LTO permit needed for modified vehicles
SEEK permission from the Land Transportation Office before modifying your vehicle. This warning was aired by Land Transportation Office (LTO) spokesperson Jason Salvador in the wake of reports that some…
Ban on accessories applicable only to new plates -- LTO
THE ban on accessories is applicable to only new car plates for newly-purchased vehicles. This was clarified yesterday by Land Transportation Office Jason Salvador amid numerous complaints received by…
LTO clarifies ban on car plate accessories
THE ban for plate covers and other accessories only applies to new cars using the newly-released plates. The clarification was issued by Land Transportation Office spokesperson Jason Salvador amid the…
10 Tau Gamma Phi members behind hazing death
AT LEAST 10 members of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity were allegedly responsible for the death of Guillo Cesar Servando, of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, following the…
Luistro, 9 na DepEd execs nahaharap sa kasong graft
NAHAHARAP sa kasong graft si Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro at siyam na iba pang opisyales ng naturang tanggapan kaugnay ng P39 milyong kontrata para sa supply…
Jollibee employee ginahasa, pinatay!
ISANG 18-anyos na food server ng Jollibee ang pinaniniwalaang ginahasa bago pinatay sa saksak sa Pampanga. Ang kanyang katawan ay natagpuan sa isang lote sa Bgy. San Antonio, Arayat, ng…
TESDA chief breaks silence over DAP funds
SECRETARY Joel Villanueva, director-general of Technhical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), yesterday broke his silence over allegations hounding the funds in his office. In a statement, Villanueva said a…
LRT project ‘ANOMALY’
DoTC official brother of top executive of winning bidder Ayala Corp., lawmaker bares BAYAN Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares has sought an investigation into the P65-billion LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension…
Singapore vows to address hate campaign on Filipinos
Singaporean officials has assured the Philippines their government is taking steps to address the hate campaign on Filipinos working there. The assurance was made by the Singapore delegation who participated…
Man dies of heart attack prior to ‘sex bout’ with…
CABANATUAN CITY -- The sheer excitement of engaging in intimate sex with his lover once again probably triggered the adrenaline rush on a 47-year-old man, who died of alleged heart…
Globe Telecom, Cordillera conservation trust toestablish 100 seedling nurseries in…
LEADING telecommunications company Globe Telecom through its corporate arm Globe Business, together with the Cordillera Conservation Trust (CCT) aim to establish 100 seedling nurseries in the Cordillera mountain range by…
Japan opens door to Pinoy nurses, caregivers
GOOD news for nurses and caregivers who would like to work in Japan. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration is now accepting qualified applicants for nurses and care workers for deployment…
Romblon town dad dumped by colleagues?
CONCEPCION (SIBALE), Romblon – The provincial government virtually isolated this remote island town’s highest official as it excluded him from their latest foreign trip to Taiwan allegedly due to his…
Online seller ginahasa, pinatay ng pekeng buyer!
Bikining itim ng biktima pinag-tripan ng suspek MARAHIL ay naulol sa pagnanasa ang pekeng buyer nang tumambad sa kanya ang bikining itim na suot ng 19-anyos na dalaga. Pilit niyang…
Mag-ingat kay ‘Cris Aquino!’
