Philippines

MANILA –  Philippine National athletes on Friday showed their gratitude to the Duterte administration for recovering their full month salary amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial, he will do his best to make Duterte and the country proud and will dedicate it to the Philippines if he wins the gold medal. Marcial is currently in …

METRO MANILA – Malacañang confirmed on Thursday that relief goods are being brought by air and sea to Catanduanes, the island badly hit bay the damaging Super Typhoon Rolly. According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, atleast 35,000 families in Catanduanes have been affected by Typhoon Rolly. Over 7,000 people are in evacuation centers and estimated 45,886 individuals are on the …

METRO MANILA – Filipino tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan has pulled out his bid to acquire Sky Cable Corporation to avoid issued over existing business that overlaps with the cable provider. Pangilinan, in an online briefing today (Thursday) said that they have withdrawn in the bidding process because upon review of the Bayanihan II, The PCC has the power to review …

METRO MANILA – Malacañang expressed willingness to support a senator’s proposal to allocate part of the PHP16.4-billion anti-insurgency fund for the relief and rehabilitation efforts for those people affected by the Super Typhoon Rolly. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, He did not see any inconsistency with the recommendation to realign part of the NTF-ELCAC budget for the typhoon-hit areas. …

METRO MANILA – Kapamilya actress Julia Barretto revealed that she’s in a new relationship. On an Mega Entertainment (November issue), Julia confirmed that she’s inlove however she did not disclose any information as to who is the guy she’s inlove with. Julia said that she learned her lesson on relationship being publicized. View this post on Instagram #JuliaBarretto gets real. …

METRO MANILA – President Duterte said on Monday that expect a lot of dismissals, suspensions as well as prosecutions as swore to o clean up the bureaucracy before the year ends. Duterte, In a government’s typhoon response briefing said that several officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Bureau of Immigration (BI), and the Bureau of Customs (BoC) will …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday responded to criticism over his absence when the  world’s strongest storm this 2020 was hitting parts of the country that left 16 people dead as of the moment. During the situation briefing on the effects of the typhoon in Malacañang, Duterte was in his hometown Davao City for the Undas weekend which …

METRO MANILA – The YouTube channels of ABS-CBN News and ANC were inaccessible as of Tuesday morning, November 3. YouTube users trying to access both channels will be receiving an error message that reads: “Video unavailable. This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.” Other user would be notified that the …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday afternoon will be conducting inspection in the hardest hit areas of Typhoon Rolly in Bicol Region and Calabarzon from the havoc brought upon by the the world’s strongest typhoon this year which killed 16 people and hundreds of thousands evacuated. Typhoon Goni (Local name: Rolly) battered provinces south of the capital Manila on …

METRO MANILA – Typhoon Rolly that battered Bicol and parts of Luzon leaving at least 10 people dead and affecting more than two million Filipinos, the Office of Civil Defense in Region 5 said on Sunday.  Nine were confirmed dead in Albay while one in Catanduanes. Provinces including Masbate, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte has yet to submit their …