DoLE checking Skyway compliance with labor standards
By LESLIE AQUINO The Department of Labor and Employment is checking the compliance of the Skyway project with labor standards, following an accident at the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3…
P125.7-M aid given to ‘Ulysses’ victims
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The national government has given at least P125.7 million worth of assistance to victims of typhoon "Ulysses" in eight regions across Luzon, the…
Eleazar replaced as JTF COVID Shield chief
By AARON RECUENCO Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Debold Sinas has replaced Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar as commander of the Joint Task Force COVID Shield, the…
8 centenarians in Negros Occidental get P100,000 cash
BY GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – Recognizing them as inspiration in the society, the provincial government of Negros Occidental gave gifts in a form of cash amounting…
Panelo to Leni: Do good deeds without publicity
BY GENALYN KABILING Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has urged Vice President Leni Robredo to avoid broadcasting her typhoon relief operations and instead let the recipients…
5 Marikina typhoon evacuees test positive for COVID-19
BY JHON ALDRIN CASINAS Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said Sunday that the number of typhoon-hit evacuees in the city who have tested positive for the coronavirus…
Solon files bill giving P60,000 starting salary for gov’t nurses
By ELLSON QUISMORIO Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has filed a bill that will give government nurses a starting pay of over P60,000 a month which is nearly double their…
206 families return home in Sulu town after 4 years
BY NONOY E. LACSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – About 1,100 individuals or 206 families, who were displaced for almost four years due to the chaos posed by the…
We are turning on our Christmas lights
NEW distinctive Christmas lanterns with 16 white rays spreading out from the center are now being installed on streetlight posts in Manila. Makati’s business district is now all lighted…
Has Lacson been vaccinated vs COVID-19? He won’t say
By HANNAH TORREGOZA Sen. Panfilo Lacson refused to confirm or deny if he has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Lacson, in an interview on radio DZBB, said Senate President Vicente…
No contact tracers hired by DILG infected with COVID yet
By CHITO CHAVEZ Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said Sunday that contact tracers hired to serve local government units have remained COVID-19 free. Malaya dispelled fears…
320,000 OFWs safely sent home by DoLE
By LESLIE AQUINO Close to 320,000 returning overseas Filipino workers have been safely sent home by the government, the Department of Labor and Employment said Sunday. The Overseas Workers Welfare…
Cool weather coming as ‘amihan’ intensifies
By ELLALYN V. RUIZ Some areas will gradually feel the cold breeze due to the northeast monsoon or "amihan" as it approaches its peak in December that may last until…
Quezon folk protest coal-fired power plants
Residents and clean energy advocates in Quezon staged a fluvial protest Friday as a symbolic action against the continued operation and expansion of coal-fired power plants in the province, citing…
Christ, King of Mercy
GOSPEL: MT 25:31-46 * JESUS said to His disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit upon…
