LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two alleged high-value drug suspects and seized suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) worth up to P2.1 million during a buy-bust operation in Tiaong, Quezon, on Thursday. Colonel Romulo Albacea, director of the Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO), said anti-illegal drug operatives arrested the suspects, identified only by their aliases “Randy,” 49,

MANILA, Philippines — The camp of former House of Representatives Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has maintained that there is no such thing as a “functional control” over the entire budget process, noting that no single person has discretion over every step of appropriations. In a statement on Friday, Romualdez’s spokesperson lawyer Elaine Atienza said that they

LUCENA CITY — At least nine areas in Cavite, Batangas, Quezon, and Laguna, that make up the Calabarzon region, are expected to experience dangerous heat index levels on Friday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). In its 5 p.m. bulletin issued Thursday, Pagasa said Sangley Point in Cavite City, Cavite,

MANILA, Philippines — “Surrender or arrest.” Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla said these are Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s options amid the latter’s looming arrest over plunder and graft. “We spoke yesterday. I called him. I told him either surrender or arrest. He told me he’ll think about it. His concern is about his knee

ANGELES CITY — Authorities on Friday identified the latest fatalities recovered from the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago here as a father and son who were among the construction workers trapped beneath the rubble. The fifth fatality was identified as 26-year-old Christian Sabile, whose body was retrieved from the hot zone at around 7:57

Jonvic Remulla revealed that he had this conversation with Jinggoy Estrada Depatment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said that he gave two options to Senator Jinggoy Estrada following the latter’s recent legal issue. Ombudsman Boying Remulla stated a few days ago that his office filed plunder and graft charges against ... Read more

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Thailand is expected to see increased rainfall over the next 24 hours, with heavy rain forecast in some areas and very heavy rain in parts of the South’s west coast, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today, May 29. The TMD said a moderately strong southwest monsoon covering the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the …

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A Thai man stabbed convenience store employees in Prachin Buri province, in the early hours of yesterday, May 28, leaving one woman in a coma. The suspect later told police he wanted to be killed during his arrest. Officers from Prachantakam Police Station were called to a convenience store in Pho Ngam subdistrict at about …

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rotational brownouts may hit parts of the Visayas on Friday, May 29 after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under Red Alert due to insufficient power supply and rising electricity demand. In an advisory issued Friday morning, NGCP said the Visayas grid will be under

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What Anjie Belardo thought was a simple Mother’s Day bonding with her daughter would later become their final moments together. Now, days after the decomposing body of 19-year-old Jeani Pyrll Belardo was found in a wooded area in Sitio Cangcaya, Barangay Poblacion, Alcoy, Cebu, the grieving mother is calling for justice