Philippines

MANILA – The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene or Quiapo Church will be on lockdown until next week after a priest tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Parish priest Fr. Douglas Badong confirmed that Quaipo Church has been on a lockdown since June 19 after a priest who stayed in the church during the imposed community quarantine …

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) will be allocation P700 million of its budget to provide internet connections to over 7,000 public schools nationwide. The government allocation is in preparation for the country’s shift to the ‘new normal’ as distance learning are becoming more and more common in the coming school year due the coronavirus pandemic. President Duterte, in …

MAKATI CITY – TV host KC Montero and 100 others were arrested in a bar in Makati City Sunday night for allegedly violating community quarantine guidelines against mass gathering. According to the Makati City Police, they conducted a police raid at the 18th-floor roof deck lounge bar Skye Bar in Barangay Salcedo Village on Sunday afternoon. Atleast 100 individuals were …

MANILA – With two Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) exiciting the country, a looming exodus of online casino exits are expected to follow suit as they are facing difficulties securing tax clearance from the government. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Andrea Domingo confirmed that casino operator SunCity Group has ceased their operations here in …

MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo slammed a proposal seeking to change the name of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) amid the country’s fight with the coronavirus pandemic. Calling the move “ill-timed”, she said it would be wrong for the government to make such move while the country was still struggling to deal with the virus. Leni also pointed out …

MANILA – Former Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr. has passed away, his son Sen. Bong Revilla Jr. confirmed on Friday. Bong said that his father “succumbed to heart failure” at 5:20 p.m., Almost two months after the late senator was confined due to difficulty in breathing. Senator Bong broke the news on his Facebook account this afternoon saying that his father …

MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said she has had enough of malicious claims tarnishing her name and would take legal actions on individual spreading false information. While Robredo supports the decriminalization of libel and cyber libel, She now want the people to be accountable of spreading fake news The Vice President claims that “trolls” were behind the …

MANILA – Former Ateneo star Ferdinand “Thirdy” Ravena III is taking his talents to Japan as an Asian import in the Japan Professional Basketball League. The Illongo guard agreed to play as reinforcement and is set to suit up as “Asian Player Quotas” for the San-en NeoPhoenix this season. The “Asian Player Quotas” was launched by the Japanese league to …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has no problem with the provision that would require a 14-day pre-trial detention of suspected terrorists, Malacañang said on Wednesday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said that eventhough the President has yet to read to provision itself, He does not see the detention of terror suspects as a violation of the Constitution. Roque cited that …

MANILA – Philippine’s Budget carrier Cebu Pacific has announced that they will be laying off more than 1,000 employees, in the single biggest retrenchment in the local airline industry as the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the economy. Cebu Pacific communications director Charo Logarta Lagamon in a statement, called the move “rightsizing” …