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DOH warns pharmacists selling high-priced lepto drug Doxycycline
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III MARIKINA CITY, Philippines – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III warned pharmacies that are selling high-priced leptospirosis medicine Doxycycline. Duque...
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GIS EXCLUSIVE: Atty. Chong warns of naming a senator who can confirm 2016...
Election watchdog, Atty. Glenn Chong QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Election fraud accuser, Atty. Glenn Chong, claims he knows a senator who can explain the irregularities that happened in the 2016...
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LPA-enhanced ‘Habagat’ affects parts of Luzon
Satellite Image as of August 14, 8:40 a.m. | PAGASA A low-pressure area (LPA) currently prevails at 760 kilometers east-northeast of Basco, Batanes. The disturbance has no direct effect on any part...
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Duterte slated to visit Israel on September 2
President Rodrigo Duterte | PCOO MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is leaving for a historic visit to Israel in September. The official visit will be the first by a Philippine...
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San Roque Dam opens more gates, prompts forced evacuation
Monsoon rains caused massive flooding in Pangasinan PANGASINAN, Philippines – The provincial government of Pangasinan has ordered forced evacuation to residents nearby the San Roque Dam as...
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DENR halts quarrying ops in Rizal until ‘assessment is completed’
RIZAL, Philippines – Quarrying and crushing plant operations in San Mateo and Rodriguez (formerly Montalban) in Rizal are now temporarily suspended. In a memorandum issued by Calabarzon DENR-Mines...
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DTI contemplates on rolling out moratorium on price hikes
DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez | DTI Photo MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has not yet decided on whether to impose price hike moratorium on basic goods despite requests...
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Public advised to take precautionary measures as Luzon Dams start spillage
San Roque Dam in Pangasinan QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The weather bureau PAGASA said they have been issuing advisory since Friday of possible water spillage in major dams in Luzon following days of...
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GIS EXCLUSIVE: Employers vow to regularize 300,000 workers this year – Bello
Labor Secretary Silvestre ” Bebot” Bello III QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced a good news on regularization during his interview with the program “Get It...
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Malacañang awaits word from HOR on blocked budget
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The sudden suspension of the budget hearing in the Lower House of Congress for the proposed 2019 National Budget raised questions from Malacañang on the kind of...
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Marc Ventura gets emotional pinning his ‘bros’ in the Atio Castillo hazing slay
Aegis Juris’s Mark Ventura (center) MANILA, Philippines – Hazing star witness and Aegis Juris fraternity member Marc Anthony Ventura turned emotional when he took the witness stand on Tuesday...
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Maynilad announces water interruptions due to murky water
(PHOTOVILLE International / Apolinar Espos) Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) announced on Tuesday that several areas in Metro Manila will experience service interruptions until further...
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Duterte fires PMA comptroller over malversation case
President Rodrigo Duterte | SIMEON CELI JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO President Rodrigo Duterte fired Philippine Military Academy(PMA) comptroller, Hector Maraña on Tuesday over alleged malversation of...
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Landslides leave 41 families homeless in Ilocos Sur
ILOCOS SUR, Philippines – A total of 41 families lost their homes to a massive landslide in Amguid, Candon, Ilocos Sur. Days of torrential rains caused soil to erode, damaging houses and prompting...
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Senate wants stop of driver-only ban in EDSA
PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Senate leadership filed on Wednesday (August 15) a resolution seeking to stop the implementation of the driver-only ban on EDSA. Authors of the resolution are urging the...
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Comelec campaigns to remove doubts on automated elections
PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants to employ concrete security features that will further protect the automation system of the 2019 midterm elections. This is the...
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Andaya: Palace agrees to restore budget cuts; budget briefing to resume
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. QUEZON CITY, Philippines – House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. announced Wednesday (August 15) that the budget issue with the Executive branch has...
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Roque: Teachers’ pay hike possible after TRAIN 2
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque | PCOO QUEZON PROVINCE, Philippines – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday, August 15, announced before more than 8,000 educators, the plan of...
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BOC records P37-M drug haul in 3 months
Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña presented to the members of the press the parcels of illegal drugs that they intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in that came in separate...
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Cigarette prices to increase more with passage of Universal Health Care Bill...
A man taps ashes off his cigarette into an ashtray filled with cigarette. | REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic MANILA, Philippines – The prices of cigarettes are seen to go up further as higher tariffs are set...
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