LEGAZPI CITY — Local broadcaster Adrian “Golden Boy” Loterte died in a hospital shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, after he was shot in Barangay San Roque, Daraga, Albay, prompting the town mayor and local media group to condemn the attack and demand a swift investigation. Loterte, an anchor for RBN News Television’s

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Monday ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada over a plunder case involving alleged irregularities in P573 million worth of infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2025. The five-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Zaldy Trespeses, chair of the

MANILA, Philippines — Bangsamoro civic group AMANA BARMM has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to meet Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim before the Bangsamoro Parliament opens on Oct. 30, saying the talks could help advance the decades-long peace process. In a statement on Monday, the group said a meeting between

KORONADAL CITY — Police are trying to identify those behind at least two tons of sodium cyanide, a highly poisonous chemical, worth P1.92 million, found in an abandoned truck in the coastal town of Maasim, Sarangani province. Maj. Herman Luna, chief of the Maasim Municipal Police Station, said the chemicals were packed in 32 sacks

LEGAZPI CITY — Broadcast journalist Adrian “Golden Boy” Loterte was shot by unidentified gunmen in Daraga town in Albay on Monday afternoon, Oct. 12, prompting police to form a special investigation task group and intensify a manhunt. Loterte, an anchor of RBN News Television’s Rabas Cun Rabas and a resident of Barangay San Roque, was

MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee on Energy approved on Monday substitute bills, along with their corresponding committee reports, which will remove the system loss charge from electric bills and liberalize power generation down to the consumer level. Since President Ferdinand Marcos identified the system loss issue in his last State of the Nation Address (SONA),

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s railway projects could require up to 20,000 personnel, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), which has trained nearly 5,000 railway workers through the Philippine Railways Institute (PRI) since its establishment in 2019. The institute provides training in railway safety, operations and maintenance as the government develops major projects, including

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del dur — A newly built P9.75-million evacuation center in Barangay Esperanza, Carmen, Surigao del Sur, has drawn scrutiny after portions of its exterior metal cladding collapsed before turnover, prompting calls for an immediate technical audit. The construction flaw came to light after resident Angel Montenegro Daray, whose home sits directly across