ME fears ease, but plans for OFWs must continue
AFTER the rise in world fears of a new war between the United States and Iran, following the US drone killing of Iran top general Qasem Soleimani, the fears…
5 principles to jumpstart your business
HAVE you been planning to start a business? What is stopping you? No capital? No confidence? The start of a new year is a good time to put up…
A lesson from Indonesia
WE should look to our neighbor Indonesia in admiration after it protected its territorial waters successfully from Chinese intrusion. It is a feat that our country still has to…
Sexy lola
BY DELIA CUARESMA ** HINDI nahihiyang ipangalandakan ni Jackie Lou Blanco ang kanyang katawan at 55. May karapatan naman siya dahil kahit lola na, sexy pa rin siya. Ito nga…
Good Samaritan
BY RAMPADOR ALINDOG ** DEREK Ramsay is earning praise from netizens having personally brought supplies to evacuation centers in Batangas following the eruption of Taal Volcano. He made followers aware…
Bible-like
SUPER-PRRD has a solution to Taal’s tempestuous temper tantrums. He’ll show the volcano how tough he can be, by eating the ashes as they fall and pissing into the…
DoH orders price freeze on medicines
The Department of Health ordered on Wednesday a price freeze on basic essential medicines in areas affected by Taal Volcano eruption. Due to the ongoing activity of the Taal Volcano,…
Fear grips Taal residents as major river dries up
By AARON RECUENCO • JOSEPH PEDRAJAS TAAL, Batangas – Fear gripped residents here after a portion of a major river that runs in this town suddenly dried up early Wednesday morning,…
12 stores charged over overpriced face masks
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced that 12 out of 17 business establishments in Bambang, Manila were charged with alleged profiteering amid the increase in demand for N95…
Duterte mulls military ops vs rapists in Quezon
President Duterte is mulling on authorizing covert military operations to address the peace and order concerns, particularly the rape incidents, in Quezon province. The President said he may send the…
Ex-PBA player held for assaulting ex-GF
CEBU CITY – A former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly assaulted his former girlfriend in Barangay Sta. Cruz here. Eliud Poligrates was detained…
Taal residents defy dangers to save animals, belongings
By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS * ELLSON QUISMORIO BALETE, Batangas – Animals were rescued while personal belongings were dug up from waist-deep ashes as residents of the island-village on Taal Lake defied…
New LPA forms east of PH
The low-pressure area being monitored by the State weather bureau since last weekend has dissipated but another LPA formed east of the country yesterday. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services…
13 Pinoys from Iraq set to arrive
Thirteen Filipino repatriates from Iraq were scheduled to arrive in the country yesterday afternoon via Doha, Qatar. However, nine of them – seven adults and two minors – were held…
POEA approves total OFW deployment ban to Kuwait
The Department of Labor and Employment said yesterday that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has approved a resolution imposing a total ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to…
