2019 nat’l budget gets bicam nod

MANILA — The congressional bicameral conference committee on Friday approved the reconciled version of the proposed PHP3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. The bicameral panel, under the leadership...

Philippine official: Abu Sayyaf harbouring suicide bomber

MANILA, Philippines — An Abu Sayyaf militant leader accused of plotting a recent suicide attack in a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines may be...

Grenade blast at mosque in Zamboanga City leaves 2 dead, 3 injured

A grenade explosion in a mosque in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, January 30, killed two people and injured three others. It was reported that the incident...

NBI submits findings on multi-billion shabu haul to DOJ

MANILA — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday formally submitted its findings to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the controversy involving the smuggling of...

Mislatel bid for 3rd telco player aboveboard: Uy

MANILA — Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy on Thursday said the Mislatel consortium did not violate any laws in its successful bid to become the country’s third major...

ER of Tondo hospital temporarily closed due to suspected meningococcal infection

Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center (GABMMC) in Tondo, Manila announced on Wednesday, January 23, that its emergency room (ER) is still temporarily closed due to...

House Justice panel nods to lower criminal liability age to 9

The lower chamber’s Justice panel gave its okay to the House substitute bill seeking to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine, on ...

PNP chief says grenades in Cotabato not related to BOL plebiscite

The country’s top cop is not convinced that the reported grenade incidents in Cotabato are connected to the historic voting on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL)....

SM Group founder Henry Sy Sr. dies at 94

Davao court denies gov’t plea to issue HDO vs. Trillanes

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV can still set foot on other countries as a Davao City court junked the motion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ)...