DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged authorities to practice due process after community doctor Maria Natividad Castro was arrested. "All our citizens, health workers included, enjoy the constitutional guarantees of due process and presumption of innocence until proven guilty," the DOH said in...
Two health workers' groups and batchmates of Dr. Natividad "Naty" Castro called for her release, flagging concerns on the doctor's whereabouts after her arrest. Dr. Naty Castro (Photo courtesy of UP College of Medicine class 1995) Authorities arrested Castro, 53, on Friday, Feb. 18, in her home in...
The Makabayan bloc, particularly Bayan Muna Party-list, wants to conduct a House probe on the "outrageous and highly condemnable" arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) member, Dr. Maria Natividad Castro. (Photo from Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos...
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Saturday, Feb. 19 condemned the arrest of a 53-year-old physician working as a health worker in Mindanao after she was accused of being a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (Photo courtesy of PNP-PIO)...
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and senatorial candidate Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno, head of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) that handles the case of Dr. Ma. Natividad Castro, demanded information on her whereabouts after authorities arrested and detained her...
Photo from PBA Jayson Castro could make his return to international duty while injured RR Pogoy apparently won’t be part of the Gilas Pilipinas pool for this month’s FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The FIBA website listed Castro as one of many players from TNT...
'Newlyweds' Vice Ganda (right) and Ion Perez It seems that the element of surprise has now been moved from Christmas to Valentine's Day. Vice Ganda’s secret wedding with boyfriend Ion Perez at the Little Las Vegas Chapel last October 2021 was finally revealed the day before Valentine's Day in...
But they found a way It's not an easy task to mount a surprise bridal shower, and Glaiza de Castro's family almost pulled one off for the bride-to-be before she flew to the UK to get married last October. Glaiza de Castro still had her intimate bridal shower She revealed some photos and videos of...
Now it can be told. After keeping it secret for the longest time, Glaiza de Castro finally revealed on "Kapuso Me Jessica Soho," Feb. 13, Sunday, that she is actually already married to David Rainey. The wedding happened October 12 last year in Ireland. Apparently, the two exchanged "I dos" in an...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, Jan. 14, hit back at ACT-Teacher's Rep. France Castro, of the Makabayan bloc, for branding the inventory of the unvaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a “witch hunt’’ despite assurances that...
Two senior congressmen aired on Wednesday, Jan. 12 contradicting views to the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro chided DOTR for barring unvaccinated individuals from taking...
Glaiza de Castro (Instagram) Kapuso star Asia's Acting Gem Glaiza De Castro has just arrived from a trip to Europe where she stayed for several months with her boyfriend Irish businessman David Rainey. But what excited her the most was meeting the parents of her boyfriend the first time. During an...