CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Ninety-two percent of people in Northern Mindanao feel safe under a recent survey conducted by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa) on the safety, respect, and trust index of the Police Regional Office-10. Ninety-four percent of people in the province of Lanao del...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to clarify his administration’s stand regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC). While the President has already stated that it would not cooperate with the ICC in any...
ILOILO CITY – The Ombudsman suspended Mayor Receliste Escolin of President Roxas town, Capiz province, for three months without pay due to misconduct. ESCOLIN (DA-6) Associate Ombudsman Arita Lapitan has issued an order to Gov. Fredenil Castro to implement Escolin’s suspension. The order...
ILOILO CITY – The recent Dinagyang Festival here was generally peaceful, police said. POLICE stand guard during a 2024 Dinagyang Festival performance in Iloilo City. (PNP ICPO) Police Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, chief of the Iloilo City Police (ICPO) and head of the security task force for...
CEBU CITY – Police recorded fewer crimes in Central Visayas during the 459th Fiesta Señor celebration from January 11 to 21 compared to last year. Only 571 crime incidents were recorded in the entire Region 7 during the 11-day period, down 20.91 percent compared to 2023. THE Walk with Mary...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said this year’s Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town, Aklan province was generally peaceful despite a riot involving the youth that went viral online. POLICE declare the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town, Aklan province generally peaceful. (Aklan...
President Marcos has ordered the establishment of a cyber and emerging threats office under the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to adapt to evolving threats to national security. The Office of the Deputy Director General (ODDG) for Cyber and Emerging Threats will be...
President Marcos has ordered the reactivation of Task Force El Niño to come up with solutions to ensure food, water, and energy security amid the worsening dry spell, which is projected to last until the year's second quarter. Marcos gave the order via Executive Order (EO) No. 53, signed by...
President Marcos has ordered all government agencies to accelerate the implementation of the Government Energy Management Program (GEMP) to conserve energy amid the high demand due to the El Niño. Malacañang issued Administrative Order (AO) No. 15 on Monday, Jan. 22, ordering national...
President Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order (EO) No. 52, which institutionalizes and expands the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Pag-abot Program to take street dwellers and other poor and vulnerable individuals off the streets and help them become productive members of...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Thirty-eight wanted individuals were arrested by the police in the Cordillera region from January 7 to 13. The Police Regional Office Cordillera-Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division said the Baguio City Police Office nabbed 16 wanted persons,...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) has deployed close to 1,000 personnel to help secure the 459th celebration of Fiesta Señor here. Lt. Gen. Benedict M. Arevalo, Viscom commander, said 865 troops will help ensure a safe, orderly, and solemn conduct of the Fiesta Señor...
