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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has a new crime-fighting chief — and the pick comes with an interesting backstory. Newly appointed NBI Director Melvin Matibag was sworn in on Friday after Executive Secretary Ralph Recto conveyed the President's marching orders: make the National Bureau of Investigation a stronger instrument against
Nation
Heads up, Metro Manila and Bulacan residents — Meralco has announced scheduled power interruptions this week due to maintenance works. Multiple areas across Quezon City, Caloocan, Taguig, and several towns in Bulacan will be affected between February 23 and 28. Better charge your phones and prep your flashlights. In Quezon City,
Politics
Senator Erwin Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is scheduled to hold a dialogue with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday — right in the middle of what may be one of the most tense periods in Philippine-China relations in years. The meeting comes as Filipino lawmakers and
Crime
A gruesome discovery has shocked Toledo City, Cebu. Twelve-year-old Crystal Joy Lagaras Abarquez, a Grade 6 student who had been missing for eight days, was found dead — headless and tied to a tree with a shoelace around her neck — in a remote area near the boundary of Barangays Ibo and
Nation
Heads up, Metro Manila and Bulacan residents — Meralco has announced scheduled power interruptions this week due to maintenance works. Multiple areas across Quezon City, Caloocan, Taguig, and several towns in Bulacan will be affected between February 23 and 28. Better charge your phones and prep your flashlights. In Quezon City,
Politics
Senator Erwin Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is scheduled to hold a one-on-one dialogue with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday — right in the middle of what may be one of the most tense periods in Philippine-China relations in years. The meeting comes as Filipino lawmakers
Crime
A gruesome discovery has shocked Toledo City, Cebu. Twelve-year-old Crystal Joy Lagaras Abarquez, a Grade 6 student who had been missing for eight days, was found dead — headless and tied to a tree with a shoelace around her neck — in a remote area near the boundary of Barangays Ibo and
Crime
It's no longer just Sarah Discaya in trouble — her husband, contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II, has now been formally added as a respondent in the ₱96.5-million "ghost" flood control project case in Davao Occidental. The Office of the Ombudsman revealed that the DPWH
Politics
Former President Rodrigo Duterte's defense team has been dealt two significant blows heading into Monday's critical confirmation of charges hearing at the ICC. Pre-Trial Chamber I unanimously denied two separate defense requests — one to compel prosecutors to reveal more information about witnesses, and another to disqualify
Sports
The PBA just got a LOT taller. TNT Tropang 5G have signed 7-foot-3 NBA veteran Bol Bol as their import for the upcoming PBA Season 50 Commissioner's Cup, replacing the injured Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. But before fans start printing championship T-shirts, TNT team manager Jojo "Jolas" Lastimosa
Sports
June Mar Fajardo has been the undisputed king of the PBA for nearly a decade — nine MVPs, 13 Best Player of the Conference awards, and five Finals MVP trophies. But Season 50's Commissioner's Cup is about to test the 6-foot-10 Cebuano giant like never before: there&
Politics
The first presidential preference survey since VP Sara Duterte declared her 2028 bid is out — and she's leading. A Tangere poll conducted February 19-20 shows Duterte at 43 percent, Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo at 27 percent, and Senator Raffy Tulfo at 15 percent. That's a