Drug suspect dead in sting
ISABELA -- A drug suspect was killed during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabaruan, Cauayan City last Wednesday. Isabela Provincial Police Office identified the slain suspect as Michael Talal…
Duterte seeks PhilHealth COVID package probe
The alleged overpriced coronavirus testing package offered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will be under investigation upon the orders of President Duterte, Malacañang announced yesterday. The President has expressed…
General in PNP chopper crash out of hospital
A senior police officer who was seriously injured when a chopper carrying Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa crashed in Laguna in March has successfully recovered and…
Hunger rate in PH up amid COVID-19 crisis
The number of Filipino families who experienced hunger in the past three months has doubled to around 4.2 million amid the COVID-19 crisis, a Social Weather Stations survey bared. In…
11 NPA fighters killed in Surigao gunbattle
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City — Government troops killed at least 11 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in a series of clashes in the mountainous areas of…
US family turns in $1 million found on street
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A sheriff's department in the US state of Virginia praised a family who turned in two large mail bags they found in the middle of the…
10 Navotas villages return to ECQ
At least 10 barangays in Navotas City will be placed again under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to high number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force…
Duterte fires OCD exec, lets go of DICT undersecretary
President Duterte has fired Office of Civil Defense Assistant Secretary Kristoffer James Purisima due to loss of trust and confidence, Malacañang announced yesterday. Roque said Purisima was no longer with…
DILG urges medical checkups for workers
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año clarified Friday that the local government units (LGUs) and companies must compel returning workers to undergo medical checkups, not…
Albay temperature hits 50 °C
A scorching 50 degrees Celsius (°C) heat index was recorded in Albay on Thursday afternoon, while other parts of the country also experienced dangerous levels of temperature, the Philippine Atmospheric,…
Nearly 2,500 Pinoys get COVID-19 abroad
Close to 2,500 Filipinos abroad have contracted the dreaded COVID-19, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola told congressmen Friday. In a virtual hearing…
Pinay fencer hoping next year’s Olympics will push through
By Waylon Galvez Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medalist Jylyn Nicanor of fencing is keeping her fingers crossed that the Tokyo Olympics will push through next…
Female cadet from Isabela tops PMA Class of 2020
By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG A female cadet from Echague, Isabela topped the male-dominated Philippine Military Academy "Masidlawin" Class of 2020. The daughter of a farmer and a teacher, Cadet…
Princely prices for Kobe items at Beverly auction
NEW YORK (AFP) ‒ A Hollywood moment for NBA legend Kobe Bryant proved a big draw in a Beverly Hills auction of sport memorabilia, his handprints in concrete selling for…
Tsitsipas: Lockdown would be good for planet
The coronavirus pandemic has stalled young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas’s burgeoning career but he remains philosophical about the current tennis shutdown. The world No. 6 would have been preparing for the…
Coates says Tokyo Games face ‘real problems’
MELBOURNE (Reuters) ‒ Tokyo Games organizers face “real problems” staging the Olympics next year as coronavirus infections continue to soar, senior international Olympic official John Coates said. Coates, Australia’s Olympic…
