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"Yes, we received information that she was from UP (University of the Philippines). I’m just not sure which (campus),” Ito ang naging pahayag ni Batangas Provincial Director Police Sr. Supt. Alden Delvo sa pagkakakilanlan ng isa sa mga nasawi sa hanay ng terroristang New People's Army. Kinilala ang babaeng NPA na si Josephine Santiago Lapira, 22 taong-gulang, taga-Marikina. Kinumpirma na rin ng mga kamag-anak ni Lapira na nag-aral nga ito sa UP Manila. 14 ang nalagas sa panig ng NPA sa naganap na bakbakan kagabi sa Nasugbu, Batangas. Ayon sa mga ulat, lima sa 14 mga namatay na NPA ay mga babae. Samantala, 2 air force officials naman ang nasugatan sa nangyaring engkwentro. Matatandaang labing-apat na mi­yembro ng mga rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA) ang napatay sa dalawang magkasunod na engkuwentro laban sa mga tropa ng pamahalaan sa Nasugbu, Batangas kamakalawa ng gabi. Batay sa report ng Nasugbu police, bandang alas-otso ng gabi, nakatanggap umano ng report ang ...

MAYNILA, Pilipinas  –  Inakusahan ng mga abogado ni Vice President Leni Robredo ng tangkang panlilinlang sa Supreme Court, na nauupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET),  ang kampo ni dating Senador Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos dahil sa pagbibigay ng maling impormasyon. Ayon sa manifestation na inihain sa PET nina Atty. Romulo Macalintal at Atty. Maria Bernadette Sardillo, mga abogado ni Robredo, ilan sa mga pangalang isinumite ng kampo ni Marcos bilang testigo sa electoral protest ay hindi mga rehistradong botante sa mga presinto sa probinsiya sa Mindanao. Ang ilan naman umano ay hindi man lamang mga rehistradong botante noong nakaraang 2016 election. “In his vain attempt to convince the Honorable Tribunal to conduct a technical examination of election documents in the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, and Basilan, Marcos has practically resorted to misleading if not totally deceptive representation,” ani Macalintal. Ayon ba kay Macalinta...

MANILA, Philippines — A state witness has implicated Eldon Cruz, brother-in-law of former President Benigno Aquino III, in a multibillion-peso road right-of-way scam. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II presented state witness Robert Catapang who revealed the evidence linking Cruz to the P8.7 billion road right-of-way scam, according to a report from The STAR. The state witness showed documents which Cruz supposedly signed and was used by syndicates in the scam. According to Catapang, the name of Cruz, husband of Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, was often used by the syndicate responsible for the road right-of-way scam. Queen of all media Kris Aquino on Tuesday took to social media to defend her eldest sister Ballsy Aquino-Cruz after being implicated in a multibillion-peso road right-of-way scam. In a lengthy Instagram post with a photo of quote “she’s a Queen with a little bit of savage,” Kris said Ballsy is her favorite sibling. Kris narrated how she got disowned when she was pre...

New world leader rises: THE SEVEN-DAY TRANSFORMATION OF MAYOR RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President Rody Duterte was standing on a podium fielding questions from reporters shortly after arriving from Vietnam at about 12:30 a.m. Nov. 12 when I nudged Finance Secretary Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez who was seated beside me in the front row and asked: "Did you even believe before that this guy would become President?" "Never!," he said, laughing. Sonny Dominguez, a childhood friend of Rody Duterte, acted as chair of an informal group which initiated the move to convince the then Davao City Mayor to consider running for the Presidency. While the group consisting of now Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Sonny's brother Paul, now Peace Adviser Jess Dureza, now Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, now Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco and a few others minor players including myself was hopeful that he would agree, it was not until he filed his Certificate of Candida...

