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Credit to Author: Ian Laqui| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:25:00 +0800

Authorities confiscated a total of 4,000 SIM cards, including 1,700 Globe SIMs and 2,300 TM SIMs, suspected to be used for criminal activities such as online phishing, romance scams and mobile phone fraud.

Credit to Author: Brix Lelis| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Power utility giant Manila Electric Co. is lowering its power rate by P0.2189 per kilowatt-hour this month, bringing the overall rate to P11.7428 kWh from December’s P11.9617 per kWh.

Credit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Despite his withdrawal from the senatorial race in the May 12 midterm elections, former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson’s name will stay on the ballot, according to the Commission on Elections.

Credit to Author: Pia Lee-Brago| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Around 150 Filipinos have been affected by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the Philippine consulate general in Los Angeles reported yesterday.

Credit to Author: Neil Jayson Servallos| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Vice President Sara Duterte is “seriously considering” running for president in 2028, saying she could not take sitting down the “continued backsliding” of the country.

Credit to Author: Delon Porcalla| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

In a surprising move, the lawmaker-son of President Marcos yesterday moved to declare the position of chairman of the committee on appropriations of the House of Representatives vacant, just as Congress resumed session after a month-long holiday break.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:10:00 +0800

The National Bureau of Investigation has concluded its investigation into Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:28:00 +0800

Motorists should brace for another fuel price hike, with gasoline and kerosene prices set to increase by nearly P1 per liter starting Tuesday, January 14.

Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday said that the government should impose a maximum suggested imported rice profit instead of maximum suggested retail price, amid the impending implementation of a P58 per kilo maximum SRP on outsourced grains beginning Jan. 20.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos yesterday expressed his deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by the raging wildfires in Southern California that have killed at least 16 people.