Foreign terrorists posing as Filipinos monitored
GENERAL SANTOS CITY- Authorities have intensified intelligence monitoring on foreign terrorists who passed themselves as Filipinos while imbedded with local terrorist groups operating in Mindanao. An intelligence official working…
P7.1-M shabu seized from big-time pusher
ZAMBOANGA CIY – Anti-narcotics operatives from Zamboanga City Police Office seized Thursday some P7.1 million worth of illegal drugs from a big-time drug pusher in this city. Police…
Tagle issues prayer for rain
Amid the water crisis in Metro Manila, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has issued a prayer for rain asking the Lord “to hasten to send the rain…
Duterte orders release of water from Angat Dam
In a bid to address the ongoing water crisis in Metro Manila, President Duterte has ordered Manila Water and Maynilad to release water from the Angat Dam effective Friday. In a…
Fake doctor arrested over botched boob job
A fake doctor was arrested Thursday afternoon after one of his patients complained about a botched breast augmentation procedure he performed four years ago. Police Major Wilfredo Sangel,…
South Korean wanted for swindling arrested
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is deporting another South Korean fugitive wanted for swindling nearly a hundred people in three Asian countries through telecommunications fraud that caused the victims…
Pinoys in Christchurch told to stay indoors after mosque shooting
The Philippine Embassy in New Zealand on Friday urged the almost 5,000 members of the Filipino community in Christchurch to remain indoors due to unfolding multiple shooting incidents in mosques,…
40 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings
An attack on two crowded mosques during Friday prayers left 40 people dead, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, on what she called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” Witnesses spoke…
6-foot-9 Chiu wants to be next Fajardo
By Brian Yalung If Shaun Geoffrey Chiu, a key member for Batang Gilas and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets, can afford to shed some unwanted pounds, definitely he’s going to make…
Plain housewives empowerment
THE world currently observes International Women’s Month this March. As usual, the celebration’s theme focuses on women’s empowerment and gender equality. Indeed, despite tremendous gains in women’s welfare over…
Roads built from plastic trash – India
INDIA produces about 15,000 tons of plastic waste daily, of which about 9,000 tons are recycled. The remainder clutters landfills and clogs drains, and is blamed for urban flooding.…
It’s now 3 months without 2019 nat’l budget
WE are now in the middle of the third month of 2019. The government should have been operating under the 2019 P3.7-trillion national budget from the beginning of the…
Ateneo rips AMA Online
Games Monday (Paco Arena, Manila) 2 p.m. - McDavid vs Petron-Letran 4 p.m. - St. Clare College Virtual Reality vs Batangas-EAC Cignal-Ateneo vented its ire on AMA Online Education to…
Your righteousness surpasses
LIKE the Pharisees, we may get the impression that Jesus is very minimalist, even dismissive, in terms of obedience to commandments and laws. But the Gospel reminds us that…
46 local officials in Duterte’s latest narco list
President Duterte last night released the latest narco list or list of local officials allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade ahead of the May mid-term elections. In the list…
