BACOLOD CITY – Commanders of the 10 police stations here have increased police visibility in their jurisdictions as the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) started on Monday, August 28. Police Lt. Col. Ronnie Brillo,...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Security forces for this year’s barangay elections in Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area were deployed on Monday, August 28. A send-off ceremony was held in this camp led by Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen....
PEACE-MAKER Vietnam is where we spent our initial foray in international relations, as a 30-year-old presidential assistant, concurrently assigned as minister, economic and press counselor at the Philippine Embassy in Saigon, the South Vietnam capital then (now Ho Chi Minh, capital of the united...
ILOILO CITY – With the start of the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next week, security preparations are underway across Western Visayas region. Atty. Dennis Ausan, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-6,...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 on Monday, August 21, will start deploying 960 police personnel in different schools to ensure orderly and peaceful opening of classes under "Ligtas Balik-Eskwela" in the Caraga region on Tuesday, August 29. The PRO-13 will...
PEACE-MAKER After some 50 years in Philippine partisan politics and 20 years in political party- and parliamentary diplomacy in Asia and the international community, this columnist, now almost 87, has spent these past three years just observing political events and developments. Indeed, the last...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called for new regional peace initiatives to maintain peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula in the interest of all stakeholders, citing its importance in Asia’s development. PH-JAPAN TIES — President Marcos holds a bilateral meeting with...
PEACE-MAKER Cambodia has broken a historic ground with the imminent election of the Khuon Sudary as the first woman president of the National Assembly. A veteran parliamentarian, she currently serves as vice president of her country’s lawmaking body. She is also one of our steadfast allies...
CEBU CITY – The death of the No. 1 most wanted person in Central Visayas dealt a big blow to private armed groups operating in Negros Oriental, police said. POLICE Col. Ronan Claravall, chief of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, says the crime rate in Negros Oriental has gone...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) facilitated the oath-taking of 102 former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters as new police officers in a landmark ceremony at Camp Brig. Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte on...
PEACE-MAKER In the Asian region and in the world, we need to develop pragmatic and creative methods that will try to rebuild relations and advance the cause of peace, without allowing our differences to get in the way. Our world is interconnected and rapidly evolving, thus the need for...
The Marcos government remains dedicated to fulfilling its commitments in the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as well as the other aspects of the Normalization Program as both sides carried out the resumption of Phase 3 of the Decommissioning Process this week, a Palace...
