At 12:11 a.m. on Aug. 17, 1976, a powerful earthquake triggered the Philippines’ deadliest tsunami, causing widespread devastation across Southern Mindanao. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the magnitude 8.1 earthquake, known as the strongest in the...
The World Bank will finance a United Nations (UN)-led project in the Philippines aimed at reintegrating former rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Documents showed that the Washington-based multilateral lender’s board is expected to approve on Aug. 29, 2025, the UN...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a resolution seeking a Senate inquiry into the reported killings and acts of violence against Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIPs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Legarda initiated the move following the brutal killing of...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (left, in red polo) meets with the base commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at the OPAPRU office in Cotabato City on March 16, 2025 to discuss the change of leadership in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (Photo: OPAPRU)...
Armed Forces chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. pins a medal to a soldier who got injured following an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan on Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo: AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. honored soldiers of the 32 nd Infantry Battalion, 101 st Infantry...
A Muslim lawyer and head of a political party in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has urged the government to hold the region's first-ever parliamentary elections next year as scheduled in accordance with the law. Meanwhile, political observers claimed that extending the historic...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed concern over the alleged "cut" encountered by decommissioned combatants in their cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), wherein 50 percent of it is reportedly being taken by their commanders. This was raised on...
Sen. Robinhood is pushing for funding from the government to be allotted for the livelihood of rebel returnees to ensure the gains of the government's peace efforts will not be in vain. Senator Robinhood Padilla suggests the possibility of channeling unused funds in the Bangsamoro...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has reminded the 102 former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels who are now police officers to always remember their oath to serve and protect the Filipino people. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
Is this one reason why the illegal drug problem in the country continues to persist? Seized illegal drugs. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Congressmen learned during a House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing Tuesday, Feb. 21 about a "commission" scheme allegedly perpetrated by...
The Office of the President (OP) has commended the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for its 100 percent resolution rate of public complaints and grievances on acts of red tape lodged through the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center. PDEA logo The 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center serves as a...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Brunei Darussalam have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to boost their fight against "trafficking and abuse of narcotics drugs, psychotropic substances, new psychoactive substances, and controlled...