“And the truth is you do owe this man the fact that you have FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS TODAY.” Ito ang mga sinabi ni Kris Aquino laban sa mga kritiko ng kanyang pamilya. Ayon pa kay Kris, "may bayag" o matapang daw ang tatay niya dahil handa raw itong mamatay para sa bayan. Kung tinatamasa ng mga Filipino ang kalayaan ngayon, ito ay dahil sa ginawang sakri­pisyo ni dating Senador Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr., ayon sa kanyang bunsong anak na si Kris Aquino. Sa Instagram post ni Kris, binanggit nito na ang kanyang ama ay ‘may bayag’ noong isakripisyo ang kanyang buhay para sa kalayaan ng bansa mula sa diktaduryang Marcos. Tinutukoy ng television host at aktres ang pag-uwi ni Ninoy sa bansa noong Agosto 21, 1983 sa kabila ng babala na may mangyayaring masama sa kanya. Binaril si Ninoy sa tarmac ng Manila International Airport (ngayon ay Ninoy Aquino International Airport). Ang kanyang pagkamatay ang naging mitsa ng pagsiklab...

Nagpatawag ng biglaang press conference ang Department of Justice sa pangunguna ni Sec. Aguirre patungkol umano ito sa maanumalyang right of way project sa ilalim ng Aquino Administration. Ayon kay Sec. of Justice Vitaliano Aguirre, sangkot ang ilan sa matataas na opisyal ng administrasyong Aquino sa maanumalyang proyekto. Aabot anya sa 8.7 Bilyong pesos ang halaga ng nakulimbat sa right of way scam sa General Santos City. Kabilang di umano sa mga sangkot dito ay sina dating Public Work Secretary Rogelio Singson at dating Budget Secretary Florencio Butch Abad. Sinabi ni Aguire na hawak na ngayon ng NBI ang sworn affidavit ng testigo na sinasabing kabilang din sa sindikato. "In the documents submitted to the NBI and on the sinumpaang salaysay of our witness, some of the high ranking officials of the previews administration may have potential liabilities like DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson who apparently approved and requested the list of payment for fake road right of wa...

Tinatawag nang susunod na Bise Presidente ng bansa si dating senador Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. sa mga dinadaluhan nitong pagtitipon kahit saang lugar. Ikinakatuwa naman ito ng anak ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at ramdam na ramdam na siya ang ikalawang pinakamataas na pinuno ng bansa kasunod ni Pa­ngulong Rodrigo Duterte. Tulad na lamang ng nangyari sa isang pagtitipon sa Manila Yacht Club noong Nobyembre 10, 2017, ipinakilala si ­Marcos na susunod na vice president ng bansa. Isang malaking tarpaulin ang binalandra sa event na may pangalan ni Bongbong Marcos bilang Vice President of the Phi­lippines (to be). Nabatid na kinuhang tagapagsalita si Marcos sa commencement exercises ng New Veshua Change Agent. May nakabinbin na election protest si Marcos laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Tinanggihan nito ang alok na maging kalihim ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) dahil sa pag-­aabang sa kalalaba...

Trillanes: Sinabi ni Trillanes na wala talagang kakayahan si ang dating Davao City mayor Duterte na pamunuan ang bansa. “It's very encouraging to know that the Filipino people are beginning to see the light. They are now seeing Duterte for who he really is: a lying, rude, amoral, corrupt and oppressive former mayor who is totally incompetent about governance at the national level,” pahayag ng senador. Delima:                                                                                                                       "There must be so much Fentanyl in Mr. Duterte’s brain, for him to have the gall to boast of the testimonies of their witnesses who are convicted drug lords, and ...

Another dream was burnt into ashes by an illegal drug user. Netizens were alarmed because of the increasing rape-slay cases after the Oplan Tokhang by the Philippine National Police was suspended by the President. Last week, another innocent 19 year old was victimized, allegedly raped and stabbed until death by an illegal drug user. The victim was identified as Bheanca Anne M. Punzalan, 19, a boutique staff from Lucena City. According to the report of PTV News, Bheanca decided to work and earn money because her parents cannot afford her studies to become a police officer. But her dream to become a police was brutally ended by a drug addict that already stalking the victim since November 7. The rape-slay happened after the suspect saw that the victim was already alone at the botique, he only spent six minutes just to do the crime. Bheanca’s bloody body was discovered inside the botique where she worked, the authorities found multiple stab wounds and a knife was even left embedded in h...

