Five persons, including a former kagawad of a barangay in Taguig and a minor, were arrested during a buy-bust operation and patrolling in Pateros and Taguig on Nov. 22. In Pateros, the police’s Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a buy-bust operation on P. Rosales Street in Bgy. Sta. Ana at about...
Operations at the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) will be temporarily suspended on three Sundays this November and on January next year to complete the necessary works for the upgrade of its existing signaling system. (Photo from Light Rail Manila Corporation) The Light Rail Manila Corporation...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thanked Cebu Pacific (CEB) for its support to the government’s relief operations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DSWD-National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau personnel load the family food packs at the Cebu...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is now looking to resume the 24-hour operations of public utility vehicles (PUVs), particularly passenger buses, in Metro Manila to cater to the expected influx of passengers with the lifting of curfew hours in the region. (Photo from Department of...
The Philippine Red Cross continues to provide aid for residents of the province of La Union who were severely affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) "Maring", the agency said on Wednesday, November 3. PRC's La Union Chapter distributed food items targeting over 256 families in Bacnotan, La Union...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is mulling the completion of the dredging of a "mega island" along the Cagayan River by early next year. According to DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, about 8.43 percent of the target 970,962 cubic meters of a sandbar in Barangay Dummum in the...
Anti-narcotics authorities seized some P80,600 worth of shabu following the arrest of five drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Subic, Zambales. The suspects were identified as Ryan Rarick, 34, Gerry Recote, 32, Ferdinand Velasco, 42, Norman Palo, 32 and Teresita Chavez, 61. In a statement, the...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar lauded how government media has "come a long way" in communicating with the public, saying its operations have definitely improved under the Duterte administration. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and other key officials of the Presidential...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) this week regularized 15 personnel who have been working as casual and contractual workers in the PCOO for over 10 years. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar administers the oath-taking of permanent and newly regularized employees during...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that sustainable communication which advocates for actionable responses to societal issues should be introduced in government media. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook page) Andanar, who heads the Presidential Communications...
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...
Police arrested two drug suspects and seized 100 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation in Muntinlupa City Saturday night. The anti-illegal drugs operation was conducted by the Muntinlupa police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) led by Police Maj. Peter Aquino at about...
