Gerald Asuncion
Police officer shots fired at TV reporter. A TV reporter in Louiseville, Kentucky covering a live broadcast of a street protest was shot by a police officer using rubber bullets on Friday night (US time). Kaitlin Rust, a broadcaster of WAVE 3, an affiliate station of NBC, suffered minor injuries after a police officer apparently … Read more
An OFW in UAE became an instant millionaire amidst the crisis Using her last money, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won AED 333,333 or approximately 4,580,515.81 pesos on the lottery. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Remedius Bombon- an OFW in UAE who works as a housemaid, temporarily stopped working for … Read more
DOH clears backlog, says no more ‘late’ cases will be reported starting June 1 The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday that they have already cleared the backlogs and will no longer give “late” reported cases of coronavirus disease or COVID-19 starting Monday, June 1, 2020. In a statement, the country’s health department said … Read more
False! ‘DepEd Announces Grade 13’ – Sec. Briones A Facebook post which stated, “DepEd announces Grade 13” has been proven a false report. Recently, an FB post which was published by a certain Kyle Santelices generated mixed reactions and numerous comments online after the latter claimed via news that “DepEd announces Grade 13.” However, in … Read more
Teacher shot dead in Negros Oriental A 59-year-old public school teacher from Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental was shot dead by a riding in tandem, authorities said. The victim was identified by the local police as Basiledes Ledon, a teacher and a resident of Barangay Poblacion. Based on the article published by GMA News, authorities reportedly … Read more
Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter vs Zambales Barangay kagawad A Barangay Kagawad from San Antonio town in Zambales was lambasted by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) after allegedly “verbally assaulting” a reporter from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Joana Rose Aglibot, a correspondent of Inquirer filed a police blotter against Barangay San Miguel … Read more
26 construction workers in Occidental Mindoro tested positive for COVID-19 26 out of 51 construction workers were tested positive for coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in Occidental Mindoro. On Friday night, the Occidental Mindoro COVID-19 Task Force announced via its official Facebook page that 26 construction workers who are working in an ongoing Department of Public … Read more
PAL flights set to resume this coming Monday, June 1. Philippine Airlines or PAL announced that it will resume operating scheduled flights on selected domestic and international routes on a limited capacity starting Monday, June 1, 2020. The flag carrier released the flight schedules of selected domestic and international trips that will resume operation starting … Read more
PAL to resume “limited” domestic, international flights starting June 1. Philippine Airlines (PAL) will resume its operation for domestic and international flights but on a “limited capacity” starting Monday, June 1, 2020. The flag carrier said in its advisory that it will “resume operating scheduled flights on selected international and domestic routes” beginning June 1. … Read more
GOOD NEWS! Barbershops and Salons in GCQ areas can operate starting June 7, 2020. The Department of Trade and Industry (DT) announced that barbershops and salons under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas may resume its operation starting June 7, 2020. However, in the guidelines released by the Office of the Secretary of DTI, only … Read more