BACOLOD CITY – To strengthen law enforcement and enhance public safety, Mayor Rowena Lizares has announced the establishment of three new police substations in strategic locations in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Lizares highlighted the urgency of improving security following a string of...
The victims of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war expressed their dismay over the order of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) to postpone the confirmation of charges hearing against the ex-chief executive initially scheduled on Sept. 23 to 26. A...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Registry said that it received 303 applications from people who want to be recognized as victims of former president’s Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. “[T]he VPRS (Victims Participation and Reparations Section) received 303 application forms—a limited...
The lawyer for the victims in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war has asked the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Appeals Chamber to grant her a “varying standard time limit” to respond to the defense team’s disqualification case against ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. In a...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested two suspects in the brutal killing of two women in Palauig, Zambales on Thursday during a hot-pursuit operation in Caloocan City on Saturday. The suspects – Jinky, 30, female, jobless, and Benedict, 34, male, mechanic, residents of Masinloc, Zambales – were...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered on Thursday morning, Aug. 14, on a river in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, after three bodies were discovered in Talisay City on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the body...
Two bodies of two women believed to be ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victims were discovered in a canal in Purok 5, Barangay Salaza, Palauig, Zambales, on Thursday morning, Aug. 14. Police identified the victims as alias Khangkhang, 24, a resident of Purok Relocation, Barangay Taltal,...
The European Union (EU) announced that it is providing €500,000 (approximately P33 million) in humanitarian aid to help the victims of the recent typhoons and floods in the Philippines. In a statement, the EU said the funding “will help address the most pressing needs of people in the hardest...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard J. Gordon on Friday thanked staff and volunteers for helping flood victims in country, particularly in Bulacan. “Two weeks after the heavy rain and multiple cyclones that caused major flooding in different provinces, the Philippine Red Cross remains in...
The Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) urged the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) to reject former president Rodrigo Duterte’s request to delay its decision on the defense’s jurisdiction challenge. In a filing dated July 24, Principal Counsel Paolina...
Las Pinas City 's mayor-elect April Aguilar led the distribution of relief goods to 260 individuals displaced by a fire that hit houses on Samatierra Compound, Las Pinas City on Tuesday, June 3. Aguilar, along with members of the City Social Welfare and Development Office and the Disaster...
BACOLOD CITY – The Cadiz City government in Negros Occidental will provide P100,000 each to 26 families affected by a fire in Talaba-an, Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 (Western Visayas) distributes...
