Category: General

4 high-value suspects yield P6.8-M shabu in Rizal

MANILA – Police officers arrested four high-value individuals (HVI) and seized over PHP6.8 million worth of shabu in a sting operation in Rizal province on Wednesday night.

In a statement Thursday, Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (…

Comelec starts hardware test on poll count machines, other devices

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started the Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) on the automated counting machines (ACMs) and other devices that will be used in the May 2025 midterm polls.

Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said Thursda…

PTFoMS expects speedy resolution of Gerry Ortega murder case

MANILA – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Thursday expressed optimism that the 2011 killing of Puerto Princesa City broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega will soon be resolved following the surrender of former Palawan govern…

PBBM grants P64.5-M aid to oil spill-hit Navotas fisherfolk

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday extended cash assistance worth PHP64.5 million to over 8,600 Navotas fisherfolk affected by the massive oil spill in Bataan province.

During the turnover rites at the Navotas Sports Complex in N…

Formerly NPA-infested Leyte town declared rebel-free

BURAUEN, Leyte – This town, known in the past as a hotbed of insurgency in central Leyte, has been declared Thursday as completely free from threats of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Through a resolution of the municipal peace and order council and th…

10K residents benefit from new road network in N. Cotabato

COTABATO CITY – Around 10,000 residents in three remote communities are now benefiting from the newly completed PHP89.9 million road network in Matalam, North Cotabato, constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways in the Soccsksargen Re…