Two lawmakers want 'persons with disability (PWD)' to be relabeled as 'persons of determination (POD),' supposedly to change how Filipinos perceive and treat them. Spouses Quezon Rep. David Suarez and ALONA party list Rep. Anna Marie Suarez filed House Bill No. 7033 seeking to describe PWDs as PODs instead, just…
A three-day warehouse fire in Parañaque - which started on Sunday and was put out on Tuesday - left around P525 million in damage, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Apart from the massive damage, there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The fire, which occurred on…
The Bureau of Corrections (BOC) on Tuesday intercepted an unmarked fuel shipment, suspected of being smuggled, in a private port in Batangas province. The fuel was in the crude oil tanker MT Harmony Star, according to a BOC statement. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) tipped off the BOC…
President Marcos has appointed Vicente Homer Revil as acting administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), Malacañang announced on Tuesday. A lawyer and former Masbate vice governor, Revil will also serve as a member of the agency's board of trustees, according to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). Mr. Marcos…
A bill seeking to impose imprisonment and other 'harsh' provisions as punishment for negligent parents has been filed at the House of Representatives. In a statement on Tuesday, Senior Deputy Minority Leader Paul Ruiz Daza said his bill, House Bill No. 44, aims to strengthen mandates on child welfare and…
Authorities seized on Monday P1.49 million worth of illegally cut and transported narra lumber in Santa Fe town in this province. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) personnel said truck driver Ronald Demate, 47, of Bulacan, was accosted at a checkpoint in Barangay Tactac. Demate, who came from Apayao…
Celebrity couple Jessy Mendiola and Luis Manzano look blissful in their first family photo after welcoming their newborn daughter, Isabella Rose Tawile Manzano. The actress took to her personal Facebook page on Monday, Feb. 6 to share glimpses of her growing family shortly after giving birth to her daughter, along…
Lee Seung-gi, best known for his hit K-dramas 'My Girlfriend is a Gumiho' and 'Vagabond', confirmed that he's getting married to his girlfriend, actress Lee Da-in, on April 7 of this year. The Korean singer-actor announced his marriage to Da-in through a handwritten letter to fans uploaded on his Instagram…
Britain's finance ministry laid out its first set of rules to regulate cryptoassets on Wednesday, saying ongoing turbulence in the sector and the collapse of exchange FTX highlighted risks that need addressing. Cryptoassets, such as bitcoin, have little direct regulation globally, but regulators are taking a closer look after the…
Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly posted his second triple-double in as many games, finishing with 24 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists as the Milwaukee Bucks rolled to their eighth straight win, a 127-108 rout of the host Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. Milwaukee never trailed while winning the opener of a…