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A Muntinlupa court has ordered the arrest of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag in connection with the death of Jun Villamor, the alleged middleman in the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid. Also ordered arrested by the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 is former BuCor deputy officer Ricardo Zulueta. The arrest warrant — dated April 12, 2023 and signed by Presiding Judge Gener M. Gito — said murder is non-bailable. GMA News Online has reached to Bantag's lawyer, Atty. Rocky Balisong, for his comment, but he has yet to respond as of posting time. Zulueta's legal counsel, Atty. Lauro Gacayan, said they have yet to receive the arrest warrant. "I have not talked to my client also," he added. On March 14, the...

Pansamantalang walang biyahe ang LRT-1 sa ilang mga estasyon nito dahil sa napaulat na power failure sa Baclaran Station, as of 1:30 p.m. ng April 13. Mula Roosevelt hanggang Vito Cruz stations lang ang biyahe pa-southbound, habang mula Gil Puyat hanggang Roosevelt naman ang biyahe pa-northbound. Bibigyang-daan ng limitadong mga biyaheng ito ang pagsasagawa ng full assessment at site repairs ng Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC). "Rest assured that our team is working fast to resolve this issue and safely resume normal operations," pahayag ng LRMC. #News5 | via Gerard de la Peña

Dost_pagasa| Thunderstorm Advisory No. 4 #NCR_PRSD Issued at: 1:15 PM,13 April 2023 Moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan within the next 2-3 hours. The above conditions are being experienced in Quezon (Mauban, Real), Laguna (Pakil, Pangil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Mabitac, Siniloan), Rizal (JalaJala) which may persist within 2 hours and may affect nearby areas.

WARNING (Thursday April 13 4PM): LPA na dating si #AmangPh possible dumadaan na ngayon malapit sa Metro Manila at kalapit na mga lugar, possible pa magpatuloy ang maulan na panahon hanggang sa mga susunod na mga oras. Patuloy po magingat dahil meron pa rin possibilidad ng pagbaha

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday welcomed Singapore’s Temasek Foundation programs to help in efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change and boost food security in the Philippines. Read: News Releases - PBBM welcomes Temasek programs to help in climate change, food security in PH

BREAKING: Muntinlupa court orders the arrest of ex-BuCor chief Gerald Bantag and former deputy security officer Ricardo Zulueta over the death of middleman Jun Villamor. | via CNN Philippines senior correspondent Anjo Alimario Read more: bit.ly/3oam4gb

After over four months since the examinations were held in November 2022, the results of the last Bar Exams will be released tomorrow, April 14. #GetThatBar2022 #Bar2022

Here is the list of canceled flights due to unfavorable weather conditions on Thursday, April 13. #AmangPH As of 1:33 pm: CebGo (DG) DG 6047/6048 Manila-Busuanga-Manila DG 6117/6118 Manila-Naga-Manila PAL E×ρréšš (2P) 2P 2963/2964 Manila-Busuanga-Manila

Trigger warning: Death The 73-year-old female passenger who allegedly jumped onto the southbound tracks of the MRT3 Quezon Avenue Station on Wednesday morning, April 12, was declared dead as of 2:20 pm. | via Lance Yu/Rappler rplr.co/nati on

ADVISORY: Starting 12 noon, MRT-3 has implemented a provisionary service between the Shaw and Taft Avenue Stations after a passenger jumped onto Quezon Avenue Station’s southbound tracks.

TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 5 Tropical Depression “#AmangPH” Issued at 2:00 AM, 12 April 2023 Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin at 5:00 AM today THE CENTER OF “AMANG” CONTINUES TO TRACK WESTWARD AND IS NOW OVER NORTHEASTERN CAMARINES SUR. Location of Center (1:00 AM) The center of Tropical Depression “AMANG” was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Presentacion, Camarines Sur (13.7°N, 123.9°E) Intensity Maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 60 km/h, and central pressure of 1006 hPa Present Movement Westward at 20 km/h Extent of Tropical Cyclone Winds Strong winds extend outwards up to 200 km from the center TROPICAL CYCLONE WIND SIGNALS (TCWS) IN EFFECT TCWS No. 1...

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‘ANTI-TARAY BILL’ Once crafted and passed into law, the bill will sanction rude and snobbish government workers with dismissal from service and perpetual disqualification from public office, Tulfo said. READ: inq.news/Antitaraybill

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PASAY CITY, 9 April 2023 – The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) welcomed more than twice as many passengers in the first quarter of this year compared to the figures for the same period in 2022. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), which manages NAIA, recorded a total of 10,855,332 passengers in the first three months of 2023, a 158% increase over the 4,200,575 passengers that traveled through the country's primary gateway in the first three months of 2022. This is only 6% lower than the pre-coronavirus total of 11,587,919 travelers during the same period in 2019. In addition, flight movements during the first quarter of 2023 totaled 67,781, a 77% increase over the first quarter flight movement of 38,269 in...

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MANILA, Philippines — Are streaming platforms really competition for free-to-air television? For TV5’s president and CEO Guido Zaballero, he doesn’t see it that way. “Maybe the term is not necessarily competition, I think the term is… we need to embrace it as an ecosystem, where there are certain types of content that will really begin in free-to-air, but will eventually find their way to the digital space, streaming and vice-versa,” he said. “As a whole, you see how other companies have evolved and really embraced the digital space — part of a way to monetize content. So, why fight it? You have to embrace it.” Asked by The STAR on TV5’s notable steps towards this direction, Zaballero said, “The efforts to expand into the digital space...

