GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Pinay boxer Nesthy Petecio is mourning the death of her former teammate. Alexcel Dargantes from Barangay Bula, GenSan, was returned to the city yesterday after allegedly committing suicide in Baguio City. According to Petecio, she met Dargantes in 2013 when she joined the training until she became close friends. Just this…
MANILA – Health Sec. Francisco Duque III that the detected mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Central Visayas will not affect the possibility of easing quarantine measures in Metro Manila. “It will not affect it because NCR is (a) different region,” Duque said in a press briefing. On Thursday, the Department of Health Regional Office…
Typhoon Auring has intensified in recent hours. According to Pagasa severe weather bulletin # 3 this afternoon, from the tropical depression, this category has become a tropical storm category. The epicenter was reported 685 km southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. It is moving slowly as it heads in a northwest direction. It has a…
Malacañang stressed that President Rodrigo Duterte not only read the Constitution but studied and memorized it because he was a lawyer and passed the Bar examination where the Constitution was included in the subject area. This is Malacañang’s response to the statement made by Sen. Ping Lacson that President Duterte should read the 1987 Constitution…
This is a notice of slightly increased seismic activity and Main Crater Lake changes at Taal Volcano. Taal Volcano’s monitoring network recorded a series of fifty (50) relatively weak tremor episodes beginning 5:00 AM until 3:00 PM today, 15 February 2021. These tremor episodes ranged in duration from two (2) to five (5) minutes and…
The Supreme Court (SC), which stands for Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), rejected the poll protest of former Sen. Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. SC Spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said the magistrates ‘decision in Marcos’ protest against the vice president was unanimous. 15 magistrates were present at today’s en banc session and seven fully…
MANILA – Robredo’s spokesperson believes that the VP will remain focused on work, despite the continued pressure on her by President Rodrigo Duterte. “I do not think his attitude will change in this matter,” Vice Presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said in an interview with Viva Filipinas. This statement by Robredo’s camp is in response to…
Claudine Barretto shared on the YouTube channel of her friend Janelle Jamer that she is still affected by the death of Rico Yan. Actor Claudine’s ex-boyfriend died in 2002 due to acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis “Mahal ko pa rin siya. Hindi nawawala ‘yon. I think hindi nawawala ‘yung love kapag namatay na ‘yung tao. Kahit hindi…
Dingdong Dantes was even more impressed with the riders yesterday after his six deliveries – order flowers at Flora Vida by Marian and some products endorsed by the actor. “I finished 6 deliveries this Valentine’s Day. But on an average, delivery riders accomplish around 8-10 transactions on good days like this one. “I started at…
MANILA – The government is set to issue new guidelines to guide allowed cinemas to operate in the middle of the pandemic. This was confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH) after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) allowed the opening of some establishments such as cinemas. “One of the safeguards was the upcoming guidelines which…
