PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid I do hope that the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) reverses its decision regarding the five books, the publication and distribution of which it had stopped. As its memorandum signed by Carmelita C. Abdurahman, KWF’s commissioner for Programs and Projects,...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here filed, Friday, August 5, another graft case against officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (BCDEO-DPWH) due to alleged irregularities in the construction of a secondary school building...
Individuals who are exhibiting monkeypox symptoms such as rash or one or more acute skin lesions were told to seek immediate medical attention. Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) President Dr. Rene De Grano urged individuals presenting monkeypox symptoms to seek immediate...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police have considered two recent high-profile crimes in this city in which two people were killed as case cleared. Lawmen said Wednesday, July 27, that the case of 24-year-old Cris Semaña, the delivery rider who was stabbed to death July 17 on Coastal Road, Barangay...
BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (center), Marieta Alvarez, officer-in-charge, City Market Division (right), and Police Col. Glenn Lonogan, city police director, show a copy of the complaint they filed before the Baguio City Prosecutor’s Office against five employees of the Baguio Treasurer's...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policeman with a pending drug case was gunned down by three unidentified gunmen in a coffee shop in Purok 2, Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental Friday, July 22. A POLICEMAN secures the coffee shop in Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental where a former...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Vice Mayor Matthew Nolasco here and three others have been charged with murder in connection with the killing of a businessman last December. Information gathered from the Cagayan Provincial Information Office stated that Nolasco and companions Joles Salvatierra, Jofel Alipio,...
DAVAO CITY – Police filed Monday, July 4, murder charges against a doctor who allegedly shot and killed a student during a heated altercation in a bar here Saturday, July 2. Police Col. Albert Lupaz, director of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), said in an interview in his office Monday that...
CEBU CITY – A teenage model in Cebu accused her former manager and an events organizer of sexually abusing her. “Hannah” (not her real name) on Wednesday, June 29 filed charges against the two suspects for violation of Section 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10364 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking...
Embattled Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, 31, former member of K-pop boy band EXO, has been put on trial for rape and leading a crowd to engage in promiscuous activities in Beijing, China. The Beijing Chaoyang People's Court announced on June 10 that “defendant Wu Yifan’s rape, gathering for...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the country has already been able to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus since the...
