Senator Grace Poe assured on Sunday, November 17 that next year’s budget has sufficient funds to ensure there is fast and timely relief to communities affected by calamities and disasters. Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance and leading the deliberations on the...
Two policemen died while two cops were wounded following a firefight with suspected members of a local drug syndicate in a buy-bust operation that went awry in Sultan Kudarat town of Maguindanao on Friday, Nov. 15. Police Lt. Gen. Bernard Banac, director of the Area Police Command- Western...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito called for the inclusion of key railway projects in the programmed appropriations of the 2025 proposed budget for the Department of Transportation (DOTR). Ejercito, who sponsored DOTr’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025, expressed his intention to...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil (File photo) The Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed that it has dismissed from service 11 members of the Special Action Force (SAF), an elite police unit, due to their alleged involvement to unauthorized escort services...
This satellite image shows three tropical cyclones surrounding the Philippines on November 13, 2024 (Courtesy of PAGASA) The occurrence of six consecutive, powerful tropical cyclones—ranging from severe tropical storms to super typhoons—“could be indicative of climate change,” according to...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa questioned a National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) memorandum circular that seems to affect the promotion of officers in the Philippine National Police (PNP). During the Senate plenary deliberations on the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG)...
Senators have urged the Senate to restore the P10-billion slashed from the Department of National Defense (DND) proposed budget for 2025, citing the funding’s crucial role in advancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV”...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to ensure that their hotlines are open for all Filipino migrant workers and ensure that assistance remains readily available whenever needed. During...
Police forces have started implementing preemptive evacuation in coastal communities and other areas prone to landslides and flash flood amid serious threat from super typhoon “Ofel” which is expected to make a landfall near Cagayan Valley region on Thursday, Nov. 14. PNP spokesperson Brig....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will provide assistance if a warrant of arrest is issued against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with the cases he is facing before the International Criminal Court (ICC). This, after Duterte, during a Quad-Committee hearing of the House of...
Transmission service provider National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has reported that there are more than 100 projects under the Transmission Development Plan (TDP) that will be rolled out until 2050. In a briefing on Thursday, Nov. 14, the NGCP said that it has already presented the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing for the restoration of the P10 billion cut introduced by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget for the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program for next year. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa appeals to the...
