Almost P2.00 oil price hike to take effect tomorrow
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Oil companies are set to impose another big-time oil price increase tomorrow, May 22. Starting tomorrow, the price of gasoline will have an additional P1.60 per liter...
View ArticleCourt employees stage ‘Red Monday’ at SC
FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court MANILA, Philippines – Court employees call on the public to respect the decision of the magistrates over the quo warranto plea filed against ousted Chief Justice Maria...
View ArticleMalacañang warns court execs against a ‘judiciary fixer’
FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court en banc session MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang warned members of the judiciary from the Supreme Court (SC) down to the lowest court against a so-called “judiciary fixer”...
View ArticleP2-M worth of shabu seized in Lipa City, Batangas
BATANGAS, Philippines – Calabarzon Police Regional Special Operations Unit raided the house of a certain Marcial Orbigoso in Barangay Pangao in Lipa City on Monday, May 21. Authorities seized more...
View ArticleEx-NHA chief pins contractor over substandard gov’t housing projects
Housing units built for residents displaced by the 2013 Zamboanga siege PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement started its inquiry on the...
View ArticleMalacañang: China bombers in South China Sea ‘a serious concern’
West Philippine Sea MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang expressed “serious concern” over reports that Chinese H-6K bomber aircraft are now stationed in the disputed islands in the South China Sea...
View ArticleBI ready to impose expulsion order vs. Aussie missionary Patricia Fox
Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) insists that its decision to forfeit the missionary visa of Australian nun Patricia Fox is final and...
View ArticleQC fire leaves 300 families homeless
Fire engulfed a residential area in Sitio Palanas, Barangay Vasra, North Avenue in Quezon City Quezon City, Philippines – Around 300 families were left homeless by a raging fire that engulfed a...
View ArticlePhilippine passport holders may now enter 66 countries visa-free
Philippine passport Philippine passport holders may now travel to up to 66 countries around the globe without the need of any visa. This number has increased since last year after five more countries...
View ArticleDA to replace agri subsidy with easy access loans
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to gradually remove government’s agriculture subsidy to farmers. Instead, DA will replace it with the easy access loan...
View ArticlePNP names Ormoc, Cotabato, Puerto Princesa safest cities in PH
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Ormoc City was named the safest city in the country based on research conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Research and Analysis Center for the first...
View ArticleMany Filipinos expect better lives, economy in the next 12 months – SWS
The latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations reveals 40 percent of Filipinos expect better lives in 2019. MANILA, Philippines – Forty (40) percent of Filipinos believe their lives will...
View ArticleNew Senate leadership supports revival of death penalty
FILE PHOTO: Death chamber PASAY CITY, Philippines – Newly elected Senate President Senator Vicente Sotto III is in favor of Congress’ revival of the death penalty in the country. However, Sotto...
View ArticleMalacañang expects BBL passage before end of May
FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte receives a draft of the newly proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in a turnover ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacañan Palace on July 17, 2017. Joining the...
View ArticlePAO submits proof of Sanofi’s admission of Dengvaxia risks
Public Attorney’s Office Chief Atty. Persida Acosta MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) resumed Thursday, May 24, its preliminary investigation on the Dengvaxia controversy. During...
View Article‘Pananda’ app to promote Philippine historical and cultural sites
MANILA, Philippines – A new mobile application, which was launched just in time for the celebration of the National Heritage Month, will help Filipinos learn about the country’s historic and...
View ArticleBuCor Chief ‘Bato’ to separate Chinese from Filipino drug inmates
Retired Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa speaks on his appointment as chief of the Bureau of Corrections, May 11, 2018. QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)...
View ArticleCimatu orders ‘search and destroy’ illegal sewers in Boracay
Members of Philippine Army’s search-and-destroy team line up, carrying shovels for excavation process BORACAY ISLAND, Philippines – Results derived from the Department of Environment and Natural...
View ArticleGroup calls for renaming of NAIA back to MIA
FILE PHOTO: NAIA Terminal 1. (Ryan Mendoza / Photoville International) A group headed by Atty. Larry Gadon is pushing for the renaming of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to its original...
View ArticleBOC seizes P50-M worth of smuggled goods in Davao City
Smuggled boxes of lotions and bundles of used clothing (ukay-ukay) seized by Customs DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Four different shipments loaded with misdeclared items were seized by operatives of...
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