The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) suspended the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate of MV FastCat M7 after inspectors found engine-related deficiencies linked to the vessel’s reported black smoke emissions during a recent voyage from Calapan Port to Batangas Port, the Philippine Coast Guard...
Malacañang has issued proclamations declaring special nonworking days in May and June 2026 in Batangas, Cagayan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental, and Quezon Province to allow residents to fully participate in important historical and cultural celebrations. Proclamation No. 1241 designates...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – A 65-year-old driver was killed and a retired police officer was wounded during a gun duel on Friday evening, May 15, in Padre Garcia, Batangas. Police identified the victim as Berto. Investigation said Berto and the suspect Milyo, 55, engaged in a heated...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested a wanted person in the Calabarzon region after 13 years in hiding in Barangay Sinisian West, Lemery, Batangas, on Thursday. Police said the suspect allegedly gunned down Ariel on Aug. 26, 2013, in Barangay Talaga, Lemery. More than a year later, Romualdo...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police Col. Oliver Ebora was named Batangas police director vice Police Col. Meliton Salvadora Jr. on Tuesday. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Hansel M. Marantan installed Ebora in a turnover ceremony in this camp, headquarters of the...
When health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon called for Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto 's resignation, he probably didn 't expect three women leaders from the House of Representatives to give him a dressing-down for his supposedly haphazard remarks. Rebuking and lecturing Leachon on...
Two deputy speakers from the House of Representatives have castigated Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste for making a sweeping allegation against his colleagues on the issue of vote-buying. Deputy Speakers La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay...
Batangas-based solons have banded together to file a resolution formally condemning the supposed "baseless, malicious, and irresponsible" allegations made by Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste against Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto and Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. House...
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – A 23-year-old cadet and daughter of a former soldier from Lipa City, Batangas topped the Philippine Military Academy "Talang Dangal" (Tagapagtanggol ng Lahing Dakila at Marangal) Class of 2026. They were introduced at the Kapihan sa PMA on Wednesday, May 6. There are...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has claimed that he helped clinch the victory of Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto in the 2025 elections, and that the "Star For All Seasons" would have lost without his intervention. It is also because of this that the Rectos feel "threatened"...
LEMERY, Batangas - A 55-year-old hairstylist was arrested for large-scale illegal recruitment in Barangay Sangalang here on Monday, May 4. Police identified the suspect as Roy. He was nabbed by the Mataas Na Kahoy (Batangas) Municipal Police Station and the 1st Batangas Provincial Mobile Force...
Neophyte solon Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste found himself in the proverbial eye of the storm during plenary session Tuesday, May 5 after he irked several of his much older and more seasoned colleagues with his insinuations of impropriety. A quick headcount showed that Leviste...
