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More arms, explosives dug up in Teves sugar mill

by Ralph Villanueva - March 27, 2023 - 12:00am

Explosives and more firearms have been unearthed from the sugar mill compound owned by former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves, police confirmed yesterday.

No more jackets, pockets for NAIA screeners

by Ralph Villanueva - March 3, 2023 - 12:00am

Security screening officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport will soon no longer be allowed to wear uniforms or jackets that have pockets in them to prevent more incidents of theft at the NAIA, the country’s...

Maring death toll hits 30

by Ralph Villanueva - October 15, 2021 - 12:00am

The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Maring rose to 30 yesterday while 13 others remain missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

5 AFP medical teams sent to NCR hospitals

by Ralph Villanueva - September 25, 2021 - 12:00am

The Armed Forces of the Philippines would be deploying five medical teams to augment the strained workforce of public and private hospitals in Metro Manila that were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Curfew hours in Metro Manila extended to 10pm - 4am

by Ralph Villanueva - July 25, 2021 - 12:00am

The cities of Metro Manila would be implementing longer curfew hours starting today, following the threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19.

Vaccine ‘express lane’ opened for A1 to A3

by Ralph Villanueva - May 31, 2021 - 12:00am

An “express lane” for individuals included in the A1 to A3 priority sectors is in place, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said yesterday, as the national vaccination program further ramps...

‘Actor prioritized to prevent vaccine wastage’

by Ralph Villanueva - March 26, 2021 - 12:00am

It was the fear of seeing doses of vaccines go to waste that made the Parañaque City government decide to allow actor Mark Anthony Fernandez to be vaccinated against COVID-19 despite his not being a medical...

Metro mayors to appeal order reopening cinemas

by Ralph Villanueva - February 14, 2021 - 12:00am

Metro Manila mayors urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to reconsider the government’s move to reopen cinemas, saying the local chief executives were not properly...

Let’s not go on a pork holiday – Go

by Ralph Villanueva - February 10, 2021 - 12:00am

With pork and chicken products in Metro Manila subject to price ceiling for two months, Sen. Bong Go said traders and businessmen should consider the welfare of ordinary consumers by not going on a “pork ...

NBI probe on Bilibid deaths begins on Monday

by Ralph Villanueva - July 25, 2020 - 12:00am

The National Bureau of Investigation will start on Monday its formal probe on the Bureau of Corrections in connection with the deaths of high-profile inmates in the New Bilibid Prison purportedly due to COVI...

BuCor exec who testified in GCTA probe shot dead

by Ralph Villanueva - February 20, 2020 - 12:00am

The suspended legal chief of the Bureau of Corrections, who had testified at the Senate hearing on the good conduct time allowance anomaly, was shot dead yesterday as he was about to pick up his daughter from a school...

LRT-2 operations to start at 5 a.m.

by Ralph Villanueva - October 13, 2019 - 12:00am

Operations of the Light Rail Transit will start earlier than usual and will take commuters at 5 a.m. tomorrow, an official said.

‘Former mayor deserves to rot in prison’

by Ralph Villanueva - August 24, 2019 - 12:00am

Relief followed days of anguish for the mother of Mary Eileen Sarmenta after the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) declared that her daughter’s killer Antonio Sanchez will not be released from prison after al...

ATOM calls for stop to unwarranted killings

by Ralph Villanueva - August 22, 2019 - 12:00am

The protest movement that was formed following the assassination of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. called for an end yesterday to what it described as extrajudicial killings (EJKs).

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