MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday said that there’s no truth to claims that former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was blocked from appearing before the Senate impeachment court to testify. “Hindi, hindi totoo ‘yon,” Lacson said when asked during a DWIZ interview if Trillanes’ assertion that he was blocked by Presiding Officer
Read full articleBANGA, SOUTH COTABATO — The 14-year-old student killed in the Sept. 18 shooting at Banga National High School was laid to rest Saturday as family, classmates, teachers, friends and church members gathered to bid her farewell and call for justice. “Dianne,” not her real name, was buried at Banga Holy Trinity Memorial Park more than
DAVAO CITY — A female juvenile Philippine eagle ( ) was electrocuted in Sitio Panghaon, Barangay Guinalaban of Salay town, Misamis Oriental on Wednesday morning. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Northern Mindanao through the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Gingoog City is now investigating the death of a Philippine eagle
MANILA, Philippines — The trough of a typhoon outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) will continue to bring rains over Visayas and Mindanao, while Metro Manila may see fair weather conditions in the coming days, the state weather bureau said. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported in its 5 p.m. weather
TACLOBAN CITY — Commuters in Eastern Visayas will pay higher fares for public utility vehicles following the approval of a fare increase aimed at helping drivers and operators cope with rising fuel and operating costs. For traditional public utility jeepneys, the minimum fare has increased from P13 to P14 for the first four kilometers, with
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) said Friday it had secured the support of 46 of the 80 members of the Bangsamoro Parliament, giving its coalition a majority ahead of the inaugural session on Oct. 30. Member of Parliament-elect Naguib Sinarimbo, who issued the party statement, said the BFP was ready to organize
MANILA, Philippines — The segment of the Philippine-Singapore cable that went down was restored on Saturday, Oct. 3, bringing the internet service back to normal, a Philippine-based telecommunications company said. InfiniVAN Inc., a Japanese-Filipino telecommunications and information and communications technology solutions provider, said in an advisory that the C2C Submarine Cable (Philippine-Singapore) segment has been
MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Saturday called for the full disclosure of government programs that received amendments during House deliberations on the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. The House Budget Amendments Review Subcommittee (BARSc) began reviewing the amendments on Thursday. Tinio said P77.86 billion, or
CAUAYAN CITY — Two students, aged 7 and 8, died after being electrocuted along with two other children during a Color and Bubble Fun Run at Cauayan South Central School here on Saturday morning (Oct. 3), police said. The fatalities were identified by relatives and witnesses as an 8-year-old Grade 3 pupil, and a 7-year-old
The P18-per-kilogram increase in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices expected this October will offset the recently implemented suspension of the excise tax on the fuel, the LPG Marketers Association (LPGMA) said Saturday.
COTABATO CITY — A drug den was dismantled in Midsayap, Cotabato, with three high-value targets arrested and two fragmentation grenades and P47,000 worth of shabu recovered, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. The operation was conducted at 1:45 p.m. Friday in Barangay Upper Labas by the PDEA-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM). Eugene
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SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — The prices of basic necessities across Agusan del Sur have been frozen at their prevailing levels following the provincial government’s declaration of a state of calamity due to severe agricultural damage, critically low supplies of potable water and relentless high temperatures. The automatic price freeze took effect immediately pursuant