MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the conviction by the Sandiganbayan of a former vice mayor in Iloilo province for graft and falsification in connection with a spurious council resolution passed in 1996 to authorize quarrying.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is looking into possible lapses in the security measures in the wake of four bomb attacks in Mindanao, as police commanders are warned against sloppy work in protecting their areas of responsibility (AORs... Read full article
TACLOBAN CITY – Samar province is eyeing to reverse its reputation from conflict-stricken to a peaceful and developed area with the completion of a peace house and a training facility for former members of the New People’s Army (NPA).... Read full article
BALER, Aurora – Sixteen former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in this province have received cash assistance under the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).... Read full article
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city has tallied a total of 27,918 recoveries or a 95.64 percent recovery rate since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the City Health Office (CHO) said Wednesday.... Read full article
CEBU CITY – Seventeen localities in Cebu and Bohol provinces that were hit by Typhoon Odette last December benefitted from the almost 7,000 bags of rice donated by the Japanese government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.... Read full article
MANILA – A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official on Wednesday said their legal team is studying its next action if illegal e-sabong operations in the Facebook (FB) account Meta continue.... Read full article
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed two flood mitigation projects in Floridablanca town.... Read full article
DAVAO CITY—The Army has facilitated the “healing and reconciliation” between former New People's Army (NPA) fighters and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Davao and Agusan provinces... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine Army (PA) is beefing up its cybersecurity and defensive capabilities in a five-day Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) with its counterpart at the US Army in the Pacific (USARPAC).... Read full article