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All of Mindanao, 3 other areas declared as election hotspot

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 05:14 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday declared the entire region of Mindanao as an election hotspot.   Read more »

Bakuna vs Japanese encephalitis ipamimigay sa 4 rehiyon

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:50 PM

Mag-aalok ang Department of Health ng bakuna kontra Japanese encephalitis para sa mga bata sa 4 na rehiyon sa bansa bilang bahagi ng isang immunization campaign. Read more »

PhiLSAT to proceed on April 7

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:48 PM

MANILA - The Legal Education Board (LEB) will push through with the Philippine Law School Admission Test on April 7, 2019, based on a new memorandum circular posted by LEB Chair Emerson Aquende on his Facebook account Tuesday.   Read more »

Hepe ng Quezon police sibak matapos ang pagkamatay ng anak ng alkalde

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:34 PM

Sinibak sa puwesto ngayong Martes ang hepe ng Quezon Police Provincial Office kaugnay sa umano ay engkuwentro ng mga pulis laban sa anak ng alkalde ng Sariaya, Quezon. Read more »

Parusa sa Manila Water, soli-bayad sa naperwisyo, inaaral

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:10 PM | Updated Mar 19 08:00 PM

Nais ni Senate President Tito Sotto na agad magpatupad ng rebate, na maituturing na parusa, ang Manila Water sa kanilang apektadong kustomer.  Read more »

Poe hits MWSS incompetence amid water crisis

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:09 PM

MANILA - Sen. Grace Poe is blaming the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) for its lack of foresight that she said contributed to the water shortage that has gripped parts of Metro Manila for more than a week now. Read more »

Dating preso patay sa buy-bust sa Cagayan De Oro

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:47 PM

Napatay noong gabi ng Lunes ang isang dating preso sa buy-bust operation sa Cagayan de Oro City, ayon sa pulisya. Read more »

Trillanes plea vs inciting to sedition indictment blocked

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:35 PM

MANILA - A group of lawyers has opposed Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV's plea for the Pasay City Prosecutor's Office to reconsider his indictment for inciting to sedition over remarks he made in the Senate last year. Read more »

Palace: No need for ICC, Duterte can be sued after stepping down

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:25 PM

A membership for the Philippines in the International Criminal Court (ICC) was not necessary, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman reiterated Tuesday. Read more »

Macalintal says Roxas absence in Otso Diretso events 'political strategy'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:23 PM

DASMARIÑAS, Cavite - Opposition Otso Diretso bet Romulo Macalintal on Tuesday said the absence of his fellow candidate Mar Roxas in several slate events is “political strategy.” Read more »

Silawan slay itinuturing na 'crime of passion': PNP

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:22 PM | Updated Mar 19 08:17 PM

Matinding bugso ng damdamin ang nagtulak sa 17 anyos na suspek na patayin si Christine Lee Silawan, ayon sa tagapagsalita ng Philippine National Police. Read more »

Duterte signs law abolishing Road Board

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:19 PM | Updated Mar 19 05:14 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law abolishing the controversial Road Board, according to a copy of the measure released by the Palace on Tuesday. Read more »

Onion farmers call for help

Noriel Padiernos, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 03:06 PM

A farmer segregates damaged onions at a farmland in Palayan, Nueva Ecija amid an infestation of army worms.  Read more »

High costs stop Manila Water, Maynilad from using salt water

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 02:22 PM

High costs are preventing water utilities from tapping salt water to meet growing demand, concessionaires told a Senate investigation on the water crisis gripping the Philippine capital. Read more »

Solusyon laban sa peste sa sibuyas, itinuturo sa mga magsasaka sa N. Ecija

Noriel Padiernos, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 02:04 PM

Gumagamit na ng mga alternatibong paraan ang mga magsasaka para maisalba at maani pa ang kanilang tanim na sibuyas bago simulang atakihin ng army worms o harabas sa Nueva Ecija. Read more »

6 patay sa salpukan ng van at truck sa Compostela Valley

Vina Araneta, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 01:51 PM | Updated Mar 19 03:29 PM

NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley – Anim ang nasawi sa salpukang kinasangkutan ng isang pampasaherong van at forward truck sa Purok 3, Barangay New Sibonga dito sa bayan, Lunes ng hapon. Read more »

Duterte to meet MWSS on water crisis response

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 01:37 PM | Updated Mar 19 01:49 PM

Last week, Duterte ordered the MWSS to direct Manila Water and Maynilad Water Services to release water from Angat Dam by this week. Read more »

Immigration bureau to deport 2 foreign fugitives

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 01:23 PM

The two fugitives were issued deportation orders, with their passports already cancelled by their respective governments, BI said.  Read more »

MWSS: Manila Water may be penalized in June or July over supply outage

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 01:12 PM | Updated Mar 19 01:20 PM

MANILA -- The water distributor in Metro Manila's east zone could face penalties by June or July in connection with a raging supply outage that has brought misery to tens of thousands, a regulator said Tuesday.  Read more »

Manila Water studying bill 'adjustment' due to supply shortage

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 12:49 PM

Senators demanded for accountability and immediate solutions during a hearing of the public services committee, the second legislative inquiry in as many days. Read more »

Slain Subic businessman's brother summoned to DOJ probe

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 12:48 PM

A panel of Department of Justice prosecutors has required businessman Dennis Sytin to attend its probe into the killing of his brother, Dominic. Read more »

Survey laggard Alejano eyes law vs release of pre-election surveys

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 12:28 PM

DASMARIÑAS, Cavite - Surveys that show candidates’ rankings before an election should be banned to avoid “mind conditioning” among voters, opposition senatorial candidate Gary Alejano said Tuesday, a day after the a pre-election survey was released. Read more »

Ex-Baliuag mayor cleared of graft raps over market stalls

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 12:26 PM

The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division granted both the motions for leave of court and demurrer to evidence filed by former Baliuag, Bulacan mayor Romeo Estrella, effectively dismissing the two graft cases filed against him by the Office of the Ombudsman over a market stall rental row. Read more »

5,000 'nanlaban' killings, zero records? Rights group blasts slays without probes

ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 12:20 PM

The Philippine National Police should cooperate with the investigation of alleged killings and human rights violations linked to the war on drugs event after the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, an international watchdog said Tuesday. Read more »

Death by plastic

AFP
Mar 19 12:20 PM

In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, Darrell Blatchley, director of D' Bone Collector Museum Inc., shows plastic waste found in the stomach of a Cuvier's beaked whale in Compostela Valley, Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.  Read more »