DepEd: National, regional school activities may resume Feb. 24
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday allowed schools to resume national, regional and off-campus activities again beginning Feb. 24. DepEd earlier postponed events expected to draw thousands of students and off-campus activities such as field or educational trips in a bid to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus disease, now officially […]
Suspect in shooting of vendor arrested in Manila
MANILA, Philippines — Police have arrested the suspect behind the shooting that injured a food vendor in Manila on Wednesday, according to Lt. Col. Ariel Caramoan, chief of Station 5 of the Manila Police District. In a text message to INQUIRER.net on Wednesday identified the suspect as Alexander Ocdamina. ADVERTISEMENT He was arrested in Block […]
Misamis jail execs probing case of dancing naked inmate caught on video
It’s business as usual for inmates at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail in Cagayan de Oro City after the scandal created on social media by a video showing prisoners bullying a naked inmate and forcing him to dance. JIGGER J. JERUSALEM CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Authorities at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail (MOPJ) here […]
Robredo calls for swift gov’t action vs ‘pastillas scheme’
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday called on the government to swiftly act on the so-called pastillas scheme, wherein corrupt airport and immigration personnel receive kickbacks in exchange for the seamless entry of Chinese nationals. “I hope there will be action on this as soon as possible,” Robredo said in Filipino in […]
‘Can we all wake up to this?’ – Gordon on killing of BuCor official
Sen. Richard Gordon (Photo by Cesar Tomambo / Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Richard Gordon lamented the “culture of killing” that allowed the killing of 15 officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) since 2011 — the latest being lawyer Frederic Santos. “This has been going on in our country,” […]
Breaking news and barriers: South Korea’s first female anchor
[embedded content] SEOUL — Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea’s national public broadcaster, KBS. ADVERTISEMENT Five times a week, she is beamed into living rooms across the country leading its “News 9” bulletin, after she broke into a decades-old […]
Bong Go assures 500 Bulacan fire victims of gov’t help
Sen. Bong Go visits fire victims at the village of Antipona in Bocaue, Bulacan to assure the people of government help. CARMELA REYES-ESTROPE BOCAUE, Bulacan–More than 500 informal settlers who lost their houses to a fire at the village of Antipona here last week are assured of government help to rebuild their homes, according to […]
Robredo twits ‘ironic’ OSG bid to gag ABS-CBN amid quo warranto petition
Vice President Leni Robredo. INQUIRER.net file photo / Noy Morcoso MANILA, Philippines — “Very ironic.” This was how Vice President Leni Robredo described Wednesday the move of the Office of the Solicitor General to stop broadcast giant ABS-CBN and its representatives from discussing the quo warranto petition it recently filed against the media network. ADVERTISEMENT […]
Nova Princess Parojinog seeks dismissal of her drugs, firearms cases
Ozamiz Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog (wearing cap) and her brother Reynaldo Parojinog Jr. arrive at the NAIA from Ozamiz City in July 2017. (File photo by MARIANNE BERMUDEZ / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — Lawyers of former Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog has asked Quezon City Regional Trial Courts (QCRTC) to […]
Coronavirus casts shadow on China’s big screen ambitions
Two workers wearing face masks manning a promotional stand for the Disney movie “Mulan” in an almost empty shopping mall in Beijing. Image: AFP/Greg Baker On a Friday night in one of Beijing’s central shopping districts, the popular Megabox cinema is shuttered and empty. Like entertainment venues across the capital, the eight-screen movie theater has […]