MANCHESTER (AFP) -- Premier League leader Liverpool stepped up its title bid with a 4-1 rout of Chelsea, while Erling Haaland made his Manchester City comeback as the champions beat Burnley, 3-1, on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Liverpool's Portuguese striker Diogo Jota (right) celebrates after scoring his...
DAVAO CITY – Thousands of people gathered here on January 28 to express support for the Duterte family and oppose the People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the Constitution. PEOPLE attend a peace rally at San Pedro Square in Davao City on Sunday evening, January 28, opposing People’s...
DAVAO CITY – The P23-billion bridge project connecting this city and the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) is proceeding as planned. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) denied the statement of the National Economic and Development Authority-11 which said the...
Mayors from Metro Manila are now in Los Angeles, California for a study tour facilitated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, in a Facebook post on Jan. 31, said they visited the Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center where they were given a...
Senators on Wednesday, January 31 renewed the push for the creation of a special economic zone in the province of Bulacan. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he believes the creation of the Bualacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (BACSEZFA) would entice...
A total of 10,273 students from public elementary schools received their scholarship allowance from the Muntinlupa City government. The Muntinlupa Scholarship Division (MSD) of the city government distributed the first tranche of educational assistance amounting P2,500 to each student in...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A 48-year-old mechanic died after he was crushed by the crop shear machine of a steel manufacturing company in Barangay Tubigan here on Tuesday afternoon, January 30. Police said the victim, Dionel Atienza, of Barangay Canlalay, this city, had just finished repairing...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has committed to give P20 million for this city. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. and Bacolod City officials headed by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez lead the payout of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
BACOLOD CITY – Two women on their way to attend the 50th Dinagsa Festival in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental were killed after their motorcycle hit a center island on the access road in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, on Sunday, January 28. RESCUERS assist two women who figured in a motorcycle...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte appeared anew here on Tuesday night, January 30, and explained his past use of a potent drug against pain. DUTERTE (center). (Keith Bacongco) Duterte, accompanied by some former city officials, told the media that he took fentanyl in the past to...
The Korean Embassy in the Philippines will start trial operations for the submission of Korean tourist visa applications by mail. According to the embassy, the trial operation period will be from Feb. 1 to April 30 for “C-3-9 tourist visa application of Filipino nationals” and will cover...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte appeared anew here on Tuesday night, January 30, and dared President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to take a drug test. DUTERTE (Keith Bacongco) Duterte explained why he has been taking fentanyl. He said that he was prescribed a fentanyl patch eight...
