Category: General

BUTUAN CITY – Eight passengers were rescued after their pump boat began sinking off the coast of Surigao City on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard in Surigao del Norte (PCG-SDN) said. In a statement Thursday, the PCG-SDN said the pump boat, MBCA Enossian, left Barangay San Juan in Surigao City at around 6 a.m. en route to Basilisa town in the Dinagat Islands. However, by 7 a.m., the boat encountered massive waves between Basul and Hikdop Islands, causing it to capsize. One of the passengers, Uanice Cacao Dipon, streamed the incident live on Facebook, calling for help. The passengers clung

MANILA – Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco said the government has no plans to revive online sabong (cockfighting) operations. “I want to make this clear, and ulitin ko po ito. Wala pong marching orders ang Pangulo, Pangulong Bongbong Marcos, sa pagre-reopen ng e-sabong. (I want to make this clear, and I will repeat it. The President, President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, has no marching orders for the reopening of e-sabong),” Tengco told reporters in an interview on Tuesday. “There is no such thing. People have been going around, definitely, e-sabong is not on the horizon

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday denied fake news circulating on social media about the supposed departure of Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. from the Department of Defense, saying ‘desperate’ individuals are trying too hard to sow discord and division in the country. In a media interview in Navotas City, Marcos laughed off the report being peddled online and warned the public not to fall for such misinformation attempts. ‘Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake news ‘yan,’ Marcos stressed. ‘Ang lumalabas lang niyan itong mga desperado, nag-iimbento na lang ng istorya para gumawa lang ng gulo. Wala naman

KOTA KINABALU, A total of 11 demands under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) negotiation platform have been successfully resolved, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said seven demands were settled under the administration of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, including the designation of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Sabah and Sarawak as a Technical Department; the handover of regulatory power over gas supply; and amendments to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) Act 1995 [Act 533] to appoint representatives from the Sabah and Sarawak state governments as permanent members of the IRB. Fadillah, who is also

JERTIH, The Ministry of Finance will hand over 25 small boats to 10 villages in Hulu Besut here as part of preparations for the upcoming Northeast Monsoon floods. Deputy secretary-general of Treasury (Management) Ramzi Mansor said that the boats, valued at a total of RM200,000, would expedite the evacuation of residents in flood-affected areas. ‘It is hoped that these boats, which can accommodate up to six people, will be used effectively during the flood season. This is part of the MADANI Government’s efforts to provide direct services to the people,’ he told reporters after handing over the boats at Desa