure order vs former VP Binay
File photo: Former vice president Jejomar Binay. QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division Chairperson and Chief Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang released a hold departure order against...
View ArticleAgri equipment worth 100M discovered rusting in DA compound
Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol pays visit on the agriculture equipment that has been idle and rusting inside the department’s compound in South Cotabato.(Photo courtesy: Manny Piñol’s Facebook...
View ArticleNo barricades along Commonwealth Ave. during Pres. Duterte’s SONA – PNP
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) will no longer put up barricades and container vans as barriers along Commonwealth Avenue on President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
View ArticleDOTr to investigate damage on NAIA runway pavement
The damage on NAIA runway pavement is seen in a photo. Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade apologizes to all affected passengers of the runway closure yesterday. Tugade does not want...
View ArticlePhilippines says it rejected China’s offer of talks on South China Sea
Monday, July 18, 2016Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay gives a brief statement regarding the tribunal ruling on the South China Sea during a news conference at the Department of Foreign...
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