CAVITE – Authorities collared a 16-year-old male for statutory rape in General Trias City on Sunday, Feb. 25. General Trias City Police Station (CPS) operatives apprehended the child-in-conflict with the law (CICL) by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by Family Court, Fourth Judicial...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policeman allegedly shot and killed a 19-year-old fisherman during an altercation in a videoke bar in Barangay Calumpang, this city, on Wednesday, February 21. Police identified the victim as Marvin Bahian. The suspect, Police Corporal Ekinne Semilla, 34, assigned to...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. renders a salute to one of the six soldiers who died in a recent encounter with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) during his visit to Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on February 20, 2024. (Photo by...
Senator Imee Marcos Members of the House of Representatives find questionable the timing of Senator Imee Marcos' rants about P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2024 or the current national budget. Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA)...
Sen. Imee Marcos disclosed on Tuesday, February 20, that this year's national budget was defunded billions worth in pensions to give way to the controversial Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). Marcos said that these include those for retired military and uniformed personnel, as well as...
CARMONA CITY, Cavite – A project to construct a Philippine General Hospital (PGH) branch in Cavite's newest city is currently underway, Gov. Jonvic Remulla announced on Monday, Feb. 19. Gov. Jonvic Remulla announces plans to construct a Philippine General Hospital branch in Carmona, Cavite...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) recorded P12.1 billion investments in the first two months of 2024, which is 19 percent higher than P10.2 billion logged in the same period last year. In January and February, the agency approved P2.21 billion and P10.9 billion investments respectively....
The continuing pursuit operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against members of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group who allegedly perpetrated a bomb attack at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last year resulted in yet another bloodbath on...
With an expanding portfolio of insured properties from government agencies, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has emerged as the largest non-life insurer in the country. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund's gross premiums written (GPW) for its...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Mayor Matt Erwin Florido here has once again granted a Valentine’s Day leave for single local government employees. Florido signed executive order Executive Order No. 9, Series of 2024, granting the special privilege on Thursday, February 8. The order says single...
No one in the Philippines can enforce the arrest warrant that may be issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) aside from members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement agencies, Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said on Thursday, Feb. 8. “The PNP members and...
A United Nations Security Council meeting UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is entering "an age of chaos" with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. With the war in Gaza...
