MANILA, Philippines – The continued unavailability of generating units of several major coal-fired power plants placed anew the Visayas grid under yellow alert status on Wednesday, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, in an advisory, said the grid’s available capacity is around 2,552 megawatts (MW) while peak demand is

MANILA, Philippines — The bid of Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez to lift the precautionary hold departure order (PHDO) against him was denied by the Sandiganbayan. In a resolution dated June 1 but made public on Wednesday, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division denied Romualdez’s motion for reconsideration of the court-issued PHDO against him. The Sandiganbayan issued a

MANILA, Philippines — Former Taguig City Mayor Lino Cayetano, younger brother of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Pia Cayetano, has been appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the new general manager of People’s Television Network Channel 4 (PTV-4). Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Dave Gomez confirmed the appointment on Wednesday. PTV is

PILAR, Bataan – Smuggled cigarettes worth P198,000 were confiscated by personnel of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group Region 3 during an entrapment operation in Villa Juana Compound in Barangay Rizal here on Tuesday.  Police report said eight boxes of “Modern” cigarettes were held following the arrest of two suspects aged 32 and 40, whose

MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works and Highways secretary Manuel Bonoan has been transferred to a private hospital from the Philippine National Police – General Hospital (PNP-GH), the PNP confirmed on Wednesday. PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co, in a press briefing in Camp Crame,said that Bonoan was transferred on Tuesday night. He

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Police in the island municipality of Patnanungan in Quezon province are intensifying their public information campaign, urging residents to surrender any remaining cocaine that may have washed ashore there. “We urge island residents to voluntarily surrender any remaining cocaine they may still possess,” Col. Romulo Albacea, director of the Quezon Police

Rabiya Mateo had her charity event in her hometown Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo donated school supplies to her former elementary school. Rabiya started in the world of pageantry and eventually crossed over to show business. After a few acting and hosting stints, the Ilongga beauty decided to return to school. She went viral ... Read more

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Former Argentina international Angel Di Maria has explained why he believes former Albiceleste teammate Lionel Messi is better than his ex-Real Madrid mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The Tampa Bay Tigers and the Detroit Tigers are set to conclude their three-game series on Wednesday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.