A man possessing a firearm was arrested by police at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Pasig City on the first day of the nationwide gun ban on Monday, Aug. 28, for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) period. Pasig Police Chief Col. Celerino Sacro Jr. identified...
Photo courtesy of Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) held on Monday morning, Aug. 28, a kick-off ceremony for the implementation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Checkpoint at the Kartilya ng Katipunan, Ermita. The Comelec Checkpoint will be installed in...
Candidates for the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections trooped to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Muntinlupa on Aug. 28 to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs). Comelec Commissioner and Muntinlupa resident Rey Bulay visited the Comelec-Muntinlupa office,...
Photo from Amado De Juan Diocales Jr. / MANILA BULLETIN Thousands of aspiring candidates in Manila flocked to malls on Monday, Aug. 28, the first day of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). Four malls in the city were tapped as...
The Southern Police District (SPD), headed by Brig. Gen. Roderick Mariano, said operatives arrested 226 persons and seized P2.17 million worth of illegal drugs from Aug. 21 to 27. According to the SPD, 83 persons involved in illegal drug activities were arrested in the past week. The...
The Northern Police District (NPD) and the Commision on Elections (Comelec) launched simultaneous checkpoints in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela (Camanava) on Monday, Aug. 28. The NPD, together with the Comelec election officers, manned the checkpoints as part of the...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confiscated more than P934,000 worth of "shabu" and arrested 16 drug peddlers in a series of buy-bust operations in the city that started on Aug. 24. (Photo from QCPD/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Photo from QCPD/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Photo from QCPD/ MANILA BULLETIN) One...
The Valenzuela City Library was hailed as the "Most Innovative Public Library" during the 2023 Gawad Pampublikong Aklatan on Friday, Aug. 25. (Photo from Valenzuela City government Facebook Page/Manila Bulletin) (Photo from Valenzuela City government Facebook Page/Manila Bulletin) The award was...
A man suspected to be a member of a notorious criminal group was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in Taguig on Aug. 25. Taguig police identified the suspect as Emerson Pillos, 40, who was nabbed on Banana Street in Barangay New Lower Bicutan. The suspect...
Over 1,000 personnel of the Manila Police District (MPD) were deployed to secure the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in the city on Oct. 30. In a send-off ceremony held at the MPD Headquarters on Saturday morning, Aug. 26, the policemen were informed of the areas and voting...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Friday, Aug. 25, filed charges against a protester who burned the effigy of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at a rally during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2023. (Screenshot photo from Mark Balmores Video/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Muntinlupa City government has established its own Cooperative Development Council to benefit cooperatives. Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed Ordinance No. 2023-102 passed by the Muntinlupa City Council, “creating the Cooperative Development Council of Muntinlupa, defining its objectives,...
