Narco cop killed in Quezon anti-drug op
Slain narco cop Ian Rey Abitona Two days after President Rodrigo Duterte warned over a hundred “scalawag” police officers at Malacañang, a narco cop was killed on Thursday (August 8), after resisting...
View ArticleLawmakers oppose DBM’s 2019 cash-based budget system
The House of Representatives is preparing to pass a resolution to withdraw their earlier support for the Budget Reform Bill and the implementation of the cash-based budgeting system in 2019. This,...
View ArticlePLDT, NutriAsia blame Labor Code over ‘endo’ issues
Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod sorrounded by protesters waiting outside DOLE Bldg. in Intramuros Manila on Thursday, August 9 as the hearing continues on regularization of PLDT ccontractual...
View ArticleChinese President Xi Jinping to visit PH in November
FILE PHOTO: (Left-Right) Philippine Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and China Pres. Xi Jinping (PCOO) MANILA, Philippines — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the Philippines by year-end is the...
View ArticleBOC siezes P39-M smuggled sugar at Manila Port
Sacks of smuggled sugar MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated over P39-million worth of sugar that were found inside 45 abandoned 20-ft containers at the port of Manila. The...
View ArticleNPA rebels overrun Samar police station
Lapinig Municipal Police Station in Google Map Around 100 members of the New People’s Army raided the Lapinig Municipal Police Station in Northern Samar on Friday (Aug. 10) at 1:44 a.m. According to a...
View ArticleWoman killed instantly in hit-and-run on Commonwealth Ave
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The tattered remains of a hit-and-run victim were found along Commonwealth Avenue on Friday (August 10) at 12:00 a.m. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Harlee Kaye...
View ArticleLamitan bombing: 4,000 kids were original targets
The 4,000 children who were attending a feeding program were the original targets of the Lamitan blast that killed 10 people and wounded 8 on July 31, authorities said on Friday. Defense Secretary...
View ArticleDe Lima refuses to enter plea in second drug case
FILE PHOTO: Senator Leila de Lima Despite objections from the camp of Senator Leila de Lima, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205, presided by Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz, pushed through with...
View ArticleMalacañang unperturbed by fall in GDP growth
Despite the increase in prices of commodities, the Philippine economy grew by 6% in the gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year. This performance puts the country in the third...
View ArticleDuterte appoints CA Associate Justice Jose Reyes as new SC justice
Jose C. Reyes, Jr. SCREENGRAB FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINESYOUTUBE President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jose Reyes, Jr. as new Supreme Court Associate...
View ArticleElection watchdog claims evidence of fraud in 2016 elections
Atty. Glenn Chong of the Tanggulang Demokrasya Lawyer and former congressman, Atty. Glenn Chong of the civil society group, Tanggulang Demokrasya was dismayed at how the Senate hearing on alleged...
View ArticleBOC destroys P50-M worth of fake goods
P50-M worth of counterfeit items set for destruction by the Customs Department. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) destroyed P50-million worth of counterfeit items confiscated from a Pasay City warehouse...
View ArticleKarding weakens as it exits PAR
Satellite image as of August 13, 12:30 p.m. | PAGASA In a weather bulletin issued by state weather bureau PAGASA, Habagat or southwest monsoon continues to bring moderate to occasional heavy monsoon...
View ArticlePNP to arrest profiteers, hoarders amid price freeze
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Police authorities vow to help in the strict implementation of the price freeze on basic commodities amid the massive flooding brought about by the inclement weather in...
View ArticleAlbayalde checks on flooded areas; deploys cops to relief ops
(L-R) PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde and NCRPO Chief Guillermo Eleazar conducts aerial survey of damage caused by monsoon rains over the weekend. | Photo courtesy of PCSUPT. Guillermo Eleazar...
View ArticleDuterte sacks AFP Medical Center officials over ‘institutional corruption’
President Rodrigo Duterte | SIMEON CELI JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte’s “anti-corruption ax” hit two high-ranking military officials and other personnel of...
View ArticleMonsoon rains spawn sea of garbage in Manila Bay
Trash fill the stretch of Manila Baywalk as raging waves spew garbage from Manila Bay during the onslaught of monsoon rains. MANILA, Philippines – Waves of trash have accumulated in Manila Bay in the...
View ArticleLGU warns of landslides in Brgy. Commonwealth, asks residents to relocate
Residents insist on staying while they stand on the edge a newly eroded section of their neighborhood. QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Lower Bayanihan Street in Barangay Commonwealth in Quezon City has...
View Article3 dead, over 700 families evacuated due to monsoon rains
Rescuers brave the raging floodwaters in search of trapped and stranded residents during the onslaught of Typhoon Karding. Three people died after the southwest monsoon, enhanced by tropical storm...
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