Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:11:24 +0000
As has been his tradition, President Rodrigo Duterte will be spending Christmas with his family in his hometown, Davao City. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the President would have a “simple” holiday celebration with his children and grandchildren. “The President, as usual, will be spending his Christmas with his family, with his grandchildren and children […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:10:56 +0000
HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd visited one of the victims of “lambanog” (coconut wine) poisoning at a hospital in Quezon City on Tuesday. The unidentified patient was one of three who remained confined at the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC), said Duque in a press conference. Duque said two were staying in regular rooms, while […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 02:37:24 +0000
A total of 2,939 villages in Luzon and Visayas are highly susceptible to landslide as severe tropical storm Ursula entered the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) warned on Tuesday. “The public is advised to monitor the weather disturbance for possible flooding and rain-induced landslides in identified affected areas,” NDRRMC Executive […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Arlo Custodio| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:15:32 +0000
The venue was different, but fans did not seem to mind. Hundreds lined the route of the Parade of Stars, the kick-off event for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), in Taguig City on Sunday to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars who were riding the floats of the eight entries in the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jomar Canlas, TMT| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:10:45 +0000
THE Supreme Court junked the petition of a lawmaker for the government to repossess a 41-hectare reclaimed land in Manila Bay because he did not have the legal personality to file the case. In a seven-page en banc resolution, dated Dec.10, 2019, which lawyer Edgar Aricheta, clerk of court signed, the high court said that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:09:32 +0000
For Christmas, President Rodrigo Duterte is wishing for lasting peace and comfortable lives for the people, according to his spokesman Salvador Panelo. “Ang wish list ni Presidente ever since ay bigyan ng kapayapaan, lasting peace ang ating bayan. ‘Yung mga kumukontra sa estado ay sumali na sa agos ng pag-akyat ng ating lipunan sa mataas […]
Read moreCredit to Author: William B. Depasupil| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:12:56 +0000
The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has warned corrupt officials and employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and other personalities in the public and private sectors who are involved in rigged biddings that their days are numbered. PACC Commissioner Manuelito Luna on Sunday said authorities were hot on the trails of those […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Christina Alpad, TMT| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:19:35 +0000
Colorful, grand and teeming with Filipino pride. These best describe the closing ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Wednesday. Thousands of Filipinos trooped to the New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac to watch the ceremony. Flags, shirts and other SEA Games memorabilia were sold at the gates. The Aeta Festival […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:18:48 +0000
SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday boycotted the signing of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) report on the budget over the alleged last-minute insertion of P83.2 billion in the proposed P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget. “Bad habits are indeed hard to break,” the senator quipped. Lacson said 117 flood control projects worth P3.179 billion “dominate the insertions, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino, TMT| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:13:43 +0000
The Office of the Ombudsman has started its investigation of alleged corruption in connection with the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. “I have just created a panel to conduct fact-finding investigation…’pag may nakitang ebidensya (if there is evidence) then we will be forced to file a case against those officials involved,” […]
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