Category: General

P50-B worth of smuggled items seized Jan. to Aug.

MANILA: Customs authorities have seized over PHP50 billion worth of smuggled items from January to August this year.

The contraband included more than PHP1 billion worth of smuggled tobacco and vape products, Bureau of Customs (BOC) Assistant Commiss…

Comelec limits bets’ companions in COC filing for 2025 polls

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set a limit on the number of companions of aspirants in next year’s midterm elections.

Based on Resolution No. 11045 made public Friday, the poll body will allow three to four companions of candidates…

P93.6-M road to ease congestion on Quezon’s national highway

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the concreting of a 1.22-km. section of the Quezon Industrial Highway in Barangay Mayao Parada, Lucena City, which would alleviate traffic congestion on key national roads.

DPWH-Quezon…

Dela Rosa denies issuing orders to kill Leyte drug suspects

MANILA: Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday dismissed allegations that he issued a kill order against drug suspects in Albuera, Leyte when he was still the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) during the Duterte administration’s war on …

24 Moro rebels surrender in Maguindanao provinces

Two dozen Moro extremists surrendered in Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday, opting for peaceful lives over armed conflict, the military reported Friday.

In one of the surrender ceremonies, Maj. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, command…