LUCENA CITY — Two picnickers drowned in separate incidents on Thursday in Batangas province. The Batangas police said in a report that an unnamed young girl, together with her friends, went for a swim around 5 p.m. in a beach resort in Barangay Bagong Silang in Calatagan town. The victim suddenly disappeared and floated unconscious near the breakwater. Rescuers gave her emergency first aid and rushed her to the nearest hospital, but she was declared dead on arrival. In Lemery town, an unnamed teenage boy and his cousin went for a swim around 5:30 p.m. at a resort’s swimming pool in Barangay Nonong Casto. The victim suddenly sank into the water that lasted for almost a minute. His cousin immediately lifted the unconscious victim...

Webb scores another ringed world with new image of Uranus Webb’s infrared image highlights the planet’s dramatic rings and dynamic atmosphere. Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in the planet’s atmosphere. The Webb data demonstrates the observatory’s unprecedented sensitivity for the faintest dusty rings, which have only ever been imaged by two other facilities: the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it flew past the planet in 1986, and the Keck Observatory with advanced adaptive optics...

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A father and his son died while his other child went missing in a drowning incident along Ganano River, Barangay Santa Maria, Alicia, Isabela on Wednesday. The father, identified as Norman Balinang, 42, along with his 16-year-old and eight-year-old sons, was on a Holy Week vacation in the place when the drowning incident happened. The three victims reportedly went beside the river when the eight-year-old boy jumped to the water, thinking it was shallow. The boy though failed to come out. The 16-year-old boy dived into the river’s water to rescue his brother but failed. Then, the father tried to rescue them but he also failed due to the deep river's water. What happened was they all drowned. Village Chairman Jaime...

This illustration depicts plasma emitted by a star deflected by the magnetic field of the exoplanet orbiting it. The plasma then interacts with the star's magnetic field, creating an aurora and radio waves. Alice Kitterman/National Science Foundation By Ashley Strickland, CNN (posted 4:07 AM EDT, Wed April 5, 2023) CNN — Astronomers have detected a repeating radio signal from an exoplanet and the star that it orbits, both located 12 light-years away from Earth. The signal suggests that the Earth-size planet may have a magnetic field and perhaps even an atmosphere. Earth’s magnetic field protects the planet’s atmosphere, which life needs to survive, by deflecting energetic particles and plasma that stream out from the sun...

CITY OF CALAPAN — A 4-year-old girl died from drowning while swimming on Thursday in a children’s pool of a resort in Baco town, Oriental Mindoro province. The Baco public information office said the girl, whose name was not disclosed, was accompanied by her mother while swimming around noon when the victim failed to surface in the water. Witnesses said the shocked mother was unable to get immediate help, but other guests and the resort’s security personnel managed to respond. Emergency responders from the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office, police and local government performed first aid and tried to revive the girl, who threw up while being administered with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. But when rushed to...

FULL PINK MOON 🌕🌸 LOOK: Photographer Gaijin Gajes captured photos of tonight's full Pink Moon in its spectacular appearance, as seen from Baggao town in Cagayan province on Thursday, April 6.

The DENR announced that the controversial Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach will be closed on April 6 (Maundy Thursday) and April 7 (Good Friday).

NBA AMBASSADOR MIN YOONGI 🏀🔥 LOOK: NBA has named BTS’ Suga as the basketball league’s newest global ambassador. “It is personally a great honor as I have loved basketball since I was young,” the South Korean rapper says in a video. |

GOODBYE, SCALPERS? 🤔👋🏼 One of the country’s largest concert organizers is about to change the ticketing landscape by implementing some changes to their ticketing system to ensure no fan is scammed by anyone

The federal government will ban TikTok on government devices following fears the app's security is compromised, and the platform could be used for foreign interference by China. Key points: The Victorian government says it will work with its federal counterparts to adopt restrictions to TikTok on government devices Similar decisions have been made by governments in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand TikTok has fiercely denied its app poses a national security risk Australia becomes the last nation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to block the app, following similar decisions by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the ban would come...

LOOK: Apo Maria “Whang-Od” Oggay poses for the latest cover of Vogue Philippines magazine. Their caption reads: "Apo Maria “Whang-Od” Oggay symbolizes the strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit. "Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted the symbols of the Kalinga tribe—signifying strength, bravery, and beauty— on the skin of thousands of people who have made the pilgrimage to Buscalan. “When visitors come from far away,” Whang Od says in the Butbut language, “I will give them the tatak Buscalan, tatak Kalinga for as long as my eyes can see.”

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Representatives from Manibela, Laban TNVS and PISTON, in a press conference Monday, raised their issues with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's (LTFRB) phaseout of traditional jeeps and UV E×ρréšš.They said they intend to conduct a "week-long transport strike" from March 6-12 to convince the board to suspend implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program. This will be the first major coordinated strike since full passenger capacity resumed in March 2022, as industries resume their on-site work setup and schools return to face-to-face learning. Source: PhilStar

PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim will meet to discuss the strengthening of political, security and economic relations between Manila and Kuala Lumpur, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Malaysia's new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech at a gathering in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO© The Manila Times Anwar, who will make an official visit to the Philippines on March 1 and 2, will hold a bilateral meeting with Marcos in Malacañang on Wednesday. "President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will officially welcome the Malaysian Prime Minister at ceremonies in Malacañang Palace on 1 March 2023," Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in a statement...