P2-M cash stolen from courier service office in Legazpi City
An office of the courier service provider in Legazpi city was robbed by unidentified assailants and the vault with P2 million cash was allegedly stolen. The incident happened on Monday, …
Bicam committee signs CREATE Bill
The bicameral conference committee has already signed the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Bill or CREATE. Under CREATE, the corporate income tax will be reduced from 30 …
Hue Hotel in Boracay closed for 2 days after staff tested positive for COVID-19
The Aklan Provincial Government closed Hue Hotels and Resorts Boracay for two days after one of its staff tested positive for COVID-19. Based on the memorandum issued by Aklan Governor …
Suspect in rape-slay of 6-year-old girl dead after allegedly fighting police
The male suspect in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl was killed this Monday in San Pascual, Batangas after he allegedly fought with the police. The 23-year-old suspect …
FDA issues warning vs. purchase, use of unregistered products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises the public against the purchase and use of the following unregistered drug products: 1. Tong Ren Tan Niu Huang Jie Du Pian 0.6g …
Mark Herras, fiancée welcome baby boy
Kapuso actor Mark Herras and fiancée Nicole Donesa welcomed their baby boy they named Mark Fernando. In an Instagram post on Monday, Mark Herras said Donesa gave birth to their …
P2.4-M worth of marijuana seized in Angeles drug bust
More than P2.4 million worth of suspected marijuana was confiscated from 2 men arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Angeles City, Sunday night, police said. Angeles police and local …
WHO: No need to wear double surgical masks
A representative of the World Health Organization to the Philippines said on Monday there is no need to wear double surgical face masks. Asked if it is necessary to wear …
117K doses of Pfizer vaccines under COVAX to arrive by third week of Feb.
A representative of the World Health Organization to the Philippines said on Monday that 117,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer under the COVAX facility would arrive in the second …
Duterte orders 60-day price caps pork, chicken meat – Go
President Rodrigo Duterte released an executive order putting a price cap on pork and chicken products, but only Metro Manila, Senator Bong Go said. Executive Order No. 124 imposes a …
French fugitive arrested, 2 others jailed for attempting to bribe
A French fugitive was arrested on Friday morning for being wanted in his homeland for crimes relating to drugs. Julien Barbier, 39, was arrested by the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) …
‘No fail policy’ amid pandemic ‘unfair’ – DepEd
The Department of Education (DepEd) opposes the ‘no fail policy’ or the recommendation to pass all students to class this School Year 2020-2021 because of the learning challenges they are …
5.6 million doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive by mid-February
An estimated 5.6 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca are expected to arrive this mid-February, according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary …
Illegal COVID-19 vaccines rampant in black market
Illegal vaccines that are said to be anti-COVID-19 continue to proliferate so the Department of Health (DOH) once again reminded the public of the possible harm to the body of …
1 year after the first case: COVID-19 cases in PH hit more than 500K
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached more than half a million, a year after the first COVID-19 case was recorded in the Philippines. According to …
Father burns son’s remains due to lack of budget for burial
A father in Butuan City burned the body of his deceased son because he did not have the money to bury him, according to a report in Unang Balita on …
All Makati employees to get free COVID-19 vaccine – Abby Binay
Mayor Abby Binay announced over the weekend that Makati’s free COVID-19 vaccination program would also cover all employees working at all registered businesses in the city even if they are …
LTO advises family with big kids to buy bigger car
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said Monday that families with bigger children should buy a bigger car to comply with the implementation of the Child Car Seat Law which requires …
Philippine Airlines issues new testing, quarantine protocols
Philippine Airlines issued its new COVID-19 testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers starting today, February 1. In line with the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging …
Millions worth of smuggled face shields, face masks seized in Tondo
Bureau of Customs (BoC) seized millions of worth of smuggled face shields and face masks in a storage facility in Tondo. The BoC agents inspected the facility which also contained …
Child Car Seat Law in Philippines effective by Feb. 2
The government would implement the Child Car Seat Law or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act starting Tuesday, February 2. The requires private vehicles to put restraint systems for …
56M COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in PH in May
The 56 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to arrive in May through the COVAX facility. Meanwhile, Manny Villar’s company negotiated with AstraZeneca for their staff and donations to the …
DA chief Dar urged to resign due to increasing pork prices
Agriculture Secretary William Dar should be fire or voluntarily resign due to his negligence which resulted in the skyrocketing price of pork, according to the organization of hog raisers. According …
Group of hog raisers opposes lowering tariff of imported pork
A group of hog raisers opposed the Department of Agriculture (DA) ‘s request to lower tariffs on imported pork. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines said they were not …
Gov’t offers thousands of jobs in BPO, construction industry
Most of the vacancies currently offered by the Department of Labor and Employment are from Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and the construction industry. There are also jobs offered in construction …
Dacera family wants DNA test on specimens used in PNP medico legal report
The Dacera family wants a DNA test on the specimens used in examining Christine’s body, as they still insist that the flight attendant did not die of natural causes. “The …