Less than a month before the midterm elections in May, authorities arrested two Singaporeans and a Filipino allegedly involved in gun-running activities, and confiscated from them assorted high-powered firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 19. The PNP’s...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A private armed group surrendered unlicensed firearms to the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office on Feb. 7 in Barangay Papaya, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. POLICE process the surrender of illegal guns in Nueva Ecija on Feb. 7. (PRO-3 FB) Turned over were five...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for a congressional inquiry into a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) requirement that allegedly threatens the tax exemption privileges of cooperatives. Gatchalian is referring to the requirement for cooperative members to present a Tax...
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Chairman Brian Poe Llamanzares (center) alongside other youth leaders (FPJ Panday Bayanihan) More than 200 youth organizations from across the country have expressed their support to FPJ Panday Bayanihan in its pursuit to empower the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) condemned the Medical Action Group for spreading false and misleading information regarding the coverage of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). In a statement, the budget department said the group is sowing fear and panic among Filipinos...
President Marcos assured that his administration is committed to attain lasting peace and development in southern Philippines and the whole country by carrying out all signed peace agreements with various rebel groups. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the opening of the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Local communist groups seem to target students who are shy but smart. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rose (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa pointed this out during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing on the issue. Aside...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a suspected member of a potential Private Armed Group in Cagayan Valley in Cubao, Quezon City on July 1. Benjie, 42, of the Babaran Group was nabbed on a warrant of arrest issued in June last year. The suspect, of Baggao, Cagayan, faces a case for...
Former senator Gringo Honasan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Gringo Honasan-led Reform PH Party plans to establish "paramilitary groups" in what he called "key sensitive locations" such as areas near the West Philippine Sea...
A group of human rights activists, and some party-list lawmakers at the House of Representatives have asserted the need for justice and an end to attacks on environmental defenders and activists. They made the call after it was confirmed that environmental rights defenders and church workers...
A number of transportation coalition groups and tricycle operators urged President Marcos to stop the plan to allow more motorcycle taxis in Metro Manila, saying this would adversely affect the already meager income of existing operators and riders. The appeal came amid the ongoing pilot study...
