DA TO SELL P20/KILO RICE IN VISAYAS
THE administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced plans for the pilot rollout of the P20-per-kilo rice initiative, which will begin in the...
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7 DEAD IN ANTIPOLO BAKERY MASSACRE
SEVEN people on Tuesday were found dead following a knife attack inside a bakery in Antipolo City, Rizal. The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO...
POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88 – VATICAN
POPE Francis on Easter Monday died at the age of 88, the Vatican said in a statement. The Holy Father died a day after...
CLASSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS START JUNE 16 FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026
THE Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that classes in public schools nationwide for school year 2025-2026 will start on June 16, 2025. The shift...
POPE CALLS FOR PEACE, WARNS AGAINST ‘LOGIC OF FEAR’ IN EASTER MESSAGE ‘URBI ET ORBI’
POPE Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his...
NORA AUNOR, SUPERSTAR OF PHILIPPINE CINEMA, DIES AT 71
NATIONAL artist and Philippine cinema’s superstar Nora Aunor has passed away at the age of 71. Her passing was confirmed by her children Ian...
PNP TO DEPLOY 58K COPS FOR HOLY WEEK, SUMMER BREAK
AROUND 58,000 police officers will be deployed in major places of convergence for Holy Week and the summer break, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief...
SMC EXPRESSWAYS ALL SET FOR HOLY WEEK RUSH
SMC Infrastructure said it has rolled out preparations for the anticipated surge in vehicular traffic along its expressways beginning Monday, April 14, as thousands...
GOV’T TARGETS 1,500 KADIWA NG PANGULO STORES NATIONWIDE BY 2028
THE government aims to set up 1,500 Kadiwa stores nationwide by 2028, Presidential Communications Udersecretary and Palace Press officer Claire Castro said Monday. In...
ALLEGED MASTERMIND IN KILLING OF BUSINESSMAN DOMINIC SYTIN REPATRIATED FROM MALAYSIA, NOW IN PNP CUSTODY
BY KEVIN GALANG The alleged mastermind in the murder of businessman Dominic Sytin in 2018 on Friday nighr was sent back to the Philippines...
2 STUDENTS STABBED DEAD BY SCHOOLMATES IN LAS PIÑAS
TWO Grade 8 students on Friday were stabbed dead by their schoolmates in Las Piñas City. Police identified the victims as Enzo and Joshua,...
KERWIN ESPINOSA SHOT WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN LEYTE
SELF-confessed drug lord and mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa on Thursday was injured in a gun attack in Albuera, Leyte. Espinosa, who is running for...
TRIKE DRIVER KILLS PREGNANT WIFE, DUMPS BODY AT GARBAGE DUMP
A TRICYCLE driver on Thursday, April 10, 2025, was arrested by operatives of the Manila Police District (MPD) for allegedly killing his pregnant wife...
PBBM ORDERS INTENSIFIED ROAD MONITORING AHEAD OF HOLY WEEK
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has instructed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and other concerned agencies to intensify their monitoring efforts to ensure the...
KANLAON VOLCANO ERUPTS, ALERT LEVEL 3 REMAINS — PHIVOLCS
KANLAON Volcano in Negros Island early Tuesday morning (April 8, 2025) had an explosive eruption, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said....
ONE BETTOR BAGS P223-M ULTRA LOTTO JACKPOT
THE Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced that a lone bettor in Tarlac became an instant millionaire after winning the P223-million Ultra Lotto 6/58...
COUPLE, 2 CHILDREN DIE IN LAS PIÑAS CITY FIRE
FOUR members of a family today (AprIl 7, 2025) died in a fire that hit a residential building in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila....
SPEAKER ROMUALDEZ BACKS FILIPINO-MADE MODERN JEEPNEYS, VOWS STRONGER SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORT MODERNIZATION
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez has reaffirmed his commitment to the country’s public transportation modernization program, throwing his full support behind local manufacturers and...
