The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Monday launched and officially started online broadcasts of DOSTv, touted as the “Filipino Weather Channel.” DOSTv will air over the Internet everyday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at http://www.dostv.ph. It can also be accessed at www.dostv.ph/youtube and www.science.ph. The channel will…
A falsification of public documents complaint filed by Lottie Manalo-Hemedez against her brother, Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) executive minister Eduardo Manalo, was dismissed by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office. In an eight-page resolution dated May 6, 2016, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Solivan Usman junked the case for lack of evidence.…
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Thursday killed two of three suspects believed involved in the drug trade during a brief shootout following a drug-bust operation in Quezon City. The suspects are said to be members of the Joselito Gonzales Drug Group. Police identified the slain suspects as Ernesto…
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday issued a resolution after finding incoming President Rodrigo Duterte discriminated against women in violation of Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women in connection with his “joke” about an Australian rape-slay victim. “The CHR, in the dispositive part of the…
A bus driver died after he was ran over by a passenger bus along Regalado Avenue in Quezon City (Metro Manila) on Tuesday morning. Quezon City District Traffic Enforcement Unit (QCDTEU) Chief, Supt. Ritchie Claravall, identified the victim as Arman Saplay of Don Fabian in Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City. Driver…
A man convicted for stealing the identities of Filipino-Chinese senior citizens and defrauding them of millions in insurance claims was arrested by agents of the Quezon City Police at a mall in Cubao, Quezon City (Metro Manila). Ritchie Alvin Lim alias “Wilson Dy” and “Alvin Tan,” also avoided conviction by…
A member of a target-listed drug group in the Cordillera Administrative Region was arrested by operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and local police during a buy-bust operation in Baguio City. PDEA Director General Arturo Cacdac Jr. identified the suspect as Robert Anthony Areola, alias “Negro.” Areola is a…
Real criminals are left unpunished, while poor defenseless Filipinos are bullied. This was how an urban poor group on Saturday reacted to the ‘walk of shame’ forced upon seven people suspected of peddling illegal drugs in Tanauan, Batangas. The group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) said the punishment was unjust…
Religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) on Friday released an advisory warning motorists and commuters to expect heavy traffic along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) due to their worldwide propagation event on Sunday, May 22. The said evangelical mission will start at 8 a.m. at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue,…
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that the intersection of Quezon Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City will be temporarily closed to traffic starting Saturday, May 21 to give way to the construction of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 (MMSS-3) project. In its advisory, the MMDA said…