The provinces of Bulacan, Apayao, and Capiz will be moving to less strict quarantine classifications starting Monday, October 18, Malacañang announced. Bulacan Provincial Capitol In a statement on early Saturday, October 17, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced that the Inter-agency Task...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), honored the sacrifice and courage of policemen, soldiers and even civilians in retaking Marawi City from the hands of the international terrorist-inspired Maute Group during the five-month intense fighting in 2017. In a...
Health workers from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) said the P1.2-billion 2022 budget cut for the hospital is "unacceptable." (Photo from All UP Workers Union-Manila) All UP Workers Union-Manila President Karen Mae Faurillo lamented that the government should have provided a P10 billion...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has received additional 60 body-worn cameras (BWCs) which will be used as to document police operations in its bid to strengthen transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses that hounded the police organization in the past five years. The donation of the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) exhorted the public on Friday, Oct. 15, not to vote for candidates with illegal drug trade connections in the May 2022 national and local elections. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo from PDEA) PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva...
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...