Viva to the max
VIVA Films recently launched 2020 Vision, announcing their plan to release at least 34 films this year. It is considered a bold leap by many considering how most of their…
DFA team now in Wuhan for repatriation of OFWs
By ROY C. MABASA A repatriation team from the Department of Foreign Affairs is now in Wuhan City, the ground zero of the 2019 novel coronavirus, to begin the…
Only a slight dent in economy seen
WE suffered a dent in the national economy in 2018 as a result of the high inflation rate that hit a high of 6.7 percent in September that year.…
Blas Ople’s legacy
THE health issues buffeting the world community today are sure to create far-ranging global implications and will slowly affect the socio-economic condition in countries already distressed by the menace.…
Not all glitz, glamour for showbiz workers
BY RAMPADOR ALINDOG ---- THEY might appear only too lucky enjoying fame and fortune as celebrities but a recent congressional hearing proved showbiz life could be hell for some. Testifying…
Sanya Lopez, sobrang ingat
ILANG araw na lang at Valentine’s Day na. Pero alaws pa rin lovelife si Sanya Lopez na NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth). Aniya, may mga nagpaparamdam, pero wala pa…
‘Gandang Gabi Vice’ sisibakin na?
USAP-USAPAN sa apat na sulok ng showbiz ang diumano’ nalalapit na pagsibak ng weekly show na “Gandang Gabi Vice.” Ayon sa tsismis, hanggang end ng February na lang daw…
NPA officer shot in Butuan
BUTUAN CITY – An alleged finance officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) was killed on Wednesday when he shot it out with members of the…
Truck kills 3 in Laguna
PANGIL, Laguna – A pick-up truck plowed into pedestrians, killing three people and injuring two others in Barangay Sulib here early Thursday morning. Police identified the fatalities as Elma Garcia,…
Locsin readies VFA notice of termination
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday he has prepared the Philippine notice to the US government that it is abrogating the 21-year-old PH-US Visiting Forces Agreement.…
Gov’t readies quarantine site for Pinoys from China
The drug rehabilitation center in Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija is being prepared as possible quarantine site for the returning Filipinos from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the infectious 2019…
DoLE: Partial lifting of OFW ban to Kuwait
The Department of Labor and Employment yesterday announced the partial lifting of the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait effective immediately. “The POEA Board just came up with…
7 businesses face tax raps
The Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR) filed yesterday tax evasion charges against seven business enterprises based in Metro Manila and adjacent towns for alleged refusal to settle tax debts totaling…
NCoV couple’s 6 Filipino co-passengers show symptoms
By AARON RECUENCO Six Filipino co-passengers of the two foreign tourists who tested positive for novel coronavirus showed signs and symptoms of the disease, the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and…
