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EPD braces for New Year’s Eve revelry

EPD braces for New Year’s Eve revelry

December 27, 2018, 6:29 pm

MANILA -- With New Year's Eve revelry just four days away, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday urged the public to avoid buying and using illegal and dangerous firecrackers to usher in 2019. In support of this campaign, Eastern Police District (EPD) Director, Chief Supt. Bernabe Balba… Read More

SPD designates firecracker zones for New Year revelries

SPD designates firecracker zones for New Year revelries

December 27, 2018, 5:19 pm

MANILA -- The Southern Police District (SPD) has designated 52 community firecracker zones and five community fireworks display areas in the areas under its jurisdiction for New Year's Day celebrations. The SPD covers the cities of Pasay, Makati, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Taguig, as well… Read More

Comelec to print ballots on 3rd week of January

Comelec to print ballots on 3rd week of January

December 27, 2018, 4:20 pm

MANILA - Though it has yet to release the official list of names of aspirants for the May 12, 2019 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday that it is looking to start the printing of the over 60 million ballots by the middle of January next year. “We expect to start… Read More

PRRD orders filing of raps vs. Iloilo solon, mayor for mauling

PRRD orders filing of raps vs. Iloilo solon, mayor for mauling

December 27, 2018, 4:18 pm

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año to file charges against Iloilo 1st district Rep. Richard Garin and his father, Guimbal, Iloilo mayor Oscar Garin for allegedly mauling a police officer. In an interview… Read More

Gov't releases P48-B tertiary educ subsidy for needy studes

Gov't releases P48-B tertiary educ subsidy for needy studes

December 27, 2018, 4:14 pm

MANILA — The most important social justice program of the Duterte Administration--Republic Act (RA) 10931, also known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA)--is now fully felt by millions of students enrolled in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local… Read More

Comelec eyes placing Daraga under its control

Comelec eyes placing Daraga under its control

December 27, 2018, 4:06 pm

MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering placing the municipality of Daraga, Albay under its control following the latest incidence of violence-- the assassination of Ako Bicol Representative Rodel Batocabe. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez noted that the Commission en… Read More

PH addressing airport security measures amid US advisory

PH addressing airport security measures amid US advisory

December 27, 2018, 4:00 pm

MANILA -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday underscored that the Philippines is addressing airport security concerns, so it remains safe to tourists and locals amid an advisory issued by the United States (US) on its primary airport's aviation security measures. "We assure the… Read More

QC cops hailed for ‘zero-crime’ Christmas revelry

QC cops hailed for ‘zero-crime’ Christmas revelry

December 27, 2018, 3:42 pm

MANILA -- Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday hailed the city police’s efforts in ensuring the peace and order during the celebration of Christmas, saying the "zero-crime" rate in the city was due to the intensive police visibility among public places throughout the holiday. Belmonte… Read More

Guimbal Mayor loses control over local police for mauling cop

Guimbal Mayor loses control over local police for mauling cop

December 27, 2018, 3:31 pm

MANILA -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will take stern disciplinary measures against Guimbal, Iloilo Mayor Oscar Garin for allegedly mauling a local police officer on Wednesday. “What the congressman and the mayor did was abuse of authority and display of arrogance;… Read More

Communist group tagged in mass murder of members

Communist group tagged in mass murder of members

December 27, 2018, 3:29 pm

MANILA -- The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) has committed mass murder among its members in the 1980s, former members of the rebel group said. In a documentary produced by Sambayanan, former Southern Mindanao Regional Party Committee-executive committee member Ben… Read More

DOH reports eight more fireworks-related injuries

DOH reports eight more fireworks-related injuries

December 27, 2018, 3:28 pm

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported eight more fireworks-related injuries (FWRIs) in Western Visayas, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and the National Capital Region (NCR). The FWRIs were recorded by sentinel hospitals from 6 a.m. on Wednesday until 5:59 a.m. on Thursday.… Read More

Go visits cancer patients, vows to ‘bridge’ gov’t to poor

Go visits cancer patients, vows to ‘bridge’ gov’t to poor

December 27, 2018, 3:19 pm

MANILA — Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go returned to spread holiday cheer with young cancer patients of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Diliman, Quezon City on Dec. 21. In an interview, Go recalled that he visited PCMC on… Read More

 Albayalde cancels Garins' gun permits, licenses

Albayalde cancels Garins' gun permits, licenses

December 27, 2018, 3:09 pm

MANILA --- Philippine National Police (PNP) Director Oscar Albayalde on Thursday ordered the cancellation of all gun permits and licenses of Iloilo 1st District Rep. Richard Garin and his father, Guimbal Mayor Oscar Garin, following their alleged mauling and abuse of a police officer last December… Read More

CPP-NPA extorted from bizmen, politicians in Mindanao

CPP-NPA extorted from bizmen, politicians in Mindanao

December 27, 2018, 2:48 pm

MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) extorted money in Mindanao by threatening local businessmen and politicians of harm if they do not give in to the rebels’ demands. Gomer Matanog, resident of San Miguel, Agusan del Sur, made this claim in a… Read More

CPP-NPA violated IP rights in Mindanao: ex-members

CPP-NPA violated IP rights in Mindanao: ex-members

December 27, 2018, 2:46 pm

MANILA -- The Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) destroyed what was once a peaceful region in Mindanao, former Lumad NPA members said. In a documentary produced by Sambayanan, former Lumad NPA members revealed that killings became rampant since the time the CPP-NPA… Read More

2018, most productive year for Senate

2018, most productive year for Senate

December 27, 2018, 2:00 pm

MANILA -- Despite a leadership change and the usual string of political intrigues and controversial investigations, 2018 has proven to be the “most productive” year for the Senate. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the chamber approved 245 measures during the whole year-- many of which… Read More

Sandiganbayan junks graft rap vs. water district exec

Sandiganbayan junks graft rap vs. water district exec

December 27, 2018, 1:34 pm

MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case against a former director of the Metropolitan Tuguegarao Water District (MTWD) in 2011 due to inordinate delay in the disposition of the case. The Sandiganbayan First Division, in its 10-page resolution dated Dec. 20, 2018, dismissed the… Read More

DSWD activates quick response teams for TD ‘Usman’

DSWD activates quick response teams for TD ‘Usman’

December 27, 2018, 1:32 pm

MANILA -- With the entry of tropical depression “Usman” in the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the quick response teams in the different Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) along the path of the weather disturbance are now activated for disaster… Read More

Duterte raises bounty to P50-M for arrest of Batocabe’s killer

Duterte raises bounty to P50-M for arrest of Batocabe’s killer

December 27, 2018, 1:32 pm

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte has increased the bounty from PHP30 million to PHP50 million for the arrest of the mastermind behind the killing of Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Rodel Batocabe. Duterte made this announcement as the bereaved family sought for his help to get justice… Read More

US confident PH can improve aviation security standards

US confident PH can improve aviation security standards

December 27, 2018, 1:31 pm

MANILA -- The United States expressed confidence the Philippine aviation security would improve, as it cited "active support" to the Department of Transportation in the modernization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “We are collaborating closely with the Philippines Department… Read More