Intense self-pleasure
BY RICA CRUZ Dear Doc Rica, So very recently, I was able to move into a new place na ako lang mag-isa. Tapos siguro I got too excited to finally…
Palm Sunday: Lessons from Christ’s entry into Jerusalem
FOR the second year in a row, the faithful will witness this year’s Holy Week solemnity on TV, laptop, tablet, or smartphone screens. They will perform vicariously the ritual waving…
The crucifixion and death of Jesus
GOSPEL: MK 14:1-15:47 (The soldiers) brought (Jesus) to the place of Golgotha – which is translated Place of the Skull – They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but…
24 prisoners freed on parole in Davao
BY JEFFREY DAMICOG Twenty-four persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) have been released on parole this month. The DPPF said in a statement…
Pagadian City bettor bags P298-M Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot
BY CHARISSA LUCI-ATIENZA It is indeed a blessed Palm Sunday. A lone better in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur won the much-coveted P298-million jackpot prize for the Grand Lotto…
Displaced workers in ECQ areas to get ‘ayuda’ – Palace
BY ARGYLL CYRUS B. GEDUCOS Malacañang said the government will be extending financial assistance to those who will be affected by the week-long enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and that the…
Quarantine pass required in Manila during ECQ
BY ANDREA KATE ARO All barangay captains in Manila have been directed to issue quarantine passes to their constituents as the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under Enhanced Community…
Staycations banned in ‘NCR Plus’ on Holy Week
BY ALEXANDRIA SAN JUAN The Department of Tourism (DoT) has suspended the operation of staycation hotels in Metro Manila and its four adjacent provinces – Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna…
Metro Manila, 4 provinces under ECQ from March 29 to April 4
By ARGYLL GEDUCOS President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region-Plus (Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna) under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from March 29 to April…
Chinese ships present in reef since Nov. 2020
By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Chinese vessels have been swarming the Julian Felipe Reef long before the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had discovered the more than 200 fishing vessels allegedly manned…
Duterte quietly turns 76 today
By ARGYLL CYRUS B. GEDUCOS For the second year, President Duterte will spend his 76th birth anniversary today while under quarantine as advised by his doctors, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel…
PH logs almost 10,000 COVID cases
By ANALOU DE VERA The Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday that 9,595 more people nationwide contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This is the second straight day that the DOH reported…
Bernabe to be named acting CJ
By GENALYN KABILING Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe will serve as acting Chief Justice until a new head of the Supreme Court is formally appointed by President Duterte,…
OCTA seeks two-week MECQ
By ELLALYN V. RUIZ The OCTA Research Team has renewed its call to the government to impose a two-week Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) as Metro Manila's COVID-19 reproduction number…
P21-M marijuana burned in Sulu
By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Authorities seized and burned P21-million worth of marijuana during a raid of two plantations in Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu last Friday. Col. Hernanie Songano, commander of Naval…
