The Manila city government will release the year-end bonus of its regular employees starting on Tuesday, Nov. 16. This was announced by Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso in his capital report on Friday, Nov. 12. "Sa lahat ng kawani ng pamahalaang lungsod, magsisimula na pong i-release...
For President Duterte, the proverbial noose is tightening around Senator Richard Gordon's neck in connection with the latter's troubles with the Commission on Audit (COA). GORDON'S 'DISCOMFORT'--President Duterte bring up his favorite punching bag anew during his 'Talk to the People' public...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch customs officers have seized over four tons of cocaine hidden in soy bags in the port of Rotterdam, in the country's largest haul this year, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday. EU authorities said this bust far exceeds past drugs hauls they have made....
A security guard who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) has been arrested in a buy-bust operation in Valenzuela City recently, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported Friday, Oct. 29. (PDEA photo) The PDEA Regional Office -...
The country will receive its 100 millionth dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine with the scheduled delivery of Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs on Thursday, Oct. 28. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19 As of this writing, the vaccine supply stood at 97,678,340 doses...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region III (PDEA-3) seized on Saturday, Oct. 23, some P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a drug pusher in a but-bust operation in Caloocan City. Anti-narcotics authorities said that suspected drug peddler, Arthuro Dela Cruz, 38,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three alleged drug pushers who yielded P3.4-M worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor, Cavite on Thursday, Oct. 21. PDEA National Capital Region (NCR) Director Christian Frivaldo identified the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a mayoralty candidate who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in an anti-illegal drug operation in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday night, Oct. 21. (PDEA photo) The PDEA identified the suspect as Tom...
President Duterte said he wants the Office of the Ombudsman to take cognizance of Senator Richard Gordon's alleged failure to pay the P86 million he owes to the government. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Facebook) Duterte once again brought up Gordon's name...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas seized P6.8 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a drug pusher on Sunday, Oct. 17, in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon identified the suspect as Nestor Rosal, 59 who...
NIne barangays in Valencia City in Bukidnon will be receiving P20 million each in the form of upgrading of farm-to-market roads under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the national government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. They were Barangays...
A total of P62,376,591.14 worth of confiscated dangerous drugs in Central Visayas have been destroyed in Cebu City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday, Oct. 15. PDEA photo PDEA Regional Office VII Director Levi Ortiz led the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
