LONDON: It was love at first sight for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who both quickly sensed their brief encounter on a blind date could blossom into something much, much bigger. They were set up by a mutual friend when US actress Markle was passing through London in July 2016,…

POLICE Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday formally assumed his new position as the new Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief during the turnover ceremony at the Camp Crame national headquarters in Quezon City. Albayalde succeeded retired PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” De la Rosa, who was the commander of 185,000-strong police force for…

TRANSPORT network company (TNC) Grab Philippines warned that its drivers may leave or be forced to reduce the number of vehicles serving riders if it would comply with the order of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to stop imposing the P2 per minute travel charge as it…

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte may not issue an executive order (EO) banning “endo” or contractualization after all and will leave the matter to Congress, Malacanang said on Thursday. The Palace statement comes a few days after Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that the President would sign an EO addressing “endo” on…

CHIEF Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, the outgoing Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, is planning to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs in Region IV-A where he has been assigned. “We will focus on the high-value targets on illegal drugs and internal cleansing when I take over,” Eleazar told The Manila Times.…

SENATE Majority Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd is pushing for the creation of an executive body that will focus on the prosecution of suspected drug personalities and other criminals who have been arrested, citing the high dismissal rate on cases, especially on illegal drugs. Sotto filed Senate Resolution 702 urging President…

THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ordered Grab Philippines to suspend charging P2 per minute of travel to its passengers effective immediately. “Further to the Order issued by the Board on 17 April 2018 pending extensive review and resolution on the issue of the respondent’s travel time charge…

EUGENIO “Gabby” Lopez 3rd has stepped down as chairman of the board of Lopez-led media giant ABS-CBN Corporation. At the group’s annual stockholders’ meeting on Thursday, Lopez announced his move to retire, more than two decades after assuming the position in 1997. “As every athlete knows, there comes a time when…

SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel 4th on Thursday said singer-composer Freddie Aguilar was “being considered” as part of the senatorial slate of the PDP-Laban (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan) for the 2019 mid-term elections. Pimentel said, however, that the PDP-Laban has yet to decide whether to include Aguilar. “There’s no final list yet.…

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) director for operations is the new head of National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), incoming PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde announced Thursday night. In a television interview, Albayalde said that Police Director Camilo Cascolan would succeed him. “First of all, he’s qualified for the position and his performance…