Category: General

OPAPRU completes profiling of 2K MNLF members for gov’t aid

MANILA: The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday announced the completion of the socio-economic profiling for nearly 2,000 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants, as part of the governme…

DOJ reports 94% success rate on handled rape cases in 2023

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) was commended on Wednesday by senators after it reported that they were able to solve 94 percent of the 21,423 rape cases filed in court last year.

During the 2025 budget deliberation of the DOJ and its attache…

High-value target yields P1.3-M shabu in Cavite buy-bust

MANILA: Agents of the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) have seized some PHP1.36 million worth of shabu from an alleged high-value target (HVT) during a sting operation in Cavite province.

In a statement Wednesday, PDEG chief B…

14 Aussie firms to hold biz mission in PH

MANILA: Fourteen Australian investment funds and corporations will be in the country for a business mission next month, the Australian Embassy in Manila said.

According to the Embassy, the Australian Business Mission will be held in Makati City from …

Gov’t work, classes in NCR suspended due to ‘habagat’

MANILA: Malacañang announced Wednesday the suspension of classes in public schools and work in government agencies within Metro Manila due to the effects of the southwest monsoon or “habagat”.

Government work and classes are suspended effective 7 a.m…

DA to buy 150K more doses of AVAC live vaccines vs. ASF

MANILA: Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Wednesday said additional AVAC live vaccines will be procured from Vietnam to prevent the further spread of African swine fever (ASF) in the country.

The agriculture chief made the statement a…