PhilHealth members urged to file refund of payment for COVID-19 swab tests
BY CHARIZZA ATIENZA House Deputy Majority Leader and Bagong Henerasyon partylist Rep. Bernadette Herrera urged Sunday members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) who personally paid…
Get that sun
BY KIM ATIENZA With Covid-19 and your friends getting sick and dying, you realize that human life is frail. That life can be taken away in a…
More jeepneys ply Metro Manila Monday
BY ALEXANDRIA SAN JUAN The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has allowed more traditional jeepneys to operate in Metro Manila starting Monday. LTFRB Memorandum Circular 2020-046…
Carlo Aquino, girlfriend Trina Candaza welcome baby
BY ROBERT REQUINTINA Actor Carlo Aquino and his girlfriend Trina Candaza welcomed on Sunday, September 13, their bundle of joy by posting a close-up shot of Baby…
Another key player leaving UST; NU player going to NCAA
By Kristel Satumbaga Mark Nonoy might just become the latest to leave the University of Santo Tomas Tigers following reports that he is close to joining the Taft-based…
NESFP appeals to POC on esports NSA
The National Electronic Sports Federation of the Philippines (NESFP) has asked the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to reconsider its decision to accept as member any group…
Osaka tops Azarenka, wins US Open title
NEW YORK (AFP) – Japan's Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win the US Open on Saturday and clinch her third Grand…
Contact sports in community quarantine areas not yet allowed
BY GENALYN D. KABILING The government is not yet confident in allowing the resumption of contact sports in community quarantine areas given the high number of coronavirus…
Lakers rout Rockets, advance to NBA West finals
MIAMI (AFP) -- LeBron James had 29 points and 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers advanced to their first NBA Western Conference final in a decade with a…
Pemberton, US Marine in transgender murder, deported to US
BY RICHA NORIEGA * JUN RAMIREZ The Bureau of Immigration deported convicted American soldier Joseph Scott Pemberton today following his release from prison. Pemberton, who had made headlines…
Gov’t vows to stay vigilant vs smuggling of foreign wastes
BY GENALYN D. KABILING The government will stay vigilant against the smuggling of foreign wastes following the country's "environmental victory" in sending back the illegal trash shipment to…
Civil society groups urge ADB: Decarbonize, jumpstart Asia’s energy transition
DAYS before its Annual Governors Meeting, civil society groups have urged the Asian Development Bank anew to jumpstart Asia’s energy transition by decarbonizing its energy investments portfolio. They made the…
1,159 more traditional jeepneys allowed to operate in 28 routes in Metro Manila starting Monday
BY ALEXANDRIA DENNISE SAN JUAN The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has allowed more traditional jeepneys to operate in Metro Manila starting tomorrow. LTFRB Memorandum Circular…
Solon files bill increasing economic relief allowance for teachers by P8,000
BY ELLSON QUISMORIO Ang Probinsyano party-List Rep. Alfred delos Santos has filed House Bill (HB) No. 6329 proposing an increase in the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) of public…
