Veloso can finally tell her story – lawyers group
By JEFFREY DAMICOG The lawyers of jailed overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso, who is facing death sentence for illegal drug trafficking in Indonesia, have expressed relief that she can…
Pageant expert Ameer Sanchez debuts in latest online Boys Love series
By ROBERT R. REQUINTINA* Are you ready for Miss Becky? Miss Becky will be one of the many interesting characters featured in the new online Boys Love series dubbed “My Day The…
Kris Aquino returns to TV
By NEIL RAMOS Kris Aquino is making a TV comeback. She is to host a new show titled “Love Life With Kris,” the first season of which opens, today, Aug. 15, at 5…
Wanted: a woman
BY JULLIE Y. DAZA I PROMISED myself not to mention COVID-19 – there I go! – days before the latest lockdown is supposed to end. End? Some say…
Preparing for the next stage of COVID restrictions
A GREAT deal of COVID-19 infections is believed to take place in transportation when masses of people take to buses and light rails to go work. Still the best…
The promise of mercy
Gospel • Lk 1:39-56 * Mary set out and travelled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and…
PH crime rate down by 49 percent in 5-month lockdown – task force
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The country’s crime rate has gone down by 49 percent during the five-month long community quarantine which President Duterte had imposed to curb…
Lockdown of 25 COVID ‘hotspots’ in QC urged
BY GENALYN KABILING Twenty-five barangays in Quezon City must be placed under “special concern lockdowns” or localized lockdown due to soaring cases of coronavirus cases, Cabinet Secretary…
Local PPE makers ask for more gov’t support
THE Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (CONWEP) and the Confederation of Philippine Manufacturers of PPE (CPMP) have appealed to the government to provide more support to…
BuCor launches blood plasma donation drive
BY RICHA NORIEGA The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is set to launch a drive for blood plasma donation from prisoners and personnel who recovered from coronavirus disease…
Manila buys P13-M antiviral drug for city’s COVID patients
BY MINKA TIANGCO The Manila city government purchased 2,000 vials of remdesivir, a drug that is used to treat coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients, the city mayor announced…
Online seller of stolen motorcycle nabbed
BY LIEZLE BASA INIGO A man allegedly selling a stolen motorcycle online was arrested Wednesday by police during an entrapment operation in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. The suspect,…
Employees need to wear face shields in workplaces – Bello
BY LESLIE ANN AQUINO Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Wednesday employees will be required to wear face shields in workplaces beginning August 15 in an…
SWS: Life got worse for 79% of Pinoys
BY JEFFREY DAMICOG Majority of adult Filipinos believe that their quality of life has gotten worse this year compared to last year, the latest survey showed. The…
