WALA LANG With a bit of prodding, barbers can be loquacious. Ranny Perlas was late, he apologized, because he had to walk all the way from his apartment in Santa Ana to the Makati CBD barber shop. The previous week, he continued, he was waiting for the red light to change when a speeding car turned...
A total of 164 newly-elected mayors and local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (LDRRMOs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) participated in the first Newly Elected Officials Plus (NEO+) Training Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the...
There are talks that Steven Spielberg will be onboard as director of the upcoming “Man Of Steel 2” movie. It started with The Hollywood Reporter sharing news about Spielberg meeting with David Zaslav, Peter Safran and Christopher Nolan recently. It added to ongoing excitement about the film,...
Actor Chris Evans has been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine, joining the likes of Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Idris Elba, among others. The 41-year old thought it amusing deeming it "a weird form of humble bragging." https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckr_nM-OZre/ But he was quick to add, "My mom...
WALA LANG Rainwater was forever flooding the sala so my wife and I decided to roof the rear terrace and make it into a library. We removed the heavy wood and glass sliding doors, replacing them with arches and columns that I discovered in a junk shop on España near Welcome Rotonda. That was in...
BACOLOD CITY – A heated argument led an elderly man to kill his younger brother on Sunday, August 14, at Purok Kalubihan in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental. A police officer talks to an elderly man after stabbing his younger brother in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A 64-year-old man facing charges of six counts of rape was arrested by authorities in Masinloc, Zambales on Thursday, August 11. According to reports from the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3), elements of Masinloc Police together with the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Suddenly, there were no more coups d’etat. Although President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) won 23.58 percent of electoral votes in the 1992 elections, the country seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief. How reassuring that perennial destabilizers, mutineers and plotters,...
BITAGCOL’s body in a hospital in Mountain Province. SABANGAN, Mountain Province – A 20-year-old man died after he was electrocuted while removing a light bulb in a covered court in Barangay Poblacion here Thursday, August 4. The Sabangan Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Kenji...
CEBU CITY – A 27-year-old man was arrested after a pack of suspected shabu was discovered in his possession at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Monday, July 25. The suspect, Vincent Obong, was supposed to board a Leyte-bound aircraft when airport personnel caught him at Terminal...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old mechanic after a drinking binge here over the weekend. The victim’s mother told police that her son arrived at their house from work at 10 p.m. Friday, July 22, under the influence of liquor. She told police that her...
The stars and crew of the TV show “Running Man Philippines” visited the Philippine Embassy in South Korea where they have been shooting for episodes. GMA Network’s “Running Man Philippines” is a franchise of the popular Korean TV show “Running Man” that has aired since 2010 and...
