More police bodyguards eyed for local chief executives
MANILA — The Philippine National Police may raise the number of police security escorts assigned to local chief executives facing serious threats, in response...
DOT eases face mask, vax proof rule in tourist spots
MANILA — The Department of Tourism (DOT) has eased up its COVID-19 preventive health directives to tourism establishments as it promotes the continuous opening...
Frat man tells senators: We’re bound by ‘tradition’
MANILA — Facing senators on Tuesday, the 22-year-old leader of the Adamson University chapter of Tau Gamma Phi said he and his fraternity brothers...
PH inflation slowed to 8.6% in Feb; first time in 6 months
MANILA – Inflation in the Philippines slowed down after rising for five months straight, settling at 8.6 percent in February 2023 from 8.7 percent...
Modern jeepney prototype gets approval of LTFRB
MANILA — A proposed model of a modern jeepney on Monday received the nod of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chair Teofilo...
Stiffer penalties on schools sought after student’s hazing death
MANILA — The Tau Gamma Phi fraternity did not secure a permit from Adamson University when it conducted the initiation rites that took the...
Gov’t asks ICC: Deny families’ bid to enter comment in case
MANILA — The Philippine government has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reject the requests of both the relatives of drug war victims...
DEGAMO SLAY: Ex-soldiers tagged as gunmen ‘dishonorably discharged’
MANILA — The alleged gunmen who killed Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others — later identified as former soldiers — were dishonorably discharged from...
Location of sunken motor tanker ‘Princess Empress’ identified
CITY OF CALAPAN — Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito Dolor announced Monday, March 6, that the sunken motor tanker Princess Empress had been located.
In an...
Police, Army run after Negros Or. guv’s killers
DUMAGUETE City – A fourth suspect in Saturday’s gruesome murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight other individuals was killed in a...