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HPG to manage Metro Manila traffic
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has formed an Inter-Agency Council on Traffic or I-ACT for the traffic management in Metro Manila. The agencies that are part of the I-ACT are the...
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President Duterte releases NBP drug link matrix to public
President Rodrigo Duterte releases the drug matrix showing the alleged involvement of government and police officials to illegal drugs operations inside the national penitentiary. Seven personalities...
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Legal counsel quits Espino and Baraan graft case
A lawyer of Pangasinan Congressman Amado Espino and Rafael Baraan filed a Notice of Withdrawal of Appearance to the Sandiganbayan on the graft case over black sand mining operation in Pangasinan....
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Official Statement of Sen. De Lima on President Duterte’s “drug matrix”
Was it a joke? Like most of his jokes before, this latest one he will surely regret. But yes, please amuse me at how his men have desperately tried to link me with the “Muntinlupa Connection” flick....
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Italy quake toll rises to nearly 250 as rescuers struggle to find survivors
A man is rescued alive from the ruins following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Remo Casilli The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose...
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Duterte to release 2nd batch of list of LGU officials involved in illegal...
“We are now on the process of validating, more or less mayors and vice mayors of Region 3. There are reports coming in. They are also involved in illegal drugs.” This was the statement of acting...
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CJ Sereno tackles reforms to expedite trial of drugs cases
MANILA — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno meets the members of the media for her annual press conference in Intramuros, Manila. Before answering questions from the press, the chief justice tackled...
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Transport groups, NGOs present to senate proposed solutions to traffic in...
The Senate Committee on Public Services resumes hearing today on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte in order to solve the worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila and...
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Ombudsman to finish probe on solons involved in PDAF scam in 2017
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — There are complaints against more than 200 congressmen involved in the PDAF scam still pending in the Office of the Ombudsman. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales says they...
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PNP wants to assume control over training of police recruits
“We are the only police agency in the whole world that doesn’t handle the training. Police force who does not train its own policemen. So, it’s very ironic. I don’t see the logic.” Philippine...
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China is set to launch a mission to Mars by 2020
Concept portrayal of China’s Mars rover and lander released on August 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National...
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Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian
Flowers are laid near the scene where a passer-by was killed after being hit by a driver playing ‘Pokemon Go’ while driving in Tokushima, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 24, 2016. Mandatory...
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Kidnap victim’s head recovered in Sulu
The AFP Western Mindanao Command reported that the decapitated head of what seems to belong to kidnap victim Patrick Jhames Almodavar was recovered by the local police in Brgy. Kadjatan, Indanan,...
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Philippine government, communist rebels to sign ceasefire deal
The Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels will sign an indefinite ceasefire agreement on Friday as part of efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least...
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Belgians are hunting books, instead of Pokemon
A man uses a mobile phone in front of an advertisement board bearing the image of Pokemon Go at an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Inspired by the...
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Gov’t to file drug-related graft case vs. personalities in NBP drug matrix
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has started consolidating the affidavits of the witnesses as well as the evidence against personalities linked to illegal drug operations inside the New...
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Media and information literacy in K-12 curriculum, to guide youth in using...
PASIG CITY, Phiippines — The internet now contains almost all the information in the world, including the non-essential ones. Some studies show that the cyberworld can sometimes be very dangerous....
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House leadership supports bill seeking total restrictions of using protocol...
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The leadership of the Lower House expresses support for the passage of a bill seeking total restrictions of using protocol plates for lawmakers. Based on the memorandum of...
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Pres. Duterte changes mind, favors postponement of Barangay, SK elections
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte changes his mind and now favors the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections slated on October 31, 2016. In his speech...
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Philippine troops kill 11 Islamist militants
Philippine commandos killed 11 Islamist militants on a remote southern island on Friday, an army spokesman said, stepping up the offensive after President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his aim to...
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