Tobacco industry wants only 2-centavo price hike in cigarette tax stamp
MANILA, Philippines -- Tobacco industry players are seeking a "reasonable" 2-centavo (P0.02) increase in the price of new cigarette tax stamps after the state-run printer APO Production Unit Inc....
View ArticleHong Kong logs 7 new coronavirus cases, all imported, including 1 from...
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, all of which were imported, pushing the city's infection tally to 11,508. The seven new cases included five from India and one each...
View ArticleRobredo says LGUs need aid from national gov’t in COVID-19 fight
MANILA, Philippines --- Vice President Leni Robredo defended local government units (LGUs) that are grappling with the current COVID-19 surge, saying that while they are competent, they also need...
View ArticleBeauty Gonzalez speaks up on husband’s battle with COVID-19
Actress Beauty Gonzalez spoke up about the trials that she and her husband, businessman and art curator Norman Crisologo, went through after he got sick with COVID-19. Her husband triumphantly battled...
View ArticleEx-President Estrada moved to ICU but stable, family confirms
MANILA, Philippines --- Former president and Manila mayor Joseph "Erap" Estrada was moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) for closer observation but remains in stable condition, his family confirmed...
View ArticleNortheasterly winds to bring rains over eastern PH
MANILA, Philippines --- The eastern side of the country may experience light rains due to the northeasterly winds, but state meteorologists said that the hot weather will persist in other areas as...
View ArticleArmy exhumes remains of NPA commander in Carigara, Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY- The remains of an alleged high-ranking member of the New People's Army (NPA) were retrieved by government troopers in a remote village in Carigara town, Leyte last Saturday, April 3....
View ArticleTagbilaran City shuts beaches to prevent spread of COVID-19
TAGBILARAN CITY -- To prevent the spread of COVID-19, beaches in this city were shut on Easter Sunday. In its memorandum, the Tagbilaran Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
View ArticleArmy condemns NPA ambush in NegOcc that left 2 soldiers dead
BACOLOD CITY -- Government troopers condemned the killing of two soldiers in an ambush in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-yao, Cauayan town, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 3. "They died as...
View ArticleLuis Manzano, Jessy Mendiola tie the knot
MANILA, Philippines --- Celebrity couple Luis Manzano and Jessy Mendiola have tied the knot, photos on the latter's Instagram showed. In a series of posts made by Mendiola on Sunday, she implied that...
View ArticleLeukaemia survivor Ikee defies odds by securing Olympics berth
Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee defied the odds and secured an Olympics berth after the leukaemia survivor won the women's 100-metre butterfly at the national championships on Sunday, less than...
View ArticleP1K cash aid not enough for 2-week ECQ — Bayan Muna
MANILA, Philippines --- The government's P1,000 cash aid is not be enough to buy food and other essential items during a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). This was according to the...
View Article9 questioned on suspicion of using fake docs for COVID-19 vaccination in Manila
MANILA, Philippines --- Nine individuals --- six of them Chinese and three Filipinos --- were held for questioning on Sunday on suspicion of using fake medical certificates in an effort to get...
View ArticleGMA 7 launches new digital movie channel
GMA Network launched a new digital channel, which aims to provide Filipino viewers a new content platform, especially now that many people are staying at home due to the pandemic. Called I Heart...
View ArticleAwards and award-giving bodies
Winning is good promotion. To many, an award is an award, and trophies are symbols of prestige, and of society's respect, regardless of the name and fame of the film award-giving body that confers...
View ArticleSheryn Regis launches her first original song after 10 years of absence from PH
Singer Sheryn Regis, who took a break from performing and relocated to the United States to take care of her family, said she returned to finally focus on her craft now that her only child has turned...
View ArticleSam Verzosa III and the new era of high fashion streetwear
MANILA, Philippines --- One of the biggest breakthroughs in the streetwear fashion scene over the last couple of years all came from a humble passion project of one person carving his own legacy, and...
View ArticleNavotas has new ordinances penalizing violators of COVID-19 health protocols
MANILA, Philippines --- The Navotas City Council has passed additional ordinances that will penalize violators of COVID-19 protocols, according to a statement issued by the city government on Sunday....
View ArticleDILG exec’s ‘lugaw’ remark a reminder to base hiring on capability not...
MANILA, Philippines --- Vice President Leni Robredo thinks that the attempt of an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to drag her into a recent controversy --- about...
View ArticleSharp Petecio, Paalam drub Thai foes
Olympic-bound Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam have not lost their spunk despite the lack of international sparring for more than a year. Petecio, the women's featherweight world champion, was the...
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