The Philippine women’s ice hockey team completed its redemption after sweeping its rivals to capture its first-ever gold medal in the 2025 IIHF Women’s Asia Cup in Al Ain, the United Arab Emirates Friday, June 6. Determined to bounce back after a bridesmaid finish last year, the Nationals...
Three Chinese nationals claiming to have links within the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) were nabbed for extortion. Arrested individuals identied as Changao He, Yong Pin Pang, and Ming Wei Xiong (Photo courtesy of PAOCC) Police identified the suspects as Changao He, Yong Pin...
Forty-nine foreigners were arrested Friday night, March 14, in a commercial building in Pasay City where they were operating online hubs similar to the now banned Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs). Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred 124 foreigners from entering different ports of the country in 2024 due to their rude and disrespectful behaviors to immigration officers. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado shared that the number of rude foreigners in 2024 was almost 50...
A recent raid of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) dorm facility in Pasay City led to the discovery of 12 torture videos by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC). PAOCC Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz (Photo from PAOCC Facebook page) PAOCC...
Amid already tensed relations with China, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. asked Beijing to stop its spying activities that target Philippine officials and infrastructure. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. (left) delivers his speech at the Waitangi Day...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Monday, January 20 welcomed the news that all of the Afghan refugees who were temporarily hosted by the Philippines while processing their special immigrant visa (SIV) applications to relocate to the United States – have already left the country....
For humanitarian reasons, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed his full support for the government's actions to allow the entry of 300 Afghan nationals — individuals who aided American forces and their families composed mostly of children — in the Philippines for the processing of...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (center) leads the turnover of documents to the OSG (Contributed photo) The House quad-committee (quad-comm)-chairmen turned over to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)...
BATANGAS CITY – Police rescued four kidnapped Chinese nationals in Barangay Balagtas here on Friday, September 6. The victims were identified as Lan Lai, 32; Wang Qing Feng, 23; Nang Ze Cheng, 31, and Chen Wei Wei. Investigation said the victims were abducted in Pasay City by their...
For Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros, the discovery of having not just two Alice Guo, but also the existence of two Shiela Guo is alarming. Hontiveros pointed this out on Wednesday, August 28 following the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) discovery that Shiela Leal Guo...
Former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo labeled as "demolition job" on the Dutertes the linking of former president Rodrigo Duterte to the murders of three Chinese detainees in Davao. Former president Rodrigo Duterte and former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo (File Photo/PCOO)...
