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...
Robinsons Mall in Antipolo City participated in the activities in celebration of the upcoming solemn declaration of the Antipolo Cathedral - Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage as the country’s international shrine on January 26. (Replicas of the image of Our Lady of Peace and Good...
Members of different parishes in Rizal province participate in the series of religious activities lined-up prior to the solemn declaration of the Antipolo Cathedral as an international shrine on January 26. Fr. Reynante Tolentino, shrine rector and administrator of the Antipolo Cathedral, said...
ILIGAN CITY – A long-standing “rido” within the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has finally come to an end. A PEACE agreement ends a long-drawn family feud in Basilan. (Photo by 101st Infantry Brigade) The clan feud ended with through a formal settlement program and signing 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...
NSC spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (File photo) The New People's Army (NPA) is no longer considered a force to reckon with by the national government after it supposedly lost its support from the mass, an official of the National Security Council (NSC) said Monday, Jan. 15. NSC spokesperson Jonathan...
PEACE-MAKER Our wife Gina and we visited former President Joseph Estrada in his home several days ago. As some may know, then Vice President Erap Estrada and we ran against each other and eight other candidates during the 1998 presidential elections. We came out second to him in a highly...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are all set for the 459th Fiesta Señor in this city. POLICE and other uniformed personnel on Wednesday, January 9, attend their send-off ceremony for the upcoming 459th Fiesta Señor in Cebu City. (Photo via Calvin D. Cordova) More than 5,000 security personnel from...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth over P1.4 million and nabbed eight wanted persons during a week-long campaign against crime in the Cordillera region from December 31 to January 6. The Police Regional Office Cordillera-Regional Operations Division said three...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte doubts the sincerity of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to end insurgency even with the exploratory peace talks initiated by the government last year. “It has always been the same, in my opinion. I cannot doubt the...
