LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) and SM City-Lucena conducted a medical mission for senior citizens in line with National Elderly Week on Thursday, October 5, at the SM City-Lucena Event Center here. THE National Commission on Senior Citizens hold a medical...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will send 25 of its personnel to South Sudan as part of the peacekeeping commitment by the national government to the United Nations (UN). PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the 25 policemen were already trained and briefed on their assignment as part of...
BUTUAN CITY – SM Foundation's medical missions continue to provide free and accessible healthcare services to underserved communities. A RESIDENT receives free vitamins and medicines at SM Foundation’s medical mission in SM City Butuan. With its commitment to healthcare, it recently held...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisherman in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Armed Forces Western Command (Wescom)...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno (File photo) The Philippine government is eyeing to deploy a humanitarian contingent to Morocco following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit its High Atlas Mountains. Office of Civil Defense Administration (OCD)...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels BRP Cabra and BRP Sindangan are surrounded by China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal, West Philippine Sea on Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Commodore Jay Tarriela / PCG) The Philippine...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Friday, September 8 thanked and congratulated the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard for completing another resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal once again. This is now the third successful mission in five weeks,...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires water cannon at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel during a rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin Shoal in Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan on Aug. 5, 2023. (Photo: PCG) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully conducted another rotation and...
BACOLOD CITY – Two-hundred persons benefitted from the eye and ear screening and consultation organized by the Silay City Police Station in Negros Occidental at Kansilayan Gymnasium in Silay City on Thursday, August 25. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (PNA) – Two civilian boats chartered by the government returned to port here on Wednesday afternoon, August 23, after successfully carrying out its mission of delivering much-needed provisions to troops standing guard in Ayungin Shoal aboard BRP Sierra Madre. Crew members...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Over 500 families from three barangays benefited from free medical and dental services during the Tarabangan Caravan at Oro Site High School here on Thursday morning, August 24. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Peñaranda with more than 100 families, Orosite with...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. refuted on Wednesday, August 23, the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) claim that it allowed the boats chartered by the AFP to reach Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal out of humanitarian purposes so it could deliver fresh food, water, and...
