Deletion by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) of one’s name in its blacklist is easy if you fork over from P1 million to P5 million. This information surfaced during a public hearing by the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee where the name of an alien, particularly Chinese, could be...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. In February 2011, demonstrations broke out in the Libyan City of Benghazi, which eventually led to the tragic death of Muammar Gaddafi in October the same year at his hometown of Sirte, located between the capital Tripoli and Benghazi....
CAMP. GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police apprehended 43 wanted persons and seized almost ₱612,000 worth of illegal drugs in a week-long anti-crime operation in Batangas. Col. Pedro D. Soliba, Batangas police director, said 102 drug suspects were arrested in 90 operations from...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are saddened by the continuing economic crisis in Lebanon, which the World Bank has earlier described as “the most devastating multi-pronged crisis in its modern history.” The ongoing political deadlock in parliament has the...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The province of Apayao and 14 municipalities were named the most peaceful places in the Cordillera during the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Command Conference here on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, regional police director, who presided over the...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Aris Aumentado backed programs that the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) will implement in Bohol. GOV. Aris Aumentado (right) welcomes Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, at the Bohol Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran City on...
Amid the ongoing review of the K to 12 curriculum, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that there are “no specific” details yet on the planned inclusion of “National Culture of Peace” into the basic education curriculum. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Wala pang (There is no)...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
After a weekend during which a new Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff was appointed, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has asked retired General Carlito Galvez Jr. to serve as secretary of national defense. These twin moves serve to restore a sense of equanimity in the security sector....
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We joined the 1.36 billion Roman Catholics around the world in mourning the passing of the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was laid to rest inside the Vatican City grounds three days ago. Considered as one of the greatest...
MALUNGON, Sarangani – Authorities have stepped up security operations in hinterland barangays after a militiaman was killed while two others were wounded in an attack by bandits in the tri-boundary of Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Davao del Sur in Barangay Datal Batong here on New Year’s Eve....
ILOILO CITY – The New Year celebration in Western Visayas region was generally peaceful, police said. TOURISTS watch the fireworks display ushering in the New Year at the beach front of world-famous Boracay Island. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) "The peaceful celebration is attributed to the...
