A security guard posing as a police officer was arrested after authorities found assorted ammunition in his possession outside a KTV bar on Commonwealth Avenue in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City, early Friday, July 10. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said officers from Holy Spirit Police...
A total of 235 out of 796 examinees passed the 2026 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) given by the Supreme Court (SC) last May 24 and 27. As counselors-at-law, the passers will be allowed to practice Islamic law and represent clients in the country’s Shari’ah district and circuit...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been recognized as the LGBTQIA+ Icon of the Year 2026 for her unwavering advocacy for equality, human rights, and inclusion. The award was presented by The Red Whistle and O Bar during a ceremony on Sunday, June 28, where members of the LGBTQIA+ community...
Who remembers Geocities? That free web hosting service? I remember the countless websites made through it in the 2000s. I was young then, just a few years into college, looking at a Geocities-made website with a map—one that honestly looked more like a treasure map—to a place in Malate called...
The Supreme Court (SC) will release the results of the 2026 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, after its full court session. The date and venue of the oath taking of the successful examinees are also expected to be announced on Wednesday. A total of 796...
Anyone who frequents the local live bar scene knows that the landscape can feel a bit mechanical lately. We are living in a fast-moving digital rush where a single track blows up on social media on a Monday and disappears from playlists by the end of the month. It is a world built for quick scrolls...
A bill seeking to make professional examinations free for qualified indigents is now being pushed in the Senate. Sen. Erwin Tulfo, in filing Senate Bill No. 2035 or the proposed “Free Professional Examinations Act” said it is imperative to provide free examinations to bar and board takers who...
A total of 796 examinees – 529 female and 267 male -- finished the two-day Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) administered by the Supreme Court (SC) last May 24 and 27 in four testing centers. SSBE Chairperson and Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting said the examinations were...
About 800 aspiring Muslim lawyers will be back to four testing centers at 8 a.m. today, Wednesday, May 27, for the second and last day of the 2026 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE). The examinations are being conducted in four testing centers – New Era University (NEU) in Quezon City,...
The Supreme Court (SC) will administer starting on Sunday, May 24, the two-day 2026 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) in four testing centers – one in Metro Manila and three in Mindanao. It was not known immediately how many examinees registered for the tests set at the New Era...
The upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a tough and tedious job for the 11-member House prosecution panel; but right now, they can 't help but laugh at the fuzzy throwback feels that the task is giving them. Just ask lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep....
It was a miracle the event even happened. An open-air pop-up venue in the middle of the high summer afternoon in the concrete jungle that is BGC. Imagine the heat. Yet everyone in the food beat still came. This author included. Last May 14 at Uptown Parade, BGC, the entire foodie industry flocked...
