Fernandez named PH CDM for Vietnam SEAG
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has appointed Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez as the country’s Chef De Mission in the 31st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam…
PH IX competing in Women’s World Cup
By JONAS TERRADO The Philippine Amateur Baseball Association is looking to slowly bring local baseball back on its feet after progress made from 2019 was put to…
PBA exec keeping a close eye on NBA
By WAYLON GALVEZ Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner Willie Marcial said Tuesday they are closely monitoring the developments in the NBA after two more games…
3 sexually exploited girls rescued in Cavite
BY JEFFREY DAMICOG Three girls who were used in child pornography have been rescued in Dasmarinas City, Cavite, during an operation last Friday, the National Bureau of…
‘Short but not sweet’
By RONALD CONSTANTINO Highspeed once again goes Hollywood, with these words best described as “Short but no sweet.” "Everybody in town has had Yvonne De Carlo!’ – TONY CURTIS "Everybody in…
School teacher shot dead in Nueva Ecija
BY ARIEL P. AVENDANO RIZAL, Nueva Ecija – A public school teacher was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Poblacion Norte at around 1:36 p.m.…
Malabon village chief shot dead
BY JOSEPH PEDRAJAS A Malabon City barangay chairman was shot dead in his own backyard Monday, an incident condemned by the city government. Police identified the…
5 more countries included in PH travel ban
Foreign travelers from China, Pakistan, Jamaica, Luxembourg, and Oman will be prohibited from entering the Philippines starting Wednesday in a bid to stem the spread of a more infectious coronavirus variant. Presidential…
Tokyo Olympics organizers say cancellation report ‘fake news’
TOKYO (AFP) – Tokyo Olympics organizers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed…
Public Novena Masses for Sto. Nino de Cebu stopped
BY CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY – In what was described as a “saddening and heartbreaking” move, the Augustinian priests from the Basilica Minore Del Sto. Niño de…
PSL: Sta. Lucia releasing 4 players
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors will be without their four tested players in the coming season. In a social media post late…
Woman tries to dodge COVID curfew by walking leashed man
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian police have fined a woman whose dogged determination to dodge a strict new curfew saw her taking a man for a walk -- on a…
Ex-Iloilo town mayor starts serving 10-year prison term
BY TARA YAP ILOILO CITY — Police Regional Office (PRO-6) has confirmed that former mayor Frankie Locsin of Janiuay town, Iloilo province has started his 10-year prison…
DoH denies detection of new COVID strain in Metro Manila
BY BETHEENA UNITE The Department of Health (DoH) belied reports that the new SARS-COV-2 variant was detected in Metro Manila. “The Department of Health and the Philippine…
Solons back Aguirre’s Napolcom post
BY CHARISSA LUCI-ATIENZA Lawmakers on Tuesday expressed their support to the appointment of former justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II as commissioner of the National Police Commission (Napolcom)…
Nigerian killed in Pasig drug bust; P13.6-M shabu seized
BY AARON RECUENCO Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) killed a Nigerian, reportedly a member of an international drug syndicate, after a buy-bust inside a…
