27 ILLEGAL ONLINE GAMING WORKERS DEPORTED — BI
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the deportation of a batch of Chinese nationals who had been previously arrested for working illegally in the...
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...
TEVES, QUIBOLOY TO GET FAIR TRIAL – DOJ
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) called on fugitives Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and former lawmaker Arnie Teves to surrender and face the charges against them....
MC-RIDING ASSASSINS KILL BARANGAY CHAIRMAN IN ANGAT, BULACAN
BY KEVIN GALANG MOTORCYC-RIDING armed men on Saturday shot dead a village chief in Angat, Bulacan. In a report to Police Regional Office 3...
IRAN FREES 3 FILIPINO SEAFARERS FROM SEIZED VESSEL
THE three remaining Filipino seafarers from the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries seized last April have been freed by the Iranian authorities, the Department of Migrant...
DMW ASSURES SAFETY OF PINOYS IN PROTEST-RIDDLED BANGLADESH
FILIPINOS in Bangladesh are safe, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac said on Saturday. Cacdac stated that the DMW’s priority is to ensure the migrant...
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...
2 TEENAGERS YIELD P1-M SHABU IN CAVITE BUY-BUST
TWO minors on Thursday were arrested while over P1 million worth of shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Panapaan, Bacoor City,...
VICE MAYOR, SECURITY ESCORT KILLED IN MAGUINDANAO DEL SUR AMBUSH
ARMED men on Friday killed in an ambush the vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur and his aide. Slain was Vice Mayor...
PAMPANGA TOP COP NAMES 3 NEW POLICE CHIEFS
BY KEVIN GALANG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Pampanga police director Col. Jay Dimaandal designated three new police officers to lead key stations...
PBBM’S NET SATISFACTION RATING UP IN JUNE — SWS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s net satisfaction rating increase for the month of June, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released...
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...
PH TO FURTHER REINFORCE COOPERATION WITH JAPAN — PBBM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed the Philippines’ intent to further bolster its cooperation with Japan. According to the President, “there is...
MEGA BAGONG PILIPINAS SERVICE CARAVAN VISITS EASTERN VISAYAS, PROVIDES AID TO 253,000 BENEFICIARIES
AS the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. celebrates its first anniversary this month, it visited Eastern Visayas to...
50 SULU OFFICIALS JOIN LAKAS-CMD
SULU Gov. Sakur Tan, Vice Gov. Toto Tan and 48 other officials in the province, including mayors, vice mayors, and board members on Thursday...
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...
SM MALLS IN LAGUNA SHARE A HAND FOR ‘BRIGADA ESKWELA’ 2024
IN line with the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) objective to provide quality education, SM City Calamba and SM Center San Pedro in Laguna joined...
CHINESE FROM BGC NABBED FOR PARTY DRUGS IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG A CHINESE national on Wednesday was arrested after a P250,000 worth of party drugs or ecstasy was seized from him in...
MENDOZA LEADS INAUGURATION OF LTO DISTRICT OFFICE IN GENERAL TRIAS, CAVITE
LAND Transportation Office (LTO) chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II on Wednesday led the inauguration of their district office in General Trias City, Cavite....
OVP BUDGET UP BY 8% IN 2025 – DBM
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported on Thursday that the budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025 has...
DBM: CONFIDENTIAL, INTELLIGENCE FUNDS FOR 2025 DOWN BY 16 PERCENT
THE government budget for confidential and intelligence funds in 2025 declined by 16 percent compared to this year, according to the Department of Budget...
EX-VILLAGE EXEC GETS 2 YEARS FOR FAKING DRIVER’S LICENSES
A FORMER barangay official was sentenced to two years imprisonment for falsification of driver’s licenses. In a statement on Wednesday, Land Transportation Office (LTO)...
10-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES IN MANILA FIRE
A 10-YEAR-OLD boy on Wednesday died after he was trapped inside their burning house in Paco, Manila. The remains of the boy was found...
FEMALE FOREIGNER LINKED TO AFRICAN DRUG RING ARRESTED IN MAKATI
OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration-Fugitive Search Unit arrested an overstaying woman from Kyrgyzstan allegedly involved in illegal drugs. BI Commissioner Norman Tansincgo on...
ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT REMAINS AS BATAAN OIL SPILL NOW UNDER CONTROL
THE oil spill in Bataan caused by sunken MT Terra Nova is now under control but the threats on the environment remain, a researcher...
YOKOHAMA BEGINS P3.5-B TIRE PLANT EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION IN CLARK
BY KEVIN GALANG YOKOHAMA Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI) has started construction on a P3.5 billion expansion of its tire plant at Clark Freeport in...
HOUSE APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on final reading a bill that allows the use of medical marijuana. A total of 177 lawmakers...
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...
PHILHEALTH TO RECOMMEND REDUCED CONTRIBUTION AMID ‘EXCESS FUNDS’
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will recommend to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. the reduction of members’ contributions to the fund. PhilHealth president...
DPWH TO IMPLEMENT OVER 5,000 FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will implement more than 5,000 flood control projects as part of its engineering interventions in the...
SENATORS BACK TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PUV MODERNIZATION
SENATOR “Idol” Raffy Tulfo, along with his fellow senators, filed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to temporarily suspend the implementation of...
2 CHINESE MEN NABBED, 13 RESCUED IN RAID AT SUSPECTED POGO HUB IN PAMPANGA
TWO Chinese nationals on Tuesday were arrested while 13 others were rescued in a raid at a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub...
PRO3 DEPLOYS 1,000 COPS FOR ‘LIGTAS BALIK-ESKWELA 2024’
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — While continuous relief operations are being conducted after the onslaught of Typhoon “Carina,”...
RAID IN PAMPANGA HOUSE YIELDS GUN, BULLETS
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Monday raided a house in Guagua, Pampanga and seized a gun and several ammunition. In a report to Police...
TECH-ENABLED TRAFFICKING DEMANDS INNOVATION, EXPERTS WARN 
2 TEENAGERS IN TACLOBAN SCHOOL SHOOTING PLANNED THE ATTACK – PNP 
PEÑARANDA POLICE POSTS MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER NEW OIC 
PRO3 ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF SOUTH KOREAN TRADER; SOLVES CASE IN LESS THAN 3 DAYS