A total of P62,376,591.14 worth of confiscated dangerous drugs in Central Visayas have been destroyed in Cebu City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday, Oct. 15. PDEA photo PDEA Regional Office VII Director Levi Ortiz led the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday, Oct. 15, that he has not yet come up with the list of officers who would replace Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, who is set to retire early next month. DILG logo “I have not...
After a successful Tokyo Olympic stint, the Philippines is on target for another triumphant sports victory as a team of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the General Santos City Jail battles Mongolia for the right to be declared as champion of the 1st Intercontinental Online Chess Tournament...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has installed its new general manager following the resignation of its former general manager to seek a national post in the upcoming 2022 elections. Lawyer Romando "Don" Artes is MMDA's new general manager, replacing Jojo Garcia who resigned...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, October 12, called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to pay the claims of private hospitals for its services in General Santos City. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes, who is seeking a...
A police sergeant is now facing dismissal from the service after he was accused of raping a female motorcycle rider in Mabalacat, Pampanga last week. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said that Police Staff Sergeant Robin Mangaga is now disarmed and...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has approved the dismissal from the service of the police sergeant who arrested but accidentally killed an 18-year old with special needs during an anti-illegal gambling operation in Valenzuela City in May this year. In...
President Duterte has owned up to the "sin" of having to compete with richer countries as far as the Philippines' supply of the life-saving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are concerned. (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) In his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" public briefing late...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of the general adult population in the Philippines has already begun, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Oct. 11. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the Philippines now has enough supply of...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), reminded on Monday, Oct. 11, all police personnel to refrain from campaigning for or against any political aspirant using their social media accounts. As a law enforcement agency that would be tapped for election duties,...
While reporting that the eight-day filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) and certificate of nomination and acceptance (CONA) is generally peaceful, the Philippine National Police (PNP) deplored on Saturday, Oct. 9, what it described as lack of discipline among the supporters for violation of...
Fully vaccinated individuals from Metro Manila, regardless of age, are now allowed to travel in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. Kids swim at the famous beachfront of Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach...