NAGLABAS ng babala sa publiko ang Bureau of Customs (BoC) na huwag pumasok sa ano mang transaksyon sa isang umano’y “kamag-anak” ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino na ginagamit din ang tanggapan…
P20-B ‘scam’ bared
A militant lawmaker has disclosed another funding scam on the scale of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and even pork barrel anomalys under the present administration. Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon…
Palace welcomes CoA probe of DAP
MALACAÑANG does not oppose an audit of funds from the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). “We agree that there must be [an audit]. These are public funds and, as such…
2 Hazing suspects identified
TWO of the three men who were seen dragging a nearly unconscious hazing death victim Guillo Cesar Servando out of the elevator allegedly after undergoing fraternity initiation rites have been…
Dap illegal, SC rules
Supreme Court unanimously declares Aquino’s Disbursement Acceleration Program unconstitutional VOTING 13-0, the Supreme Court yesterday declared unconstitutional several acts committed by the Aquino administration in implementing the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). In…
Three Hyundai cars hailed
J.D. Power recently presented three Hyundai vehicles – 2014 Genesis, 2014 Elantra and 2014 Accent – their highest award for initial quality in their respective segments. Hyundai…
Pnoy’s men safe
HEADS won’t roll even if some of the Cabinet officials are being linked to the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte slammed the call of the…
UP frat hazing probed
A student of the University of the Philippines was said to be confined at a Quezon City hospital allegedly after undergoing initiation rites from fraternity members. QCPD director Chief Supt…
77 held in Ecija shabu tiangge raid
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Authorities raided an alleged shabu tiangge in this prime city on Saturday and arrested 77 persons and seized an undetermined amount of shabu. Nueva Ecija…
Abad charged
Youth groups file plunder case vs Budget chief over controversial DAP SEVERAL youth groups yesterday filed a plunder case against Budget and Management Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad for masterminding and…
Bong wants Pnoy, GMA as witnesses
Defense believes strategy will clear Revilla THE camp of Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. yesterday submitted a list of possible witnesses that include President Benigno Aquino III, former President now…
Government prepares for the ‘Big One’
THE government is putting up four seismic monitoring stations in Luzon to monitor even the slightest tremor in the Marikina West Valley Fault System. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology…
LTO offices get excellet ratings from CSC
WE mean business and we vow to serve the public better!This was echoed yesterday by Jason Salvador, spokesperson of the agency, after the LTO offices get excellent ratings from the…
5 Dire Warnings From Bipartisan Report on Climate Change's Economic…
Risks include flooding, disruption to farming, and dangerous heat. A Tuesday report warning of dire economic consequences from climate change, from lost property to ruined crops, is the latest in a…
Who are liable for ‘illegal’ DAP? — Santiago
THE Supreme Court must not merely declare the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional — it should “pinpoint” who are liable for the illegal juggling of government savings. Sen.Miriam Defensor-Santiago stressed…
30th Year in Pamplona
PAMPLONA IEMELIF CHURCH will celebrate its Pearl Year in the Service of the LORD on 26 July 2014 (Sat) at 9am. BISHOP NATHANAEL P LAZARO, Gen. Superintendent of the IEMELIF…
Crame detention center head in hot water
THE Director of the Philippine National Police Custodial Center was given 48 hours to explain why one of the visitors of detained Senators Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla…
Pope Francis appoints Filipino Nuncio as UN representative
POPE Francis has appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti Archbishop Bernardito Auza as the Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. The 55-year-old archbishop is a native…
OFWs in Iraq is in place should violence worsens
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said that contingency plans for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iraq is in place should violence in Baghdad worsens. Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles…
PNoy sunud-sunod ang ‘Wow! Mali’
HINIMOK kahapon ng isang religious group ang pamahalaan na bumuo ng isang independent body na magsisiyasat kung saan ginastos ang kontrobersyal na Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) ng administrasyong Aquino na…
Secret underground base beneath Denver Int’l Airport revealed
By SHEPARD AMBELLAS (Intellihub)FOR the first time, a whistle-blower from within the DIA complex confirms the existence of a massive deep underground military facility located beneath the airport. The Denver…
Abad good faith doubted
SUPREME Court justices have rejected the excuse of Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad that he was clueless on the legal implications of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Abad and others…
‘The One’ and only
All-new Jazz hits the roadHonda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI), Honda’s automobile business unit in the Philippines, introduced the all-new Jazz at Metrotent Convention Center in Pasig City. Known to…
Araw ng Pasasalamat pays tribute to 9M OFWs
THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), along with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), will join the nation tomorrow (June 6) in…
MPD turns over hazing case to Makati police
THE Manila Police District (MPD) has turned over the case of hazing death victim, 18-year-old College of St. Benilde sophomore student Guillo Cesar Servando, to the Makati City police. This…
Impeach PNOY
House youth party-list drafting impeachment complaint; Aquino allies unite to block ouster move AS a youth group started to draft an impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino, his allies in…
Pagbagsak ng balete tree sa Palasyo masamang pangitain para kay…
MASAMANG pangitain para kay President Benigno Aquino III ang pagbagsak ng 100-anyos na puno ng balete noong kasagsagan ng bagyong si Glenda, ayon sa visionary na si Maestro Mystico. …
PNP discovers more gun anomalies
NEARLY 59,000 addresses cannot be found and believed to be fictitious. Over 27,000 are already dead but their guns remain with their next of kin. More than 4,000 have denied…
Agency got DAP billions!
