PH records 85,000 coronavirus cases
By ANALOU DE VERA COVID-19 cases in the country exceeded the 85,000 projection of experts from the University of the Philippines for the end of July after…
Liza on Aljur’s reason for silence over ABS-CBN issue: ‘Ouch’
BY NEIL RAMOS * Liza Soberano seems not happy with Aljur Abrenica admitting he has been silent on the controversy surrounding the franchise application of ABS-CBN because…
LPA spotted, to bring rains, along with ‘habagat’
BY ELLALYN V. RUIZ Scattered to widespread rains will prevail over parts of Luzon and Visayas in the next few days due to the combined effects of…
12% VAT on Netflix, Spotify, digital transactions OK’d by House panel
BY CHARISSA L. ATIENZA The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Wednesday a measure imposing a 12 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on digital transactions in the…
54 dead OFWs from Saudi arrive home
BY LESLIE ANN AQUINO The remains of 54 deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country Tuesday. The Department of Labor and Employment…
Transfer of convicted persons stopped
BY REY PANALIGAN The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday stopped all trial court judges from ordering the transfer of convicted persons from the detention cells of the…
Police to destroy 1.4 tons of seized shabu
BY AARON RECUENCO The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to destroy some 1.4 tons of shabu which the agency seized in three major operations in Bulacan,…
Manila opens 3rd COVID walk-in testing center
BY MINKA TIANGCO The city of Manila opened on Wednesday its third walk-in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center at the Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (JJASGH) on Numancia…
NBI nabs 3 wanted ASG men
BY JEFFREY DAMICOG Three suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) wanted for the kidnapping of six followers of a religious group in Patikul, Sulu have been…
DoLE looking to revive TUPAD through Bayanihan 2
BY LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO Contact tracers, data encoders, and occupational safety and health (OSH) inspectors. These are some of the jobs that the Department of Labor…
Exhibition fight eyed for Pacquiao in Macau
BY DENNIS PRINCIPE WBA world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao may still see action inside the ring at least one more time before the end of the year.…
Equestrian won’t lobby for SEAG inclusion
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Equestrian Association of the Philippines (EAP) President Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski said the association does not intend to lobby for the inclusion of the sport in…
PSC seeks ‘DS’ for elite athletes
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed on Tuesday the renewal of the tripartite agreement among the PSC, Philippine Olympic Committee and the Armed Forces…
PNP chief defends seizure of placards in Quiapo Church
BY NOREEN JAZUL Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Archie Gamboa said he does not consider the confiscation of protestors’ placards by policemen during a Mass in Quiapo…
600 PCG frontliners infected with COVID
BY BETHEENA UNITE More personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard working in the frontlines of the pandemic have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The PCG now…
