76% OF FILIPINOS SUPPORT CELLPHONE BAN IN SCHOOLS — SURVEY
ALMOST 8 out of 10 Filipinos support a ban of cellphones in schools, a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senator Win Gatchalian found. Based...
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CAYETANO ALARMED OVER RELIABILITY OF PH IDS AMID SCAMS
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday expressed grave concerns about the reliability of Philippine identification documents amid reports of widespread counterfeiting. Speaking during the...
CARLOS YULO WINS 2ND GOLD NI PARIS OLYMPICS
PHILIPPINES greatest gymnast Carlos Yulo has overhauled Philippine sports history after winning the second gold in Paris Olympics on Sunday in just 24 hours....
COP KILLED, ANOTHER HURT IN ENCOUNTER WITH CHINESE KIDNAPPERS IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG A RESCUE operation on Saturday turned into an encounter that left a policeman dead and another wounded in Angeles City, Pampanga....
CARLOS YULO WINS PH’S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN PARIS 2024 FLOOR EXERCISE; TO RECEIVE P3M AWARD FROM CONGRESS
FILIPINO gymnast Carlos Yulo made history Saturday night (Manila time) after winning a gold medal in the men’s floor exercise in the 2024 Paris...
MARCOS ISSUES EO INCREASING SALARIES, BENEFITS OF GOV’T EMPLOYEES
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 64, increasing the salaries of government workers and authorizing the grant of an additional allowance...
11 DIE IN BINONDO BUILDING FIRE
ELEVEN people on Friday died in a fire that hit a five-storey commercial-residential building in Binondo, Manila. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said...
LPG PRICES UP IN AUGUST
FILIPINO households will see higher prices of cooking gas this month. Oil companies announced an increase in prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products...
STATE OF CALAMITY, NO CATCH ZONE IN 8 CAVITE LOCALITIES DUE TO OIL SPILL
THE provincial government of Cavite has declared a state of calamity and a no catch zone in the eight coastal areas affected by the...
US OFFICIALS BLINKEN, AUSTIN PAY COURTESY CALL ON PBBM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
HOUSE TO PRIORITIZE JOBS CREATION, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE IN 2025 BUDGET
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday said job creation, quality education, expanded health care and social protection are among the priorities of the...
PBBM TO SEEK CONGRESS OK OF P6.352-T 2025 PROPOSED NATIONAL BUDGET
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. is set to submit his proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for next year to the House of Representatives Monday...
P11-B WORTH OF FAKE WATCHES, BAGS, SHOES SEIZED IN BINONDO
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Intellectual Property Rights Division (IPRD), seized counterfeit goods worth approximately P11 billion during an operation in Binondo,...
MARCOS ORDERS STUDY ON BUILDING OF WEIRS TO MITIGATE RIZAL, NCR FLOODING
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday directed a study on the building of weirs along tributaries to control the water flow from Sierra...
TANKER WITH 1.4M LITERS OF OIL SINKS OFF BATAAN; 1 DEAD, OIL SPILL DETECTED
A PHILIPPINE –FLAGGED tanker loaded with 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil early Thursday morning sank off Limay, Bataan. The Philippine Coast Guard...
‘CARINAS’ WRATH: PREGNANT WOMAN, 5 OTHERS BURIED ALIVE IN BATANGAS, PAMPANGA LANDSLIDES
A PREGNANT woman and six others, including four minors, were buried alive in landslides that hit Agoncillo in Batangas, and Angeles City in Pampanga...
PNP PULLS OUT 75 POLICEMEN ASSIGNED TO VP SARA
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) pulled out the 75 police personnel assigned to provide security to Vice President Sara Duterte. The Vice President confirmed...
FIRM STANCE ON WPS, POGO BAN, BLOODLESS DRUG WAR HIGHLIGHT PBBM’S 3RD SONA
THE Philippines’ brave stance on West Philippine Sea (WPS), the total ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), and the bloodless fight against illegal...
23,000 COPS TO SECURE MARCOS’ 3RD SONA
NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said a total of 23,000 police officers will be deployed to...
INSURGENCY-FREE PHILIPPINES ACHIEVABLE BY YEAR 2028 – PEACE ADVISER
ACHIEVING an insurgency-free Philippines by the end of 2028 is within reach of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s administration. The good news was delivered...
MICROSOFT OUTAGE CANCELS 47 FLIGHTS AT NAIA
THE Microsoft system outage that hit computer system worldwide had caused cancellation of 47 flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Saturday...
JINGGOY SEEKS FOR INCLUSION OF HS STUDENTS IN SCHOOL-BASED FEEDING PROGRAM
SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is seeking the amendment of a law on school-based feeding programs to also include undernourished high school...
ALLEGED KILLER OF AUSTRALIAN COUPLE, PINAY COMPANION IN TAGAYTAY HOTEL SURRENDERS
THE suspect behind the killing of an Australian couple and a Filipina companion in a posh hotel in Tagaytay City on Wednesday surrendered to...
MERALCO POWER RATES UP IN JULY
HOUSEHOLDS served by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) should expect an increase in their electricity bill this month. In an announcement on Monday, Meralco...
ROBIN PADILLA FILES ANTI-POLITICAL DYNASTY BILL
SENATOR Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla on Monday filed an anti-political bill that seeks to finally fulfill the 1987 Constitution’s mandate to prohibit political dynasties....
TRUMP HURT IN ASSASSINATION TRY
FORMER President Donald Trump on Saturday was injured in an assassination try at a rally in the US State of Pennsylvania. Trump was seen...
ARREST BAMBAN MAYOR ALICE GUO, 7 OTHERS – SENATE
SUSPENDED Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and seven others were ordered arrested by the Senate amid the ongoing investigation into the illegal activities of...
COURT OF APPEALS FREEZES ASSETS OF SUSPENDED MAYOR ALICE GUO, OTHERS LINKED TO ILLEGAL POGO
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has frozen the assets of suspended Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and other individuals allegedly involved in the illegal...
MARITIME ACADEMY CADET DIES WHILE EXERCISING AS PUNISHMENT FOR SENDING EMOJI TO GROUP CHAT
A CADET of the Maritime Academy directed by his senior class officer to perform an exercise as punishment for sending an emoji to a...
STUDENT ROBBED, STABBED AT UP DILIMAN CAMPUS
AN 18-YEAR-OLD female student on Monday night was injured after she was stabbed by one of the robbers at the University of the Philippines...
DILG OFFERS P10-M BOUNTY FOR ARREST OF PASTOR QUIBOLOY
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has offered a P10 million reward for the arrest of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC)...
2 KIDS FOUND DEAD INSIDE CAR IN PAMPANGA
BY KEVIN GALANG TWO children on Monday were found dead inside an abandoned car in Sto. Tomas, Pampanga. Based on a report to Police...
PAMPANGA BEAUTY PAGEANT BET, ISRAELI BF EACH SHOT TWICE — NBI
BEAUTY pageant contestant Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen were shot twice that caused their death, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
REMAINS OF MISSING PAMPANGA BEAUTY QUEEN, ISRAELI BF FOUND IN CAPAS QUARRY SITE; 2 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
REMAINS OF MISSING PAMPANGA BEAUTY QUEEN, ISRAELI BF FOUND IN CAPAS QUARRY SITE; 2 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
BY KEVIN GALANG CAPAS, Tarlac – Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Saturday discovered the bodies of missing...
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