Top-ranked female atomweight Denice Zamboanga recognized veteran South Korean foe Seo Hee Ham as her "strongest" opponent so far since kicking off her professional mixed martial arts career in 2017. Denice Zamboanga (left) and Seo Hee Ham (ONE Championship) The Filipina warrior is set to overcome...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Sept. 1 disclosed that a “confluence of many events” triggered the crashes of the C-130 cargo plane and S-70i Black Hawk helicopter that killed a total of 59 people. C-130 crash Lorenzana said the official report of the Philippine Air Force probe...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) have conducted joint maritime drills in Subic Bay, Zambales on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) have conducted joint maritime drills off Subic Bay, Zambales on Tuesday,...
Six alleged members of the terror Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) operating in Indanan, Sulu have surrendered to the military, the Joint Task Force (JTF) Sulu disclosed Friday, Aug. 27. The Joint Task Force Sulu presents sox alleged Abu Sayyaf Group members who surrendered in Indanan, Sulu last Aug. 24,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Saturday, Aug. 14, that the distribution of cash assistance or "ayuda" for residents affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been orderly so far. Residents maintain social distancing as they wait for...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Thursday, Aug. 12, that a task force was organized to locate Investigation Agent I Merton T. Fesway who has been missing since June 25, 2021 and was believed to be abducted. PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva confirmed signing an “agency...
A public policy thinktank on Monday, August 9 called on Malacañang to consider a revamp of the leadership of the National Task Force on COVID-19 for its failure to expand the country’s testing capability that is a big factor in in the new upsurge in cases. COVID 19 TESTING The rise in COVID-19...
Senator Leila de Lima has urged the government to allow Aklanons govern Boracay island and allow its local government to spearhead reforms and rehabilitation of the famous tourist destination. De Lima said she fears the bill that seeks to create a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC)...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), lauded two police personnel from Ifugao Provincial Mobile Force Company helping an elderly couple get electricity for their home. This, after Police Corporals Amelyn Buyagan and Joefrey Bimmactad found ways to assist two...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has unveiled a special themed train on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) as part of efforts to boost the country's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). LRMC President and CEO Juan F. Alfonso and Ingat Angat Tayong Lahat...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, August 2, scored the Duterte administration’s plan to double the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to P40-billion in the upcoming deliberations of the proposed 2022 national budget saying the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) might deploy its Medical Reserve Force (MRF) to assist in the vaccination program in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the implementation of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20. Police General Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of...