BOC CONFISCATES P5.8-M ‘KUSH’ FROM THAILAND DECLARED AS CRISPY BROCCOLI
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), intercepted 3,896 grams of “high-grade” marijuana...
CHINA ARRESTS 3 FILIPINOS SUSPECTED OF SPYING
CHINA on Thursday said it had arrested three Filipinos on suspicion of spying. The arrest came after seven Chinese nationals – five in January...
DMW PADLOCKS TRAVEL AGENCY ILLEGALLY RECRUITING FILIPINO WORKERS TO BULGARIA
KEEPING with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.‘s directive to protect the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against illegal recruiters and syndicates, the Department of Migrant...
GATCHALIAN CALLS ON LGUS TO ENSURE PREPAREDNESS FOR THE ‘BIG ONE’ AFTER MYANMAR, THAILAND QUAKES
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday urged local government units (LGUs) to bolster their disaster preparedness efforts, warning that the recent earthquake that struck Myanmar...
MAGNITUDE 5.0 QUAKE SHAKES BATANGAS TOWN
A MAGNITUDE 5.0 earthquake on Tuesday shook Calatagan in Batangas. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter of the...
GOV’T ASSURES AID TO 17 PINOYS DETAINED IN QATAR
THE government assured continued assistance to 17 Filipinos arrested in Qatar for participating in political rallies supporting former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who is...
FIRE HITS OSPITAL NG MAYNILA
A FIRE on Sunday hit the old building of Ospital ng Maynila (OSMA) on Quirino Avenue in Malate, Manila. According to the Bureau of...
PBBM THANKS UAE PRESIDENT FOR PARDON OF 115 FILIPINO CONVICTS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday expressed profound gratitude to President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab...
17 FILIPINOS ARRESTED IN QATAR OVER MARCH 28 ‘UNAUTHORIZED’ PROTEST
SOME 17 Filipinos were arrested over alleged “unauthorized” rallies in Qatar, the Philippine Embassy in Doha on Friday night confirmed. “The Embassy of the...
BEWARE OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN ‘EYESHADOWS,’ OTHER BEAUTY PRODUCTS, TOXIC WATCHDOG WARNS CONSUMERS
TOXICS and pollution watchdog BAN Toxics promoting consumer protection and environmental health issued a warning against beauty products containing toxic chemicals. The group issued...
GRADE 8 FEMALE STUDENT STABBED DEAD BY CLASSMATE INSIDE PARAÑAQUE SCHOOL
A 14-YEAR-OLD female student on Wednesday was stabbed dead by her male classmate inside their school in Parañaque City. The victim and the suspect,...
HONEYLET, KITTY ARRIVE AT THE HAGUE FOR DUTERTE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte’s common-law partner Honeylet Avanceña and their daughter Veronica “Kitty” Duterte arrived at the Hague, Netherlands for the former chief executive’s...
COUPLE, SON SHOT DEAD IN NUEVA ECIJA
BY KEVIN GALANG A COUPLE and their 10-year-old son on Wednesday were shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in San Leonardo, Nueva...
LRT-1 EXTENDS OPERATING HOURS STARTING MARCH 26
Good news, commuters! According to LRT-1’s advisory issued Tuesday, its last train will leave Dr. Santos station in Parañaque City at 10:30 p.m. while...
MRT-3 EXTENDS OPERATING HOURS
THE operating hours at the MRT-3 is now extended. Starting last Monday, March 24, closing time at North Avenue Station is now 10:25 p.m....
SEVERAL SCOOLS SUSPEND CLASSES AS TRANSPORT STRIKE STARTS MARCH 24, 2025
TRANSPORT group MANIBELA today, March 24, 2025, started its three-day transport strike. MANIBELA said the strike is to show protest to what they claim...
COPS RESCUE TWIN BABIES SOLD FOR P30K 
LACSON: BATO SAFER IN PH THAN ABROAD 
DIZON, LOPEZ SWAP POSTS 
UP TO 50% OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE WITHOUT PRINCIPAL – GATCHALIAN