Operatives from the Southern Police District (SPD) arrested on Sunday, Nov. 16, a factory worker wanted in Pasay City for human trafficking and violation of the anti-dummy law. The SPD said the suspect, identified Delia, 51, was apprehended on Liko Street in Tondo, Manila by members of the District...
Consumer advocacy groups are asking the World Health Organization (WHO) to include tobacco harm reduction (THR) in its global control policies and listen to the voices of over a billion consumers at an upcoming meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)...
Police arrested two suspected drug pushers after they yielded P241,400 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Las Piñas City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Nov. 15. Col. Sandro Tafalla, Las Piñas police chief, identified the suspects as Shaggy, 35; and...
Authorities arrested six people, including a 19-year-old, during a drug buy-bust operation in Muntinlupa on Nov. 16. Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Manila and Southern District Offices, and the Muntinlupa police conducted the operation at No. 114 San Guillermo St.,...
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso gleefully announced the release of P317 million in year-end benefits for regular employees of the city government on Monday, Nov. 17. Domagoso made the announcement during the flag-raising ceremony at the Manila City Hall wherein he said that the...
The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) religious group emphasized that its three-day "Rally for Transparency and a Better Democracy" aims to demand for immediate and concrete solutions from the national government to curb corruption and not to overthrow the current administration. The officials of the INC...
A white Honda Civic EG hatchback was split in half after its driver lost control and crashed into a lamp post and a huge gate in Taytay, Rizal, causing injuries to the driver and three bystanders early Sunday morning, Nov. 16. The incident happened at around 2:30 a.m. along Manila East Road,...
LONDON — The British government plans to tighten its asylum system in a series of sweeping changes modeled after Denmark that aims to reduce immigration and quell the political storm over migrants making dangerous English Channel crossings to enter the country without authorization. The policy...
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. “may be having some discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a potential diplomatic avenue as the U.S. further builds up its military presence near the South American country with the arrival of its...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said shoreline communities in the city continued to be flooded due to the rise in the water level in Laguna Lake. He said based on the water level sensor of the Muntinlupa Department of Disaster Resilience and Management, the water level at Laguna Lake rose to 3.01...
Maynilad announced that several communities in the cities of Pasay and Parañaque will experience water service interruption from Nov. 19 to 20. The water concessionaire announced that the water service interruption will be implemented from 12 noon of Nov. 19 to 6:00 a.m. of Nov. 20. Maynilad will...
Thousands of participants gathered at UP Diliman in Quezon City, on Sunday, Nov. 16, for the “Takbo Laban sa Korapsyon,” an anti-corruption run calling for greater accountability amid ongoing national corruption issues. The event kicked off at 6 a.m. at the Oblation Plaza, led by the UP Diliman...
