NBI to conduct parallel probe on Bulacan family massacre
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the brutal murder of a family in San Jose...
Yolanda Memorial and Learning Center to rise in Tacloban
THE REGIONAL Development Council has approved the construction of the Eastern Visayas Yolanda Memorial and Learning Center to serve as an educational venue and...
Dela Rosa vows to rid police force of scalawags’
MARKING HIS own first year in office, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director-General Ronald M. dela Rosa reaffirmed his vow to get rid of...
PHL to trumpet ‘aggressive and bold’ drug war strategies in ASEAN meet
THE PHILIPPINES will trumpet its “aggressive and bold” strategies in addressing the illegal narcotics trade to its regional neighbors during an inter-parliamentary meeting on...
Agri chief defends administration’s 1st year performance
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Emmanuel F. Piñol has defended President Rodrigo R. Duterte from Albay Representative Edcel C. Lagman’s negative assessment of the administration’s first year....
Duterte threatens to jail critics of martial law
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days before the Supreme Court...
CoA flags failed transport system in MRT report
THE COMMISSION on Audit (CoA) flagged the Department of Transportation’s (DoTr) failure “to provide the riding public with (a) safe and comfortable transport system,...
Snipers, bombs, mortars: Government troops adjust to urban warfare
SPRAWLED on the boarded-up balcony of a two-storey house, the barrel of his rifle poked into a hole cut in the wood, a Philippine...
Indonesia, Philippines jointly patrol Celebes Sea in effort to cut off militants
THE PHILIPPINES and Indonesia will jointly patrol the Celebes Sea this week to stop Islamist militants reaching the Philippines’ restive southern island of Mindanao,...
CTA upholds voiding of Derek Ramsay’s tax case
By Kristine Joy V. Patag, Reporter
THE COURT of Tax Appeals (CTA) has upheld its earlier decision to withdraw the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) P18-million...
Dasmariñas group calls Globe a ‘corporate bully’ for suing resident
AN ASSOCIATION of residents from Dasmarinas Village has hit Globe Telecom, Inc. over the suit it filed against one resident for allegedly “spreading rumors”...
Cebu Pacific to launch Manila-Dumaguete night flights
CEBU PACIFIC, Inc., will start mounting night flights to Dumaguete starting July 7 following the upgrade of the air traffic control system and newly...