CAMILING, Tarlac — A former rebel voluntarily surrendered to authorities and turned over a firearm at the Second Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) Headquarters in Barangay Malacampa, Camiling, Tarlac, on August 18, 2026. The process was led by the 2nd PMFC of the Tarlac Police Provincial...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan — Former Pangasinan vice governor Oscar B. Lambino has passed away, drawing messages of grief and remembrance from friends, colleagues and members of the community. Current Pangasinan Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino confirmed his uncle’s passing in a Facebook post,...
President Marcos neither confirmed nor denied the revelations made by his son, House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos, about the collapse of the UniTeam alliance, but said his son would not lie. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro...
A dismissed Philippine National Police (PNP) officer was arrested for the fourth time after allegedly stealing a tricycle that served as the sole livelihood of two ailing siblings in Barangay San Isidro, Quezon City, on July 17. The 54-year-old suspect, identified only as alias “Ram,” was...
NARA (Jiji Press) -- As Wednesday (July 8) marked four years since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara, about 1,000 visitors paid their respects to him at a floral tribute stand at the shooting site. The stand was set up in front of Kintetsu...
ILOILO CITY – A probe is underway after a Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group search for a fugitive ex-police officer turned out to be a chaotic raid of a police station in this city on Wednesday, July 1. PNP-IMEG operatives allegedly disarmed police officers and...
OF TREES AND FOREST I have always carried a quiet pride in being a “Batang Tondo.” But beyond that, I was a true “batang kalye”—shaped as much by the streets as by home, spending my childhood days running wild with other Tondo kids, learning life in the open air. I remember a time before...
FINDING ANSWERS The Philippine economy is facing one of its toughest tests in recent years. After several years of recovery from the pandemic, the country is now confronting a different challenge: slowing economic growth at a time when prices remain elevated and unemployment rate is rising. The...
OF TREES AND FOREST I think I was on my way to a meeting—this was a while ago—when I happened to pass by a new sari-sari store being coated with fresh blue paint and bearing the logo of a popular soft-drink maker. Through the open door, I could see a couple of women arranging canned goods with...
FINDING ANSWERS More than anything else, Filipinos are concerned about the rising prices of food and other basic goods. Every trip to the market tells the same story: fewer items, higher prices, tighter choices. Inflation has become an unavoidable reality for many households. This was the backdrop...
The Sandiganbayan’s Special Division has dismissed the remaining claims in a long-running forfeiture case against the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and former first lady Imelda R. Marcos after the government informed the anti-graft court that it would no longer present evidence...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Tuesday, May 26, said the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is preparing what he described as the “grandest case of them all” against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez in connection with an alleged conspiracy involving the national budget. During...