AN attempt by a Liberal Party (LP) congressman to link Vice President Jejomar Binay to the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) controversy has apparently backfired and put President Aquino on the…
200 Goats found dead without livers, hearts!
THE mass slaughter happened so quickly that the victims didn’t have time to bleat. With one stroke, the butchers slit the goats’ necks. Next, they reached deeply into the gaping…
Dalagita, 2 taon hinalay
ISANG 12-anyos na babae ang halos dalawang taong paulit-ulit na hinalay ng isang tinderong kapitbahay sa Lucena, Quezon, ayon sa isang report. Kinilala ang suspek bilang si Bonifacio Toledo o…
2 killed in bus holdup
TWO bus passengers were killed while a bystander is in critical condition after a Genesis bus heading to the North was held up in Moncada town at about 1 p.m…
160 farmers newest part of AlkanSSSya program
OVER 160 farmers in this town, five hours away from the provincial capital of Mati, are the newest participants of the Social Security System (SSS) AlkanSSSya program as part of…
LTO project bidding slammed
CONVTROVERSY haunts the process of bidding for the information technology project of Land Transportation Office (LTO) which is aimed at addressing the cases of stolen vehicles, smuggled vehicles and double…
Shabu ibinebenta na parang kendi
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecia -- “Pabili ng shabu.” “Magkano?” “P500 lang po.” Ganito umano ang bentahan ng shabu sa Gapan City kung saan ang droga ay inilalako lamang sa…
Ex-Jinggoy exec tagged in scam no longer in PH
Detained Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s former appointments secretary and now co-accused in the pork barrel scam case had flown out of the country. This was based on the records of the…
URC’s Food Trucks roll out in Kariton Revolution
UNIVERSAL Robina Corporation’s (URC) newly launched Food Trucks recently joined Dynamic Teen Company’s (DTC) push for change in the third year of Kariton Revolution. “We have always believed in Kuya…
77 nabbed in Ecija shabu tiangge raids
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- Simultaneous raids on a supposed shabu tiangge in this prime southernmost Nueva Ecija city on Saturday has resulted in the arrest of 77 persons and…
Ouster bid vs PNoy backed, nixed
MORE lawmakers have expressed objection to filing an impeachment case against President Benigno Aquino in the wake of the decision of the Supreme Court declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)…
5,000 sacks of NFA rice seized by CIDG
AGENTS of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group yesterday raided a warehouse in Marilao, Bulacan, where they found some 5,000 sacks of National Food Authority (NFA) rice…
35 PAL Express domestic flights to be suspended next month
STARTING next month, a total of 35 domestic flights of wholly-owned PAL Express will be suspended. This was announced by the Philippine Airlines yesterday, adding that the move is part…
Binay backs PNoy
“LET’S continue supporting the President.” Thus Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday urged lawmakers and the public amid calls by some sectors, mostly politically-affiliated, to impeach President Benigno Aquino III. “President…
2 nabbed for Ecstacy
Anti-illegal drug operatives of the Quezon City Police District arrested a man and a woman in front of a bar in Quezon City. Senior Insp. Roberto Razon Sr., chief of…
Marcos matriarch, 85, son plot to reclaim PH presidency
BATAC, Philippines (AFP) -- Imelda Marcos, the Philippines’ most famous political survivor, toasted her 85th birthday Wednesday as the former first lady made plans for a triumphal return to the…
Lola foils rape attempt on girl, 8
POLICE arrested a man when he was caught by his grandmother in the act of raping his 8-year-old cousin the other day in Zamboanga del Norte. The suspect, who ran…
Miriam says jpe not sick, just old
“HE has no illness except old age. Ang real cause ng kanyang illness is his stem cell treatment dahil sobrang vanidad niya. Masyadong malandi na lalaki.” This was just part…
Laguna Fil-Chinese trader binaril, patay
San Pablo City -- Patay sa tama ng baril ang isang Filipino-Chinese businessman makaraang barilin nang malapitan ng hindi kilalang armadong suspek sa loob ng Botika ng Bayan sa Flores…
Prayers for ailing Miriam
FOUR colleagues of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago in the Upper Chamber have wished for her immediate recovery from lung cancer. Detained Sen.Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. expressed surprise and sadness upon learning…
Lechon, extended visiting hours for detained solons peeve Palace
MALACAÑANG is peeved over reports that Senators Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada who are both detained at the Philippine National Police custodial center in Camp Crame, Quezon City…
Quick release of $15B to GCF sought
The co-chairman of the United Nations Green Climate Fund has sought the immediate remittance of $15 billion by developed countries to the GCF from out of the $100 billion pledged…
Hike in local interest rates seen in next 12 mos.
