P1.1-million reward up for arrest of Cavite student’s killer

Delfin Mallari, Dexter Cabalza 04/01/2023

Government officials in Cavite province have offered a P1.1-million reward for anyone who could provide information that would lead to the arrest of the killer of a 22-year-old female student in Dasmariñas City on March 28. Police…

Cop, 2 others stabbed dead during restaurant rumble in Negros Occidental

Carla Gomez 04/01/2023

BACOLOD CITY — A policeman trying to pacify a fight and two civilians were stabbed dead outside a restobar in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia town, Negros Occidental, at around 1 a.m. on Friday. Killed were Corporal Gabby Tamayo…

CHEd eyes revamp of nursing program

Jane Baustista 03/31/2023

To address the lack of nurses in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has proposed a shorter curriculum program, which will allow those who complete one to three years of nursing studies to get “exit…

Priest arrested in Negros Occidental for allegedly raping choir girl

Carla Gomez 03/30/2023

BACOLOD CITY—A Catholic priest is facing charges for allegedly raping a 17-year-old choir girl in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, in 2022. Fr. Conrado Ursua Mantac, 62, did not resist when arrested by the police at Camelot Subdivision…

DepEd: No plan to return to prepandemic school calendar

Jane Bautista 03/30/2023

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, said it currently had no plans to revert the school calendar following a senator’s push to move back the April-May summer break of students. “As mentioned in…

Teves lawyer cries foul over ‘fugitive’ tag

Dexter Cabalza, Marlon Ramos, Tina G. Santos 03/29/2023

The lawyer of Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. called out Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Tuesday for branding his client a “fugitive,” saying this was “premature” and only served to “demonize” the lawmaker. Ferdinand Topacio…

Bashing over James-Issa-Nadine issue causes Yassi anxiety

Allan Policarpio 03/28/2023

As the recent show biz intrigue involving James Reid, Issa Pressman and Nadine Lustre persists on social media, Yassi Pressman couldn’t help but speak up and defend her younger sister from the online vitriol. But in doing…

Tagalog course to be taught at Harvard

Jane Bautista 03/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Harvard University will soon offer a course on Tagalog, the fourth most spoken language in the United States, according to a report in the student paper Harvard Crimson. The university’s Department of South Asian…

Bacolod mayor orders removal of all TV sets from gov’t offices

Carla Gomez 03/27/2023

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines — Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has ordered the removal of all television sets in the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) after a photo showing five employees watching during office hours was…

P19 million seized in Negros Oriental raid now with DOJ

Kaye Brier 03/27/2023

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — Aside from a cache of unlicensed firearms and explosives, agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) also found cash amounting to almost P19 million (not P17 million as earlier…

Cagayan de Oro declares Duterte, Go as ‘adopted sons’

Jigger J. Jerusalem 03/26/2023

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines – For their contributions to the country, specifically to Cagayan de Oro, the city government has declared former President Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go as its “adopted…

66 years after death, Ramon Magsaysay still a yardstick of presidency

Linda Bolido 03/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — In the online knowledge-sharing platform Quora, Filipinos, many of whom probably know only of Ramon Magsaysay from what they read or heard about the seventh president of the Philippines, talk about what could have…

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