NEWS | ABS-CBN News

DepEd probes teachers allegedly buying ready-made research papers

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 02:13 PM

The Department of Education said Monday it was investigating reports that teachers have been buying ready-made research papers for promotion and funding.   Read more »

Most Metro Manila mayors oppose lowering quarantine age restriction

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 02:11 PM

Most mayors in the capital region are against allowing individuals as young as 10 years old outside their homes, Metro Manila Council Chairman Edwin Olivarez said Monday. Read more »

Lalaki sugatan matapos banggain, saksakin ng holdaper sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 02:08 PM

Sugatan ang isang hotel staff matapos holdapin sa Sampaloc district, Maynila madaling araw ng Lunes. Read more »

'Barikada' commemorates 50th year of Diliman Commune

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 01:42 PM

Workers construct the art installation "Barikada," designed by multi-media artist Toym Imao, at the Oblation Plaza in UP Diliman, Quezon City on Monday, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Diliman Commune. Read more »

34 contacts of Bontoc’s UK variant cases test positive for COVID but negative for new variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 01:36 PM | Updated Jan 25 01:52 PM

The Philippine government, as of Monday, has yet to detect additional cases of the new COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom and is said to be more transmissible, with the close contacts of the 12 UK variant cases in Bontoc, Mountain Province testing negative for it.   Read more »

Social media blunder: AFP apologizes over false list of supposed NPA rebels

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 01:10 PM | Updated Jan 25 02:05 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has apologized for posting a list that enumerated students and alumni of the University of the Philippines as members of the New People’s Army.   Read more »

Lalaki sugatan matapos ma-hit-and-run sa Quezon City

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 12:39 PM

Sugatan ang isang 20 anyos na lalaking nakasakay ng e-bike matapos mabiktima ng hit-and-run sa Quezon City. Read more »

No need to legislate accords between schools, state forces: CHED chair

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 11:58 AM | Updated Jan 25 12:00 PM

Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera said Monday it was unnecessary to legislate accords between universities and state forces as such agreements can be discussed by both parties. Read more »

Ama ng OFW sa Dubai reklamo ang umano’y paglabag ng employer sa kontrata

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 11:31 AM

Humihingi ng tulong ang isang ama ng overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa Dubai dahil sa umano’y paglabag ng employer nito sa kanyang kontrata. Read more »

COVID cools voter registration for 2022 polls

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 10:18 AM | Updated Jan 25 10:29 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic is hampering the Commission on Elections' voter registration drive as some 3 million eligible Filipinos remain unregistered ahead of the 2022 national elections, Comelec said Monday. Read more »

'Excessive force': Charges eyed in arrest of Parañaque vendor

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 09:23 AM | Updated Jan 25 02:21 PM

An administrative case may be filed against the 5 members of a city task force who were caught on camera violently accosting a street vendor, Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Monday. Read more »

DOH awaits validation study for use of saliva COVID-19 test in other labs

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 09:06 AM | Updated Jan 25 09:11 AM

The Department of Health said Monday it was waiting for the validation study of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) before greenlighting saliva COVID-19 testing in other laboratories aside from the Philippine Red Cross. Read more »

FDA says 'thorough' not slow in approving COVID-19 vaccines emergency use

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 08:52 AM

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being "thorough" in approving emergency use applications of COVID-19 vaccines, its chief said Monday against claims it was "slow." Read more »

PH Red Cross says Metro Manila labs can process 8,000 saliva COVID tests daily

ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 07:59 AM

The Philippine Red Cross said its molecular laboratories in Metro Manila can process 8,000 saliva COVID-19 tests daily, which would launch later Monday. Read more »

Magnitude 5.2 quake rocks Surigao del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 11:41 PM | Updated Jan 25 01:11 AM

(UPDATE) A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur on Sunday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Read more »

4 miyembro umano ng Waray-Waray gang' napatay

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 07:17 PM

Patay ang 4 umanong miyembro ng Waray-Waray gang matapos makaengkuwentro ng mga awtoridad sa Quezon City. Read more »

Ilang UP alumni umalma nang masama sa listahan ng mga 'nadakip, napatay na NPA'

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 07:12 PM

Pinalagan ng ilang graduate o alumni ng University of the Philippines ang pagsama sa kanila ng Armed Forces of the Philippines sa listahan ng mga nadakip o napatay na miyembro umano ng New People's Army Read more »

14-day quarantine ng mga nagbabalik-bansa maaaring mapaikli

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 06:50 PM

Mapapaikli na ang 14 na araw na pananatili sa quarantine facility ng mga nagbabalik-bansa kung magne-negatibo sila sa pangalawang PCR test na isasagawa sa ika-5 araw.  Read more »

Paglabas ng bahay ng mga batang nasa edad 10-14 tinutulan

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 06:20 PM

Hindi pabor ang ilang pediatrician at Metro Manila mayor sa palabasin ng bahay ang mga batang nasa edad 10 hanggang 14 dahil sa patuloy na banta ng COVID-19. Read more »

COVID-19 saliva test aprubado na ng DOH

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 06:12 PM

Inaprubahan na ng Department of Health ang paggamit ng COVID-19 saliva test, na sisimulang i-rollout sa Lunes. Read more »

COVID-19 cases sa Pilipinas higit 513,000 na

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 06:09 PM

Lampas 1,900 ang dagdag na nagkaroon ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas kaya higit 513,000 na ang total cases sa bansa, base sa datos ng Department of Health ngayong Linggo. Read more »

NBI urges telcos to step up safeguards vs sexual exploitation of children

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 05:11 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation on Sunday called on telecommunications companies to ramp up online security and actively block all websites facilitating the online sexual exploitation of children. Read more »

DFA: Tally of overseas Filipinos hit by COVID-19 unchanged at 13,776

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 05:09 PM

The number of Filipinos abroad who have contracted COVID-19 remained at 13,776 on Sunday as no new case was recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Read more »

Several universities blast AFP claim campuses are NPA ‘recruitment havens’

ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 05:06 PM | Updated Jan 24 05:34 PM

Several top Philippine universities on Sunday blasted claims by a high ranking military official that their schools serve as “recruitment havens” for communist rebels. Read more »

QC fire injures 2 firefighters

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Jan 24 04:32 PM

Firefighters inspect a burned-down house on Panay Avenue, Barangay South Triangle in Quezon City on Sunday.  Read more »