An executive of the Bank of the Philippine Islands forecasts up to 75-basis-point increase in domestic interest rates in the next 12 months. During the annual stockholders meeting of ALFM…
Makati gunman on the loose
Exclusive WITH the help of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Philippine National Police, the Makati City Police Station yesterday said it has identified a gunman who shot and seriously…
More US troops to Baghdad as Iraq battles Sunni militants
BAGHDAD -- President Barack Obama has deployed 200 more troops to Baghdad to protect the US Embassy as Iraq’s parliament was set to convene Tuesday to seek a solution to…
PH, EFTA to boost ties after JDC signing
With the signing of a Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the country and four-member states of the European Free Trade Association during the last week of June in Reykjavik, Iceland…
AirAsia starts direct Kuala Lumpur-Kalibo flights
THE Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has announced that AirAsia’s flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kalibo commenced recently. This is expected to boost tourism for both countries. “The Embassy considers…
Speaker: No move vs SC justices
SPEAKER Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. assured yesterday that the House of Representatives will not consider any move to impeach members of the Supreme Court (SC) following the high tribunal ruling…
Ex-FG denounces chopper distributor
AN aircraft company owner yesterday testified before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division that former First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo allegedly purchased and sold two choppers as brand new to the…
GRO shot by lover, survives
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon -- A former Guest Relations Officer (GRO) was shot in the head by her live-in partner while she was about to leave their home for good at Bgy…
House not in a hurry to suspend GMA
THE House leadership will not immediately comply to the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division’s order suspending for 90 days former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Pampanga congresswoman. In a related development, the camp…
Creepy balikbayan box
A suspected victim of summary execution was found inside a balikbayan box in a Quezon City neighborhood Sunday night. Barangay watchmen who were patrolling in Barangay Sto. Domingo found the…
Suspend Bong, Jinggoy ––Ombudsman
FOLLOWING their arraignment, Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada should be suspended from the Senate, the Office of the Ombudsman said yesterday in separte motions its prosecutors…
PNP to follow BJMP rules in guarding Bong, Jinggoy
IN the wake of complaints about the VIP treatment on jailed Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas yesterday said he has ordered the…
‘Bukas-Kotse’ now employs sexy women
A Chinese couple fell prey to “Bukas-Kotse Gang” using sexy and beautiful women who allegedly carted away cash and valuables worth P45,000 yesterday in Pasay City. The victims, identified as…
Terror threat still on --Roxas
INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas yesterday said the terror threat in Davao City and other parts of Mindanao remains high and security forces are staying on full alert. …
Palace assures justice in hazing slay
MALACANANG yesterday vowed to bring justice the people responsible behind the death of sophomore student of De La Salle University College of St. Benilde.Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the…
Jeep vs patrol car, 16 hurt!
