3 PhilHealth officials leave House hearing due to health reasons

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 08/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Three officials of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) have left the hearing being conducted in the House of Representatives due to health reasons. During Wednesday’s joint hybrid hearing of the House committees on good…

BREAKING: House approves Bayanihan 2 on final reading

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 08/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act, or the Bayanihan 2, to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to the…

When police officers help others and become builders

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — When people care and work together, they can move mountains or in this case build a house. That is what policemen from Lapu-Lapu City Police Office’s Police Station 2 did and more. The…

Police execs’ Father’s Day gift to abandoned siblings: A house, scholarship

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What better way should Father’s Day be celebrated than at home with your family and children with some cakes and other delicious food for this very special occasion? Apparently, it is not the…

House panel OKs P568-B economic stimulus package

Neil Arwin Mercado 05/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — To cushion the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the House of Representatives’ Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) on Tuesday approved a P568 billion economic stimulus package for 2020 which includes a budget…

Bulacao fire damages 43-year-old house

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A house that was built in 1977 or a 43-year-old house was damaged by the fire that hit Phase 4 of St. Jude, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City, this Saturday afternoon, May 16, 2020.…

Easy, helpful decluttering methods you can try at home

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 04/19/2020

Since Summer is officially here and we’re still advised to stay at home, why not start tidying up? A lot of room transformation videos are going viral these days because there’s simply nothing else to do at…

COVID-19 crisis: House panel backs temporary freedom for ‘qualified’ detainees

Neil Arwin Mercado 04/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A House panel is recommending the temporary release of “qualified” persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to address the congestion in jails and detention facilities amid the COVID-19 threat. The House Committee on Justice submitted…

Four gunmen barge into house in ‘Lacion, kill man

Paul Lauro 03/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four unidentified gunmen barged into a house in Barangay Pulpogan, Consolacion town in northern Cebu at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020, and shot dead a 29-year-old man. Police Major Verniño Noserale,…

Edgar Allan Poe house in Baltimore named literary landmark

01/17/2020

BALTIMORE – A national association representing libraries is honoring the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore. A division of the American Library Association has added the Poe house to its national registry of Literary Landmarks.…

Scenes of fire-hit firecracker storage area in Kinalumsan

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/28/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Philippines —  These are some scenes after a fire hit a house which stores firecrackers in Sitio Kinalumsan, Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City. The past 2 p.m. December 28, 2019 fire damaged other rooms for…

House approves new round of pay hike for gov’t workers

Patricia Ann V. Roxas - Inquirer.net 12/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed on final reading a bill that would increase the salary of government employees starting January 2020 up to 2023. Via nominal voting, 187 lawmakers approved House Bill…

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