Pasig builds high-speed internet centers for distance learning
The Pasig City government has built high-speed internet access centers in support of the distance learning setup for this school year. Mayor Vico Sotto said Friday (Aug. 21) parents and…
Surge of suicide cases alarming – Guevarra
There has been an “alarming” rise in the number of suicides in the country due to depression during the pandemic, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Saturday. Guevarra, a member of…
Idiots and geniuses
BY JULLIE Y. DAZA Who is the DepEdiot who made the “suggestion” that kids on distance learning sit in front of their computers for eight hours? Does…
Hopes up with first vaccines from Russia and China
AFTER Russia announced it has approved its anti-COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” and will administer it to its teachers and health workers in October, China announced this week that it too has approved its vaccine, saying tests have…
The handmaid of the Lord
Gospel • LUKE 1:26-38 * The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the…
NBA ROUNDUP: Lakers, Bucks bounce back; Timberwolves pick first; James, Steph endorse Biden
Two teams went ahead while two others tied the knot in the first round of the NBA playoffs Thursday. ****** The Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from a stinging loss…
PH COVID-19 cases now at 182,365 after over 4,000 new cases
By MINKA KLAUDIA S. TIANGCO The Department of Health (DoH) said Friday the total number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country breached…
Catbalogan City mayor contracts COVID-19
BY MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN City - Catbalogan City Mayor Dexter Uy confirmed Thursday night that he tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) along with 36 health…
PNP records 15th COVID-19 fatality
BY AARON RECUENCO The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded its 15th coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fatality following the death of a 52-year-old male cop assigned in Mindanao. Patient…
Drug suspect killed, P7-M ‘meth’ seized in Cebu
BY CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY – More than P7 million worth of suspected shabu was seized while an alleged drug pusher was killed in separate anti-illegal drug…
Retired cop gunned down in Cebu
BY CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY— A retired policeman was gunned down by unidentified men in Barangay Poblacion, Panglao, Bohol early Thursday morning. Ramon Bolongaita was driving a bicycle…
Echanis heavily tortured – autopsy report
BY BEN ROSARIO Slain National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis was heavily tortured before he died from a puncture wound, an…
Shabu lab in Subic dismantled
BY FRANCO G. REGALA CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — A kitchen-type laboratory that can produce a kilo of shabu per day was dismantled by combined police…
Close to 10,000 stranded foreign seafarers sent home
BY JUN RAMIREZ Close to 10,000 foreign seafarers who were stranded for weeks aboard their cruise ships that anchored at the Manila Bay since April due to…