Manila, Philippines – Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang proclamation 360 na nagdedeklara ng terminasyon ng peace talks sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Tama ang nabasa niyo! Pirmado na po ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagpapatigil sa usaping pangkapayapaan sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng mga rebeldeng komunistang Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines(CPP/NPA/NDF). Ito ay dahil sa kawalan ng sinseridad ng mga rebelde. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, inatasan na ng pangulo ang Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) at ang panel for peace talks ng pamahalaan na kanselahin na ang lahat ng mga nakatakdang pakikipagpulong sa NDF-CPP-NPA. Giit ni Roque, ginawa na ng pamahalaan ang lahat para sa pagsusulong ng kapayapaan pero patuloy pa rin sila sa panggugulo at paggawa ng karahasan. “While we agreed to r...

Sinabi ni Robredo na isang “mabuting hakbang” ang pahayag ng Pangulo “upang mapawi ang anumang takot at pag-aalala ng taumbayan na tayo ay mapapasai­lalim muli sa isang diktadurya”. Umaasa si Vice President Leni Robredo na matitigil na ang pagpapalutang ng posibilidad na magtatag ng isang revolutionary government sa Pilipinas at Martial Law matapos sabihin ni Pa­ngulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi niya gagawin ito. “Umaasa tayo na matatapos din dito ang mga pahayag at panukala na kumakalat sa tradisyunal at social media na isantabi ang Saligang Batas, at bigyang-daan ang isang rebolusyonar­yong pamahalaan,” ani Robredo. “Malinaw ang mensahe ng Pangulo para [sa] sambayanang Pilipino – patuloy naming paninindigan at ipagtatanggol ang aming sinumpaang tungkulin, ang Saligang Batas, at ang ating demokrasya,” dagdag pa niya. Kaugnay dito, idiniin ni Robredo na tungkulin nilang mga halal na opisyal na ipagtanggol at sundin ang Saligang Batas. “Ang karapatang mamuno at mamahala ay...

Ibinasura ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang kasong kriminal na isinampa laban kay da­ting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon at 11 pang opisyal ng kagawaran kaugnay sa P6.4 bilyong shabu shipment mula China. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, dinismis ng prosecution panel na pinamumunuan ni Assistant State Prosecutor Aristotle Reyes ang kasong isinampa ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dahil sa kawalan ng ‘probable cause.’ Kabilang sa mga kasong ibinasura ang conspiracy to import illegal drugs and protecting or coddling of drug traffickers sa ilalim ng Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act), negligence and tolerance sa ilalim ng Article 208 ng Revised Penal Code, at corrupt practices of public officers sa ilalim ng Section 3 of R.A. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act). Ginamit ng DOJ na basehan sa pagbasura ng kaso ang pagkabigo na linawin ang ‘omission’ na umano’y ginawa ng mga kinasuhan. “Further, the evidenc...

MANILA, Philippines — Tuluyan ng kinansela ng gobyernong Duterte ang peace talks nito sa lahat ng sangay ng Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s-Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Inanunsiyo kahapon ni Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza na isinasara na ng gobyerno ang usapang pangkapayapaan sa communist movement gaya ng kautusan ni Pa­ngulong Duterte. “We are hereby announcing today the cancellation of all planned meetings with the CPP/NPA/NDF in line with President Duterte’s directive that there will be no more peace talks with them. Recent tragic and violent incidents all over the country committed by the communist rebels left the President with no other choice but to arrive at this decision. We take guidance from the President’s recent announcements and declarations,” pahayag ni Dureza. Wala na ring ipatutupad na ceasefire sa kapaskuhan habang tuloy ang opensiba laban sa mga rebeldeng komunista. Ang unilateral ceasefire ay inoobserbahan ng tropa...

