Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. troops the line during the 73rd founding anniversary of the Philippine Army's First Scout Ranger Regiment (PA-FSRR) at Camp Tecson in San Miguel, Bulacan on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Army) A total of 403 cities and municipalities considered as “areas of...
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Monday, Feb. 10, three people who claimed to have...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) deserves praise for teaming up with platforms like TikTok and other government agencies in the bid to flush out deepfakes and other...
Matalinong Boto 2025 official logo The Manila Bulletin, a monolithic force in truth-telling that has endured 125 years of radical changes in Philippine political landscape, will launch on Monday, Feb. 10, its election information campaign...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered all police commanders across the country to ensure a 24-hour conduct of checkpoint and strategic deployment of policemen in high-risk areas as the campaign period for national candidates and party-list groups begins on Tuesday, Feb. 11. PNP chief Gen....
Concerns and allegations that the home visit on delinquent firearms owners could be weaponized for political intimidation for the midterm elections are baseless and mere speculations, the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil stressed that their...
At least 250 violators were apprehended in the first week of the nationwide implementation of gun ban for the midterm elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The same election security resulted in the confiscation of 255 firearms. Based on the PNP data, Metro...
In the past three elections, misinformation usually from social media influencers and trolls were observed to have played a key role in shaping the outcome of local and national polls. And Philippine National Police (PNP) Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil even branded misinformation as more alarming...
Almost 200 candidates were already stripped of police security personnel as part of the election security measures and isolate the organization from partisan politics. Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the recall of police security from 197...
Despite high inflation during its first full year in office, the Marcos Jr. administration is expected to buck the regional trend of dissatisfaction with incumbent administrations and is likely to maintain majority control in Congress in the forthcoming midterm elections slated for May, think tanks...
Police Brig. Gen. Roger L. Quesada, director of the Police Regional Office 4B, has ordered all commanders in five provinces of the region to intensify the security measures to ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of midterm elections on May 12. The election period already started on Jan. 12 and...
Police arrested 31 violators and confiscated at least 80 firearms on the first day of the implementation of the nationwide gun ban on Sunday, Jan. 12. Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the aggressive operations against unauthorized possession...
