Clearing our crowded jails in this pandemic
THE COVID-19 pandemic appears to be succeeding in easing a problem that has long plagued our prison system in the Philippines – overcrowding in thousands of jails to such…
Where’s the party?
BY JULLIE Y. DAZA * OF the three must-do’s mandated by health authorities to keep people COVID-free, the third is the most difficult to follow. Wear a…
Do not be afraid
Gospel: MT 10:24-33 * JESUS said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become…
Gunmen on bike kill cop in Negros Oriental
BY GLAZYL MASCULINO * BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was gunned down late Thursday night by alleged two men on a motorcycle in Barangay 1, Siaton, Negros…
P56,440 shabu seized in Negros sting
BY CHITO CHAVEZ * Four persons were arrested while P56,440 worth of suspected shabu were seized in separate buy-bust operations in Negros Oriental on Thursday. Philippine Drug…
8 Cebu village chiefs in ‘hot water’
BY CHITO CHAVEZ * Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya on Friday said that eight barangay captains in Cebu City…
Missing Seoul mayor found dead
SEOUL (AFP) – Seoul's outspoken mayor Park Won-soon, long seen as a potential South Korean presidential candidate, was found dead Friday, police said. He was 64. A former…
Kush marijuana found in parcel
BY BETHEENA UNITE * Gift, letters, and photos were expected to be inside a package sent from Germany to a woman in Laguna but authorities also found…
Fire hits Pandacan church
BY MINKA TIANGCO * A fire hit the Sto. Niño de Pandacan Church in Manila Friday morning. The blaze broke out at around 1:09 p.m. and quickly…
NBI to examine Senados phone
By JEFFREY G. DAMICOG * The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is seeking to subject the mobile phone of slain Manila Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Jovencio Senados…
4 cops repulse NPA attack
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG * Four police frontliners successfully fended off an attack by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in a quarantine checkpoint in…
P21.6-M marijuana destroyed in Kalinga
BY ZALDY COMANDA * TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Police Regional Office-Cordillera destroyed some P21.6 million worth of…
Camp of Jinkee Pacquiao answers Agot Isidro’s ‘nouveau’ comment
BY REGINA MAE PARUNGAO * Jinkee Pacquiao’s camp did not let pass Agot Isidro’s controversial statement about the wife of Senator Manny Pacquiao. Agot questioned why Jinkee…
Hot na hot si Glaiza!
BY DANTE A. LAGANA * ANG lakas maka-wow ng Kapuso singer-actress na si Glaiza de Castro nang magtampisaw sa dagat sa Baler, Aurora at mag-surf. Kasalukuyang nasa…
