PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BoC) seized P72.8 million worth of illegal drugs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, Customs said the 10,706 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as “shabu,” was intercepted in the airport hidden in abandoned inbound luggage. “The items were traced back to a passenger […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reinstate the name of a former congressman, who had been initially excluded from the ballots for the May 2025 national and local elections. Spokesperson Camille Sue Mae L. Ting, in a press briefing in Manila City, said the top […]
PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS A RESOLUTION seeking to expedite the transportation of food and perishable products by allowing delivery trucks to ply the EDSA busway lane at night was filed at the House of Representatives on Monday. Allowing trucks carrying food products to use the EDSA bus lane from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. would provide […]
APOLLO QUIBOLOY at the Senate hearing regarding the accusations against him. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR A PASIG CITY court denied an embattled pastor’s motion to participate in a live television interview as a senatorial candidate. In an order dated Jan. 13, the Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 159 denied Apollo C. Quiboloy’s request to […]
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION FACEBOOK PAGE LOCALIZED languages must be used in disaster awareness mediums like guidebooks to help lessen the impacts of natural calamities, according to the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DoST-PHIVOLCS). PHIVOLCS on Tuesday launched a guidebook to earthquakes in the Ilocano language. “By emphasizing the Ilocano […]
ELSA OLOFSSON-UNSPLASH BAGUIO CITY — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (PDEA-1) and La Union policemen seized 73 kilograms of dried cannabis (marijuana) leaves valued at P8.7 million from an abandoned vehicle by the roadside in Barangay Sasaba, Santol town in La Union on Monday morning. PDEA Region 1 Regional Director Joel B. Plaza named the […]
MIKEY WILLIAMS — PBA FORMER TNT Tropang Giga ace guard Mikey Williams is making a Philippine comeback with Strong Group Athletics (SGA) for the 34th Dubai International Basketball Championship on Jan. 24-Feb. 2. Mr. Williams arrived on Tuesday, geared up for his much-awaited basketball return more than a year since last playing in the PBA […]
PAOLO BORROMEO — FACEBOOK.COM/PHILIPPINESKATING FIGURE SKATER Paolo Borromeo showed his readiness to compete in next month’s Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China after he came through with a solid effort in the Sofia Trophy in Bulgaria recently. The 27-year-old Boca Raton, Florida-born El Dorado Hills, California-based Mr. Borromeo was fifth with a score of 178.14 […]
For a while there, it looked like the Warriors would again be turning back the clock. They certainly hit the ground running, going 12-3 in the first month of the season. And then they folded for one reason or another, their sighting of another Larry O’Brien Trophy — always the ultimate objective in the Stephen […]
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