A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in a COVID-19 vaccination center at the National Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua) The government is planning to conduct “special vaccination days” in areas...
CEBU CITY — A region-wide police operation dubbed as Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (SEMPO) resulted in the confiscation of at least P6 million worth of illegal drugs and the arrest of more than 100 drug suspects in Central Visayas. The series of police operations started at...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities seized an estimated P3,338,800 worth of suspected shabu over the weekend in different buy-bust operations that also resulted into the arrest of four individuals. A man was arrested for prepossession of shabu worth P3 million in a buy-bust in Barangay Singcang-Airport,...
70602 A year after its commercial launch, the country's third player, DITO Telecommunity Corp. has six million plus subscribers, serving over 500 cities and municipalities and, in just a few more months, will cover 70 percent of the population – "finally going head-to-head against our two...
Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) Head retired police Brig. Gen. Elmo San Diego on Monday, March 7, said the removal of 2022 election campaign materials posted on public places is not a political propaganda but an initiative by the local government to maintain the city's...
As restrictions ease in 39 areas under Alert Level 1 status, the government looks to boost its efforts in vaccinating individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, March 2. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to over 600,000 children aged five to 11-years-old, the National Vaccination...
President Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 23, applauded the groundbreaking of the Visayas Media Hub which he said will boost the government's communication service across the country. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar led the groundbreaking ceremony of the Visayas Media Hub in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue...
Police arrested nine suspects and seized nearly P602,000 worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in buy-bust operations in Pateros and Taguig on Feb. 23 and 24. In Taguig, the Southern Police District (SPD) Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a buy-bust operation at Old Housing in Barangay...
After shuttering several licensed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in Cagayan, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) warned non-compliant online gaming licensees and their service providers to register and pay taxes or face closure. BIR PHOTO In a statement Wednesday, Feb. 23, the bureau...
Vaccine hesitancy is no longer the concern for some senior citizens who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since they argue that they're bound to die anyway. A senior citizen getting his booster shot at SM Center Muntinlupa vaccination site of the Muntinlupa City...
Months after “Odette” (international name: Rai) ravaged the country, Silliman University (SU) continues its “psychosocial processing operations” to help typhoon-hit communities in various parts of the country. (Silliman University Facebook Page) “Student volunteers prepared dignity packs...
