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PNP chief orders probe on Cotabato blast
January 1, 2019, 11:39 am
MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered the creation of a special investigation task group to probe the mall blast in Cotabato City, which left two persons dead and 26 others wounded on New Year's Eve. "I have immediately directed the creation of a Special Investigation Task… Read More
‘Usman’ agri damage increases to P299-M
January 1, 2019, 11:10 am
MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) recorded an increase in the damages and losses brought about by Tropical Depression “Usman”, now a low pressure area (LPA) and has left the country, reaching PHP299.44 million. In the latest bulletin of the DA-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management… Read More
75 deaths due to 'Usman' still being validated: NDRRMC
January 1, 2019, 10:01 am
MANILA -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) is still verifying reports that floods and landslides, triggered by inclement weather caused by Tropical Depression Usman, have so far caused the death of 75 persons in Mimaropa, Bicol and Eastern Visayas. Verification… Read More
Taiwan offers assistance as 'Usman' death toll climbs to 71
January 1, 2019, 9:41 am
MANILA — Taiwan has offered assistance to the Philippine government following the devastation brought by Typhoon Usman in the Visayas that killed 71 and injured dozens. "To help (the) affected people overcome the adversities and promptly restore their lives back to normal, Taiwan is willing to… Read More
AFP not discounting 'other groups' in Cotabato City blast
January 1, 2019, 9:17 am
MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not discounting the possibility that there are other "interest groups" that perpetrated the deadly blast in Cotabato City, which left two persons dead and 26 others wounded on New Year's Eve. "While we all know that the terrorist BIFF… Read More
Duque cautions parents on kids’ use of firecrackers
December 31, 2018, 7:48 pm
CHILDREN, BEWARE. Heath Secretary Francisco Duque III visits Jose Memorial Medical Center on Monday (Dec. 31, 2018), reminding parents to look after their children and keep them safe from fireworks. He says "Iwas putol, iwas paputok, community fireworks ang patok" is the best way to welcome 2019.… Read More
Quiapo procession attracts millennials
December 31, 2018, 7:20 pm
MANILA -- Young Filipinos participated in the thanksgiving procession at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, also known as Quiapo Church, on Sunday or exactly a week before the annual celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9, 2019. According to Msgr. Hernando “Ding”… Read More
Tagle to faithful on New Year: ‘Serve, so there will be peace’
December 31, 2018, 6:23 pm
MANILA — Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Monday urged the people to serve as they welcome the first day of the new year. “Let us bring back the true meaning of service in our families, in schools, in business, in government, in the Church, everywhere,” he said in his New… Read More
CPP-NPA failed due to lack of credibility: nat’l artist
December 31, 2018, 5:57 pm
MANILA — The Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) has failed to attract the masses with its ideology due to its lack of credibility and blindness of reality, National Artist F. Sionil Jose said. In an opinion column published by Jose in the Philippine Star and in his… Read More
Private sector workers must get double pay on Jan. 1: DOLE
December 31, 2018, 5:56 pm
MANILA -- Private sector workers reporting for work on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, New Year’s Day, will receive at least double of their salary for the day, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reminds employers to observe the proper… Read More
9 more fireworks-related injuries reported before New Year's Eve
December 31, 2018, 2:31 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported nine more fireworks-related injuries (FWRIs) in Central Luzon, Ilocos, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula. The FWRIs were recorded by 60 sentinel hospitals from 6 a.m. on Sunday until 5:59 a.m. on… Read More
DOH pushes for public health improvement in 2018
December 31, 2018, 2:28 pm
MANILA -- Aiming to ensure that every Filipino shall receive affordable and quality health benefits, the Department of Health (DOH) in 2018 pushed for the signing of the universal health care (UHC) bill into law. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Photo by Ma. Teresa Montemayor)The bill's… Read More
DOJ asks Olongapo court to convict 4 Chinese for making drugs
December 31, 2018, 1:55 pm
MANILA -- State lawyers have asked the Olongapo City court to partially reconsider its ruling against four Chinese nationals convicted of drug possession charges but cleared in the charges of making shabu on a fishing boat converted into a drug lab off Subic. In an 11 page partial motion for… Read More
Bersamin calls on court workers to improve judiciary in 2019
December 31, 2018, 1:44 pm
MANILA -- Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Monday urged court employees to work for significant improvements in the judiciary in the coming year. "The new year signified a new beginning that we must fuse with a genuine effort for reformation and improvement for ourselves, our families, our work and… Read More
Metro Manila records 5 indiscriminate firing, 9 firecracker cases
December 31, 2018, 12:58 pm
MANILA — Five indiscriminate firing and nine firecracker incidents were reported in Metro Manila from December 21 up to 5 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) head Police Director Guillermo Eleazar said on Monday (December 31). NCRPO covers the Manila Police… Read More
2018 good year for PNP: Albayalde
December 31, 2018, 12:17 pm
MANILA — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said the year 2018 proved to be a year of both great challenge and success for the PNP. “The greatest achievement of the year is best quantified in real numbers in terms of continuing significant decline of crime… Read More
AFP welcomes New Year with resolve, hopes of peace
December 31, 2018, 11:38 am
MANILA --- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is welcoming 2019 by showing its resolve to serve and protect the Filipino nation and with hopes that enduring peace and development would finally come to the country, AFP chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal said Monday. "Truly, 2018 has… Read More
Agri damage from ‘Usman’ now at P195-M
December 31, 2018, 10:22 am
MANILA - - Damages and losses to agriculture due to Tropical Depression “Usman” (now a low pressure area) has reached PHP195.36 million as of 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the Department of Agriculture. The DA's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operation Center said that some… Read More
NDRRMC validating reports of 61 fatalities due to 'Usman'
December 31, 2018, 10:15 am
MANILA --- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), through its Management of the Dead and the Missing (MDM) Cluster, is now validating reports that the inclement weather caused by Tropical Depression "Usman" has caused 61 fatalities in Regions V and VIII. This was… Read More
'Usman' now LPA, but northeast monsoon affects Luzon
December 31, 2018, 9:23 am
MANILA—While typhoon “Usman” weakened into a low pressure area ( LPA) on Sunday, the northeast monsoon continues to affect Luzon consistently for days now since last week. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the regions of Ilocos,… Read More
