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DAVAO-SAMAL BRIDGE. Preparations for the engineering works of the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) bridge are ongoing as of May 13, 2024. A temporary bridge intended for equipment and crane trucks is also being constructed. (PNA photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.) DAVAO CITY – The PHP23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project …

This photo shows the facade of the Supreme Court in Padre Faura St. in Manila. (Philstar.com / Erwin Cagadas)  MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has granted the request of the Department of Justice to transfer the child and sexual abuse cases of fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy. In …

Stricter screening at ports of entry ordered The Department of Health – Bureau of Quarantine is now on a “heightened alert” for the new COVID-19 “FLiRT” variants. In a memorandum, Director Ferdinand Salcedo directed all BOQ stations and other concerned agencies to “conduct thorough screening at points of entry for …

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on May 20, 2024. (STAR / Jesse Bustos)  MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero has categorically denied that the investigation on the so-called Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) leaks, linking President Marcos to illegal drug use, triggered the ouster of Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri …

(PNA photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the preventive suspension of a judge and a court official implicated in a bribery scandal last week. In a resolution, the SC En Banc initiated administrative proceedings against Judge Alberto Cansino and Officer-in-Charge/Acting Branch Clerk (OIC-BCC) of …

The Department of Finance (DOF) has projected that the average yearly income of Filipinos is on track to almost double in the next six years to around P378,000, propelled by the expanding middle class. Currently, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto revealed that the average income per person in the Philippines …

This photo shows a picture of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas./Photo from BusinessWorld  MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that its Monetary Board (MB) has not affected its operations amid reported “ghost employees,” which allegedly involved two members of MB. In a press release on Tuesday, the …

DEADLY ATTACKS. A relative of Palestinians, killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah, mourn as the bodies are brought to Tel Al-Sultan health centre in Rafah, Gaza on Monday (May 27, 2024). UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced Israel’s deadly airstrike on a camp being used by displaced people in the southern …

Families who survived a deadly Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in southern Gaza described a horrific scene of scorched tents and burning bodies on Sunday. ‘No matter where we go, we will die here,’ Palestinian woman says. International outcry after Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Rafah An Israeli airstrike …

Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide in Papua New Guinea by the government on Tuesday, after parts of a mountain collapsed, burying an initial estimate of more than 2,000 people. Military has set up checkpoints and is helping move residents to evacuation …