Classes suspended in Kalibo schools amid nCoV scare
ILOILO City – Since Thursday, schools near the area where 11 Chinese tourists have been quarantined in Kalibo town, Aklan have suspended classes to lower the risk of contracting the…
Jail escapee recaptured
BACOLOD CITY – An escapee from Sagay City District Jail in Negros Occidental was recaptured in Barangay Villamonte here last Thursday, a day after he went on hiding. The…
Taal damages P153.32-M infrastructure
Damage to national roads and bridges from the Taal Volcano eruption has reached P153.32 million, the Department of Public Works and Highways said yesterday. The estimated damage to infrastructure increased…
Santisima vows to prove critics wrong
By Nick Giongco JEO Santisima is up against a formidable foe many believe will be just too good and too powerful for the Filipino challenger when they collide on Feb.…
DepEd early registration on today
The Department of Education said yesterday that the scheduled early registration for school year 2020-2021 will push through today, Saturday, Feb. 1, amid the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus…
Drug suspect climbs 150-foot tower, is rescued in Bacolod
BACOLOD CITY – A drug suspect allegedly suffering from depression was rescued after he climbed the 150-foot tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Barangay Mansilingan…
NCAA volley: Letran outlasts Lyceum in 5 sets
By Waylon Galvez Games Monday (The Arena, San Juan) 8:30 a.m. – San Beda vs EAC (Junior’s) 10 a.m. – San Beda vs EAC (Men’s) 12 noon – San…
SC fines retired Makati court judge for gross ignorance
Almost two years after his retirement in 2018, a former Makati City Regional Trial Court judge was held administratively liable by the Supreme Court on four counts of gross ignorance…
Robbery gang member killed in Cavite drug bust
CAMP GEN. PANTALEON GARCIA, IMUS, Cavite – An alleged member of the “Ozamis Gang” was killed on Thursday afternoon by a joint police team in a shootout inside his house…
Magis, Global Traders in KO match for last UNTV Cup semis
Games Tomorrow (Paco Arena) 3:30 p.m. – NHA vs Agriculture 5 p.m. – PITC vs Judiciary Two-time champion Judiciary and Philippine International Global Trading (PITC) clash in a virtual…
Bulacan, Iloilo boost drive for top 4 in Chooks-MPBL tilt
MALOLOS, Bulacan – The Bulacan Kuyas and Iloilo United Royals prevailed over their rivals and boosted their bid for top four finishes in the elimination round of Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan…
Marcial, PBA commissioner, gets 3-year extension
By TITO S. TALAO MILAN – The Philippine Basketball Association isn’t going anywhere for the next three seasons without Commissioner Willie Marcial. In a move unprecedented, the PBA board…
Dead man lies on an empty street at China’s virus ground zero
A grey-haired man wearing a face mask lies dead on the pavement at ground zero of China's virus epidemic, a plastic shopping bag in one hand. On what would typically…
WHO declares global virus emergency as death toll hits 213
The United States told its citizens not to travel to China in the first major response to the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global emergency over the spreading coronavirus,…
PH to fetch first batch of Filipinos from Wuhan next week
The first batch of Filipinos is scheduled to be repatriated from Wuhan City and Hubei province next week subject to China’s rules on disease containment, the Department of Foreign…
Meeting Kobe Bryant was a thrill of a lifetime
By JONAS TERRADO It was about six in the morning Monday when this writer’s phone kept ringing, triggering the start of a “where were you when it happened” moment.…
