The owner and an employee of a suspected fake occupational therapy clinic in Lucban, Quezon were arrested last Dec. 19 in an entrapment operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). The NBI identified those arrested as Jogie Rada Enal, owner of the Angel Hands Intervention...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has not monitored any serious or credible threat to security ahead of the Christmas Day celebration next week. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said all security measures were already laid out to ensure a peaceful and joyous Christmas celebration for the...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday, Dec. 21 ordered the suspension of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) for 30 days. SMNI/NTC "The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), acting on the House of Representative's Resolution No. 189, entitled 'Resolution...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas The 30-day suspension order slapped against SMNI is part of the process to holding the controversial television network accountable. Thus, said Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas in a statement Thursday...
Senator Imee Marcos questioned the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) move of issuing a show-cause order and a 30-day suspension at the same time against controversial television network SMNI. "Who's afraid of SMNI? Which media entities will remain to uphold the freedom of the press,...
Leonard Grospe delivered the worthiest performance to date in the Philippine National Games after eclipsing the 17-year-old national record in high jump on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the Philsports Track Oval in Pasig City. Leonard Grospe poses with his new national mark in the high jump competition of...
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) is raising P533.1 million from its proposed sixth securitization transaction for its NHMFC Bonds 2023. Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) announced that it has assigned Final Issue Credit Ratings of PRS A plus to the P290.0...
You think crime volume is going up during "ber" months? Well, not anymore according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Citing its data, the PNP has recorded an 18.2 percent decrease in focus crimes across the country from Sept. 1 to Dec. 19 this year, a reverse of the usual perception...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave off both an optimistic and forward--looking vibe after he witnessed firsthand the signing of the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 in Malacañang. ...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) A pro-poor, pro-growth national budget. That's how Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte described the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, which President Marcos signed in...
A South Korean against whom an arrest order had been issued by the Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) in 2012 was finally arrested last Dec. 18 before he could board his flight to Seoul, South Korea. The fugitive was identified by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) as Yoo Hoon, 40. Immigration...
"We are working for the people, not for ourselves." This was the reminder of President Marcos to his fellow government officials as he signed the 2024 national budget, telling them to honor the taxpayers who toiled to make the budget possible. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
