Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 4 the need to establish what he described as a "heightened community-based public awareness campaign about monkeypox". (Unsplash) According to the Mindanao solon, having such information drive on monkeypox will help government...
The Quezon City government on Thursday, July 28, announced that it is now implementing vigorous city-wide “search and destroy” operations against the spread of dengue. "Our goal is to ensure that our citywide anti-mosquito protective measures are implemented and enforced while also educating...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Marijuana worth P92 million were destroyed in a six-day eradication campaign under “Oplan Man-Gabut” in Tinglayan, this province. Authorities said 444,900 marijuana plants were uprooted and burned. Also disposed were 30 kilograms of marijuana dried leaves and stalks and...
An alleged drug peddler was killed in a shootout with operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Bulacan Police in Barangay Santor, City of Malolos Friday night, July 22. Lt. Col. Ferdinand Germino, Malolos City police chief, identified the slain suspect as Sherwin Thompson alias...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Nine-hundred ninety-three persons were arrested by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 in a week-long anti-crime campaign from July 11 to July 17. A report from PRO-3 director Police Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay said that among those arrested, 358...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has launched a dedicated webpage or microsite for the new ₱1,000 polymer banknotes to increase public awareness and encourage its use, hastening the country’s shift to the use of more secure and hygienic banknotes. The website, bit.ly/PolymerPH, informs the...
Fly, shop, redeem, repeat—homegrown giants PAL and SM combine forces so loyal customers can swap their frequent flyer points for shopping rewards and vice versa CHEERS TO A NEW COLLAB A toast after the signing of the partnership agreement led by (from left, front row) COO of Digital Advantage...
The Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council (CRPOC) has approved the anti-marijuana campaign as a flagship program in a bid to eradicate the marijuana plant cultivation and prevent the distribution of illegal drugs in the region's urban areas. “I suggest that the anti-marijuana campaign...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, June 24 said the fight against illegal drugs must continue despite the imminent end of the Duterte administration. Go made the call as he personally led the second day of relief distribution for indigent residents in the province of Davao Oriental, this...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez did such a great job as Vice President-elect Sara Duterte's campaign manager that the latter couldn't help but brag about it, even to President-elect Bongbong Marcos. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (left) and Reelected Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin...
Pride Month commemorated through virtual art galleries, comics, queer media spotlights, and awareness campaigns Gay Writes: A Pride Week Special , an online event for Pride Month, features a series of digital artworks, comics, queer media spotlights, and informational discussions by young...
Still misunderstood since it wreaked havoc in the 1980s, this epidemic keeps spreading through shame, secrecy, and silence Northern Samar is stepping up its drive against human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) to rid the province of the illness. The local...
