Motorcycle mishaps kill 3 minors in Isabela
ROXAS, Isabela – Three students, all minors, died in two separate road accidents on Sunday (Feb. 23) and Monday (Feb. 24) in two Isabela municipalities, police said. At 3:15 p.m. on Monday in this town, 16-year-old motorcycle rider Hanz Charlie Viado and his 16-year-old passenger, Jhonrence Esquivel, both Grade 10 students, were killed when they […]
Student turns over to police gun he found while peeing near road
SULOP, Davao del Sur—-A Grade 11 student of Sulop National High School turned over on Monday (Feb. 24) yet a handgun he found in a grassland at the village of Waterfall here. Capt. Harold Untalan, Sulop police chief, said Aljun Recia, 19, was driving home on his motorcycle when he stopped to pee. ADVERTISEMENT From […]
World’s oldest man, who said secret was smiling, dies at 112
TOKYO — A Japanese man who received his certificate as the world’s oldest man with a raised fist and big smiles earlier this month has died at 112. Guinness World Records had given the certificate to Chitetsu Watanabe on Feb. 12. The organization and the funeral home handling his services confirmed Tuesday he had died […]
Lesson of Edsa? Vigilance vs abuses, ‘authoritarianism’ — Pangilinan
MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan said Saturday that the public should take to heart lessons from the Edsa People Power Revolution by being vigilant against abuses and corruption. “Kapag napuno ang salop, ang mamamayan na mismo ang kikilos kaya dapat tuloy-tuloy ang ating pagbabantay,” Pangilinan told reporters in Naga City when asked about […]
Sotto on concurrent resolution for ABS-CBN: Why place the burden on us?
MANILA, Philippines— The idea of Congress passing a concurrent resolution to allow ABS-CBN to operate even after its franchise expires on May 4 did not sit well with Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. “I’m just wondering why they want a reso from us when in the [previously] expired franchises they never asked for one,” […]
Crackdown on illegal gambling nets 3 playing tong-its with P760 in bets
TACLOBAN CITY—Two village councilors and a government employee had been sent to jail after their arrest by police for alleged illegal gambling in San Jorge town, Samar province on Monday (Feb. 24) yet. Village councilors Isidro Sabas, 50 and Vivian Balisbis, 56 were arrested alongside Gino Vargas, 56, an employee of the municipal government of […]
WATCH: CCTV shows thieves break into marijuana dispensary at 4:20 a.m.
Thieves arrive at a medical marijuana dispensary in Florida, U.S. at exactly 4:20 a.m. Image: screenshot from Facebook/@ClearwaterPolice A group of still-unidentified men broke into two medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida, United States and the second burglary – in perfect coincidence – was committed at 4:20 a.m. The thieves first struck the Trulieve dispensary at […]
De Lima sends names of individuals behind her arrest, detention to US
MANILA, Philippines — Detained administration critic and opposition Senator Leila de Lima has submitted a list of people purportedly behind her arrest to the United States government for a possible travel ban. De Lima’s chief communications officer Ferdie Maglalang said in a phone interview that the senator submitted the list, citing a U.S. Senate Resolution […]
Amid China virus fears, even a haircut is a major operation
A barber wearing a protective face mask cuts a client’s hair near a disinfection notice at a hair salon in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Monday is the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, traditionally an auspicious time when people rush into barbershops to get new haircuts. Getting a fresh […]
Novel coronavirus has infected over 80,000 people worldwide
A woman wearing face mask passes by posters about precautions against new coronavirus at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. China and South Korea on Tuesday reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in North Asia but is causing global worry as clusters grow in […]