CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A 44-year-old businesswoman was shot dead and her companion was wounded by riding-in-tandem gunmen on Friday afternoon, January 19, in Barangay San Roque, this city. Police identified the victim as Jennifer Amante, a resident of Barangay San Juan here....
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A 65-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) lost P400,000 worth of jewelry, cash, and expensive sunglasses to suspected members of the Salisi Gang in a restaurant in Barangay Poblacion 1 here on Friday, January 12. Police identified the victim as Elizabeth Reyes,...
BUTUAN CITY – All roads lead to Barangay Libertad here as the week-long Kahimunan Festival this year kicks off on Friday, January 12. “We are expecting more visitors to come here to witness again our Kahimunan Festival,” Barangay Chairman Vincent Rizal C. Rosario said. Among the activities...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – Five persons died and three were injured in a collision between a truck and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in Barangay San Miguel, this city, before dawn on Saturday, December 23. Police withheld the identities of the victims. The fatalities and injured were...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested two notorious carnappers in Mercedes Homes Subdivision, Barangay San Isidro Norte, City of Santo Tomas, Batangas, on Friday, December 8. POLICE recover license plates from two suspected carnappers in an operation on Friday, Dec. 8, in Mercedes Homes...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) clarified that the newly appointed Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco “Kiko” Tiu Laurel Jr. was not an alumnus, and did not pursue any undergraduate studies in the university. Photo from UST The clarification was released through The...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has climbed to second best in the Philippines for clinical and health subjects in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject. (Photo credit to Margaret Louise Noriega and Jose Emmanuel Pacheco of UST The Nursing...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – House Committee on Appropriations chairman Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) -Bicol Director Virgilio Eduarte, and the local government of Santo Domingo, Albay led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new P210-million...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is set to welcome over 10,510 applicants for the first batch of the UST Entrance Test (USTET) on Sunday, Oct. 22. Photo credit to Ethan Cardaño / THE FLAME "More than threefold the nearly 3,000 examinees in the same period last year," said UST’s Office for...
Artist’s rendition of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall, which will rise near Gate 10 (Dapitan Street). The University of Santo Tomas (UST) held the topping off ceremony of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall last Oct. 7, 2023. The ceremony is a builder’s tradition that highlights the placement of the final beam on...
SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan – Two members of the communist Militia ng Bayan turned themselves in recently in Barangay Niug Norte, this town. TWO members of the communist Militia ng Bayan surrender in Cagayan, the Police Regional Office-2 said. The police and military facilitated the surrender of...
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma on Tuesday, October 17, denied that he has blessed naked Santo Niño figurines being shown in commercial videos on social media and are sold as lucky charms. ARCHBISHOP Palma (FB) In a video posted on the archdiocese's Facebook page, Palma said only one image of Santo...
