A wanted soldier was arrested by police while carrying a gun during a drinking session with his friends in Barangay 19, Caloocan City on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The Northern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU) identified the suspect as Private First Class Michael Fulgar, 42, an active...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Hong Kong are still welcome to return home as the Philippine government is not considering to impose a travel ban amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases there, Malacañang said. (FILE PHOTO) Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo...
The police arrested a 19-year-old in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa for illegal possession of an improvised firearm and ammunition on Wednesday, Feb. 23. According to the Muntinlupa police, Sherwin Apolinar was caught in the act of loading an improvised firearm at Phase 4 of Southville 3 housing...
LAGUNA – The provincial government lifted the liquor ban on Monday (Feb. 21) as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to drop. The local government unit (LGU) implemented a liquor ban on Jan. 6 as part of the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 during the Omicron variant surge at...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be submitting a request for exemption from the public spending ban under Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 10747 this week. DSWD spokesperson Director Irene Dumlao said the department is...
A ranking official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned on Sunday, Feb. 20, barangay officials, especially barangay captains, against endorsing any candidates for the May 9 elections. DILG Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño issued the warning as he...
A security guard in Muntinlupa was arrested by the police on Feb. 16 for violating the gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May 9 national and local elections. The Muntinlupa police identified the suspect as Randel Vinoya, 25, security guard and a resident of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance banning the sale of medicines in sari-sari (variety) stores. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año issued the call after reports disclosed that fake medicines have been proliferating in small...
Police arrested two men for unauthorized possession of firearms and ammunition along Mercedes Avenue in Barangay San Miguel, Pasig City at around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12. Pasig City Police Station (CPS) Chief-of-police Col. Roman C. Arugay, identified the suspects as Ronnie Allam, 39, a...
Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada, who is running under the ticket of survey frontrunners presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, believes the government must aggressively negotiate with countries that still owe Overseas Filipino...
Three men and a woman were arrested for possession of a gun and illegal drugs worth P141,440 in police operations in Taguig and Muntinlupa on Feb. 4 and 5. In Muntinlupa, suspects John Peter Castillo, 30, and Lirio Hernandez, 37, were caught carrying a firearm and using suspected shabu in Purok 5,...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – A man pretending to be a member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was arrested on Wednesday (Feb. 2). The suspect was identified as Villardo Zape Peradilla Jr., a 40-year-old resident of Barangay Bayan Luma 7. The police received a report from a concerned...