Kasong plunder ang ikinasa kahapon ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) laban sa mga miyembro ng gabinete ni dating Pangulong Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III na may kinalaman sa maanomalyang maintenance contract sa Busan Joint Venture na ugat ng palpak na serbisyo ng MRT-3 ngayon. Sa charge sheet na isinampa sa Office of the Ombudsman sa pamamagitan ni DOTr undersecretary for legal affairs and procurement, Reinier Yebra.  Nangunguna sa sinampahan ng plunder complaint sina dating Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya at dating Interior and Local Go­vernment Secretary Mar Roxas. Si Roxas ay nagsilbi ring kalihim ng DOTC bago si Abaya. Bukod kay Abaya at Roxas, kasama sa inireklamo sina dating Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, dating Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima, da­ting Energy Sec. Jericho Petilla, dating Science and Technology chief Mario Montejo, dating Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin, dating Public Works and Highways Sec....

Tapos na ang maliligayang araw ng dalawang dambuhalang telecommunications company na kumokontrol sa mabagal na internet service sa bansa matapos buksan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa China ang pag-operate ng ikatlong telco sa Pilipinas. Sinabi kahapon ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na kasunod ito ng nilagdaang proyekto ng Pilipinas at China na “Luzon Bypass” ng Pacific Light Cable Network, isang affiliate ng Facebook, na magbibigay ng bandwidth na two terabits per second. “President Duterte offered to the People’s Republic of China the privilege to operate the third telecom’s carrier in the country. This comes after the Philippine government signed with an affiliate of Facebook a project entitled the ‘Luzon Bypass’ of the Pacific Light Cable Network which will provide bandwidth of two terabits per second. These two terabits is equivalent to the current capacity of the duopoly operators today,” pahayag ni Roque. Ang tinutukoy ni Roque na “duopoly” sa internet service ay...

Ayon sa mga reliable source sa staff ng mga kongresista, “formality” na lang ang impeachment hearing at walang ibang pakay kundi ang siraan at hiyain si Sereno. Bago pa man nagsimula ang impeachment hearing sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso para sa pagpapatalsik kay Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno ay nakalatag na diumano ang gagawin ng mga kongresista. Pinadalhan umano lahat ng mga pro-administration na kongresista ng outline o script kung paano isasagawa ang impeachment hearing. Una, hindi bibigyan si Sereno ng karapatang ipagtanggol ang kanyang sarili. Hindi rin papayagan si Sereno na magsama ng abogado upang magpayo sa kanya, at hindi rin siya hahayaang mag-cross examine sa mga tetestigo laban sa kanya. Dagdag pa ng isa sa tatlong source, ang unang tetestigo laban kay Sereno ay isang psychologist na isisiwalat ang psychological profile ng Punong Mahistrado. Papalabasin diumano na may diperensiya sa pag-iisip si Sereno. Kasunod nito ay isang da...

MANILA, Philippines - About 7,000 undocumented Filipinos in Sabah are set to be deported, President Duterte said yesterday after returning from a two-day visit in Malaysia. Duterte said he discussed the matter with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. “It’s okay with them. I said, no clemency, except give us time,” he said.  Duterte also said he wants to address the bigger problem: Filipinos in Malaysia do not have proper education.  X “We cannot expect Malaysia to absorb them because hindi sila citizens. They should be… learning our history, not the history of another country,” he explained.  Duterte is also mobilizing a team to determine the needs of Filipinos in Sabah and to seek the intervention of a third party organization like the World Health Organization to provide medical assistance to undocumented Filipinos.  He wants medical personnel deployed in Sabah to provide medical help to those who need treatment. Most of the F...

