Fire hits Manila Pavilion
FIRE of unknown origin broke out midmorning Sunday at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino in the tourist belt in Ermita district, with...
Pimentel wants singular college entrance exam
By Camille A. Aguinaldo
SENATE President Aquilino L. Pimentel III on Sunday called for a standardized college admission test for K-12 graduates that would be acceptable to...
Holy Week holiday: 10% traffic surge anticipated in tollways, 8% at airports
SAN MIGUEL Corp. (SMC) said its tollways unit will mobilize all operations staff, additional toll collectors, ambulant tellers and traffic management personnel during the...
Trillanes says Duterte behind Napoles protection
SENATOR Antonio F. Trillanes IV has claimed that President Rodrigo R. Duterte is behind the “legal maneuverings” that led to the partial admission of...
Isabela diversion road project to start by end-March
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday that work on the 4.95-kilometer alternative road to the busy Santiago-Tuguegarao Road in...
DoT-Western Visayas to slow down Boracay promotion, reduce flights
THE Department of Tourism-Western Visayas office (DoT-6) has clarified that Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan will not be totally closed to tourists even as...
Senate leader: Only pro-federalism candidates may join PDP-Laban
By Camille A. Aguinaldo
SENATE President Aquilino Martin L. Pimentel III on Sunday said only candidates who support federalism would be admitted under the banner of the...
Shell Philippines relaunches new generation Select stores during Davao City fiesta
PILIPINAS SHELL Petroleum Corp. launched the new generation format of Select convenience stores and Deli2Go in Davao last March 16, in time for the...
Top of the class
CADET First Class Jaywardene Galilea Hontoria, valedictorian of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Alab Tala Class of 2018, receives the Presidential Saber Award from...
Caught in Cebu’s traffic jams, garbage trucks collect less trash
THE ROAD congestion problem in Cebu City’s south district has affected the collection of garbage in the area. Roberto Cabarrubias, head of the city’s...
Hotel on fire
FIRE FIGHTERS battle the fire that hit the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino on the morning of March 18. Initial reports from the...
Nation at a Glance — (03/19/18)
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