The Eastern Police District (EPD) District Mobile Force Battalion (DMFB) opened on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a temporary quarantine facility for personnel who may become infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Headed by DMFB officer-in-charge Lt. Col. Hendrix B. Mangaldan, the Kalingang Sinaglaya...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon personally handed out 470 IV fluid bottles to diarrhea patients in medical tents just outside Siargao District Hospital, the organization said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
An employee of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was arrested by the police in a drug buy-bust operation in Taguig on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) conducted the sting operation in Sta. Teresa Compound in North Daang Hari, Taguig at about 10:30 p.m....
Taguig City police seized P1.66 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation on Dec. 3. The entrapment operation was conducted by the Taguig police’s drug enforcement unit at about 8:10 p.m. that resulted in the arrest of suspect Jemily Lasdon, 31, according to a...
The congressional bid of controversial Pharmally Biological Company executive Rose Nono Lin has been questioned anew, this time by a Quezon City resident who sought her disqualification as candidate for lack fo residency. Rose Nono Lin Through her lawyer Ma. Lourdes Fugoso-Alcain, QC voter Annalou...
The city government of Manila announced on Tuesday, Nov. 23, that it has already received the first batch of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antiviral drug, Molnupiravir. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANILA PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN Around 40,000 capsules of Molnupiravir were delivered to the Sta. Ana Hospital...
The Lakas-CMD party on Friday, Nov. 19 revoked the Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) it issued to businesswoman Rose Nono-Lin, a congressional candidate who became controversial over her testimony about the luxury cars she owned during the Senate blue ribbon hearings on the Pharmally...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Thursday Nov. 12 questions the seeming harassment of his and Senate President Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III's supporters by policemen in the City of Manila. Lacson cited information that Manila Police District (MPD) personnel told tricycle drivers and residents...
Local government units were called upon to further intensify their COVID-19 vaccination drive amid the admission by the national government that the country’s vaccination rate has slowed down. Vaccine certificate Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said that LGUs and national government...
Notwithstanding a sure win in her new congressional bid, former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will still expect strong support from her Lakas-Christian Muslim Democracts (Lakas-CMD) colleagues. 12E005F6-D2F7-42C5-B176-4A8FAB52B428 Arroyo, one of the founders of the political party,...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, who is running for congressman in the upcoming elections, said he will aim for the creation of a second congressional district in the city. Fresnedi and Rep. Rufino Biazon have teamed up under the One Muntinlupa unity party and have switched places for the May 9,...
Reelectionist Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia filed his certificate of candidacy for a third term of office as Congressman today, October 1, before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Pangasinan. “I am seeking reelection for a third term to sustain and continue our...
