A joint legislative measure imposing stricter penalties on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by what they call “unqualified users”--minors and persons with mental and physical disabilities--has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Currently, the legal age...
HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong's new government on Thursday suspended a longstanding flight route ban that penalised airlines for bringing in coronavirus cases and severely impeded travel into the city, saying it was "not very effective". The financial hub has become increasingly isolated under...
DAVAO CITY – A five-day gun ban has been imposed in the entire Davao Region effective 12 midnight June 16 until June 21 in preparation for the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte Sunday, June 19. Police Major Eudisan Gultiano, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Davao...
Police Maj. Gen. Felipe Natvidad, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), has tasked all its concerned units to make sure that all the arrested gun ban violators in Metro Manila during the election period will be punished. A total of 3,651 gun ban violators were arrested from...
Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
POLICE in Anilao, Iloilo conduct a checkpoint as they implement the election gun ban. (Anilao PNP) ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 240 gun ban violators across Western Visayas or Region 6 as the election period ended last Wednesday, June 8. “The arrests are the product of our close...
Nine persons were arrested by the police for alleged gun ban violations and suspected illegal drugs worth P281,600 in Pateros, Taguig, and Muntinlupa on June 7 and 8. On June 8, the Southern Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit, together with the District Intelligence Division and District...
A man was arrested by the police for illegal possession of an improvised firearm in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa on June 6. The Muntinlupa police identified the suspect as Vincent Fabia, 23, a resident of Alabang. The firearm and ammunition confiscated from the suspect in Muntinlupa on June 6...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga -- Almost 3,000 long and short firearms and assorted deadly weapons and explosives have been confiscated from individuals who violated the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban. Police Regional Office 3 Regional Director Brigadier General Matthew P....
The US State Department has called on the Chinese government to abide by the rule of law after it dismissed the Philippine protest on its fishing ban even on parts of the West Philippine Sea. Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said in a Twitter post Friday thatChina's "unilateral fishing...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is unfazed over China's rejection of the Philippines' protest on the former's unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying it won't be enforced anywhere in the country's waters. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO...
China dismissed the Philippines' protest over its unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in South China Sea which covers parts of the West Philippine Sea, saying it is a "normal measure." West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Thursday, June...
