Harm-reduction experts and consumers should be included in tobacco control policy discussions to help smokers globally, according to the World Vapers Alliance. In the report “Rethinking Tobacco Control: 20 Harm-Reduction Lessons the FCTC Should Take Note Of,” the WVA said the World...
Senatorial aspirant Camille Villar strengthened her bid for the 2025 midterm elections after receiving a key endorsement from top officials of Malabon City during her campaign visit on Thursday, March 27. Leading the endorsement were Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval and her husband, former...
As the 2025 midterm elections draw near, senatorial candidate Camille Villar received a significant boost in Western Visayas after securing the endorsement of prominent Iloilo City leaders during the kickoff rally of Team Uswag at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand on Friday. The young...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized some P51 million worth of alleged counterfeit Huawei mobile phones and accessories, and health care products during operations in Metro Manila. In a statement on Tuesday, April 1, NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago said the suspected counterfeit...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has commended the Philippine National Police (PNP) for its swift arrest of the suspect in the viral road rage shooting in Antipolo City. “I commend the PNP,...
CEBU CITY – Several government officials, including the mayor of Dalaguete, Cebu, and private contractors, were charged before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for a string of alleged criminal offenses. The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) asked the anti-graft...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a man for "sextortion" when he threatened a woman that he will upload online her lewd photographs and videos. The NBI identified the suspect as Jebson G. Palmes who was arrested at his residence in Antique last March 27 by operatives of...
A man has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for mortgaging real estate properties that are owned by a corporation in Quezon province. The NBI identified the suspect as Victorino Diezmo Borlongan Jr. who was arrested last March 27 during an entrapment operation conducted by...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has told the Philippines National Police (PNP)--which he led from 1999 to 2001-- to keep up its efficiency that led to the lowering of the crime rate this year. "What...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the P1.4 million in pension differentials claimed by the widow of a deceased officer of the then Integrated National Police (INP), now Philippine National Police (PNP). Danilo M. Garlitos was appointed patrolman in the INP on Sept. 15, 1974. He went through...
Pag-IBIG Fund will maintain its low interest rates on housing loans until June 2025, marking the second consecutive year of offering affordable home financing and defying the upward trend in market lending rates, top officials announced Thursday (March 27). Pag-IBIG Fund continues to offer...
The positions of 76 special investigators (SIs) of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have been reclassified and upgraded to investigation agents and will now receive higher salaries. NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago said "the reclassification of the agents will provide more quality...