SAN PASCUAL Batangas--Sixteen people were critically wounded after a passenger jeepney and a PNP patrol car collided along the national highway of Barangay Poblacion at 4:30 a.m. last Sunday. Investigator…
Jealousy drives man to kill ex-lover’s new bf
SEEING his ex-partner in the arms of someone else was too much to bear for a man who, driven by jealousy, stabbed dead his ex-partner’s new love in Port Area…
Murder suspect falls
AUTHORITIES on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old jobless man charged with murder in Bgy V- B, San Pablo City. Batangas police director Senior Supt. Omega Jireh Deocares Fidel identified the…
Revilla top aide urges dismissal of scam cases
THE chief of staff of jailed Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has asked the Supreme Court to order the Office of the Ombudsman to withdraw the charges for plunder and 16…
Domestic liquidity growth eases in May
Domestic liquidity grew by 28.4 percent year-on-year at end-May 2014 to reach P6.9 trillion. This increase was slower than the 32.1-percent expansion recorded in April. On a month-on-month basis, seasonally-adjusted…
Septuagenarian leaps to death from 24th floor of condo
A 76-year-old Filipina-Chinese plunged to her death from the 24th floor of her condominium unit in Pasig City yesterday morning. Police identified the victim as Jane Ong Sip, widow, of…
Japan to proclaim right to ‘collective self-defense’
TOKYO -- The Japanese government will Tuesday proclaim the right to send its soldiers into battle even when the country is not under direct attack, in the most significant recasting…
Ecija wife-hacker found dead
GENERAL TINIO, Nueva Ecija -- The man tagged as the principal suspect in the gruesome murder of his wife whose naked and mutilated body was found by their children inside…
PNoy: Drug use costly for Nora
Superstar Nora Aunor’s drug use cost her to lose the title of being a National Artist. President Benigno S. Aquino III admitted this yesterday as he finally broke his silence…
JBC releases shortlist for SC seat sans SolGen Jardeleza
THE Judicial and Bar Council yesterday finally put an end to Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza’s bid to become a Supreme Court justice after it came out with a short list…
Bulacan cop slain while responding to robbery
A BULACAN policeman was killed while responding to a robbery incident in Baliwag town last Saturday. Officials said two innocent jeepney passengers were also wounded when the fleeing thief fired…
Romualdez lauds SC ruling on DAP
HOUSE independent minority bloc leader and Leyte (1st District) Rep. Ferdinand Martin “FM” G. Romualdez yesterday lauded the Supreme Court (SC) ruling declaring as unconstitutional parts of the Disbursement Acceleration…
Selosong pipi’t bingi pinatay ang misis!
SELOS ang sinasabing dahilan ng pagwawala ng isang pipi’t bingi na nagresulta sa pananaksak at pagkakapatay nito sa kanyang pipi’t bingi ring misis at pagkakasugat naman ng kanyang ama at…
Japan military reform pressed despite protests
TOKYO -- Japan’s government will press ahead with divisive plans to loosen restrictions on its military, a top government spokesman said Monday, despite widespread public anger that erupted into a…
Obama in power showdown with foes
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama ignited a new power showdown with Republicans Monday, vowing to fix America’s broken immigration system alone after Congress refused to vote on his top remaining…
SC set to resolve question of DAP’s legality
THE Supreme Court is expected to rule today on petitions questioning the legality of President Aquino’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). The case has been included in the SC’s agenda of cases after…
Communism stole from us — Francis
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has accused communism of stealing its ideas from Christianity, and said its founding thinker Karl Marx “did not invent anything.” Commenting on suggestions in the…
Japan lambasts China over 'dangerous' flights
TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday summoned the Chinese ambassador to complain about fighter jets flying "dangerously" close to two of its military planes over the East China Sea, officials said. In…
2 ‘Dura’ gangmen nabbed
TWO of three suspected members of the “Dura-Dura Gang” allegedly responsible for a series of incidents in Mandaluyong City were arrested yesterday morning. The suspects were identified as Julio Castillas…
Beijing slams Hong Kong democracy poll
HONG KONG -- Organizers Monday urged Hong Kong’s government to take seriously an unofficial referendum on democratic reform after nearly 800,000 people voted in the Chinese city, but state media…
150 wanted men fall
INTENSIFIED campaign by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on wanted persons resulted in the arrest of 150 men, mostly facing non-bailable cases for rape and murder…
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