Hindi na nakapag­timpi at tuluyan nang sumabog ang matagal nang kinikimkim na sama ng loob ni Cagayan Go­vernor Manuel Mamba laban kay dating Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas at asawa nitong si broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez dahil sa umano’y pagtraydor sa kanya noong nakaraang eleksyon. Inamin ni Mamba na hanggang ngayon ay nakatanim sa kanyang dibdib ang sama ng loob sa mag-asawa dahil sa pagtarak umano sa kanyang likod para lang maisulong ang pulitikal na interes ng mga ito. Mahigit isang taon na aniya ang lumipas pero hindi pa rin siya maka-move on sa katrayduran ng mag-asawang Roxas dahil lagi umano niyang naaalala ang ginawang pakikipag-usap nina ­Korina at Quezon City 6th District Rep. Kit Belmonte, na kapwa kasamahan noon sa Li­beral Party (LP), sa mga kalaban niyang kandidato sa pagka-gobernador. “Alam n’yo ba ‘yung nangyari sa akin noong election, kung paano ako tinraydor. Ako, you treat me the way I should treat y...

MANILA, Philippines — Phenomenal love team “AlDub,” composed of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, is getting out of its comfort zone through its new movie, which this time, is an action flick. “We’re really preparing for the movie na gagawin po namin this year. It’s really different from what we’ve done. Hindi na s'ya rom-com. It involves a lot of action kasi ayun po yung napagisipan ng creatives and producers. It is an action love story,” Alden told in an interview. X Alden admitted that it is a challenging movie because it is new to them. “It is a new challenge for us kasi we’ve been used to rom-coms. We already did drama dun sa ‘Destined To Be Yours.' Ito yung isang side ng craft na hindi pa namin na-explore together.” The movie, which is planned to be released later this year or early next year, will be shot here in the Philippines unlike their last movie, “Imagine You & Me,” which was shot in Italy. “The film will be shot here in the Ph...

On tuesday, Duterte made a strong comment and rejected the donation of Europian Union "Forget it.  We will survive, even if we have to eat dried fish and rice we will survive", Duterte said after asked if he talked to EU President Donald Tusk According to the reports, the EU is supposedly to donate P6 billion aid to Marawi residents who are affected from the war against the Maute Group He still persistent in rejecting the aid from EU, Keep your money. Do not Meddle with the sovereignty of my country. Do not impose conditions We are not rich, we are poor. But we do not bargain dignity by accepting money with conditionals that are not really acceptable to us.  However, months ago President Rodrigo Duterte has told the United States and the European Union to "go ahead" and withdraw financial aid to the Philippines if they're unhappy with his bloody anti-drug war. This is also one of the issues confronting before. President Duterte told "Go aw...

Ang pagkain ng gulay ang isa sa mga sikreto ng malusog at mahabang buhay.Marami tayong gulay sa bansa na hindi mo aakalain na napakarami palang benepisyo ang hatid sa pang-araw-araw nating pamumuhay. Ito yung mga gulay na bukod sa masarap na ilutong ulam ay mabisa rin pala bilang halamang gamot sa iba’t ibang uri ng sakit.Isa sa mga iniisnab na gulay, lalo na ng mga milennials ay ang okra. Mayroon itong scientific name na abelmoschus esculentus at lady’s finger naman sa Ingles.Karaniwan itong ginagamit na sangkap sa ilang mga lutuin. Ang bunga nito na siyang ginagamit na panggulay ay pahaba, patulis at puno ng bilog-bilog na mga buto at may malapot at madulas na katas.Ang puno naman nito ay may katamtamang taas, may bulaklak na madilaw at karaniwang itninatanim sa mga taniman para sa bunga na ginugulay.Small but terrible talaga ang gulay na ito dahil ang iba’t ibang bahagi ng halamang okra ay maaaring makuhanan ng maraming uri ng kemikal at sustansya na maaaring may benepisyo sa k...