DAVAO CITY – From a “place of concern to a place of safety.” That’s what Mindanao has become. A study conducted by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) showed that the regions in Mindanao now enjoy a “general atmosphere of peace and order.” Conducted in the first quarter of this...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on the Assembly of Service Academies and Schools Alumni Association of the Philippines (ASASAAP) to support the government in maintaining peace and order in the country. Marcos made the statement during the oath-taking ceremony of the...
PEACE-MAKER We wish to express our profound appreciation to Dagupan City and our fellow Dagupenos, led by the dynamic and indefatigable Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, for bestowing us the Biskeg Na Baley Diamond Award, “the highest honor,” during the 75th Diamond Jubilee of Dagupan last June 19,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Seventy-six wanted individuals, including six most wanted, were arrested in simultaneous manhunt operations in the Cordillera region from June 11 to 17. The Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) said the Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO)...
PEACE-MAKER In October 2010, we travelled to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, following our trip to Buenos Aires two years earlier, where we explored ways and means of cooperation between our Asia-wide organization, ICAPP, the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, and...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Calls from congressmen to restart peace negotiations with Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are beginning to snowball. On Sunday, June 11, it was Cagayan de Oro City...
International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Antipolo Cathedral) Rector Fr. Reynante Tolentino will share the widespread devotion in the Philippines to the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage during the Second Conference for Rectors of Shrines to be held at the Vatican in November....
PEACE-MAKER As the whole world celebrates Father’s Day next Sunday, June 18, we wish to pay tribute to our beloved father, the late Jose Ravago de Venecia Sr. After World War II, our father served as Judge at Large for the entire Bicol region, appointed by the late President Manuel Roxas, first...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A total of P51-million worth of illegal drugs were seized in Central Luzon in over three months. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S Hidalgo Jr. reported on Tuesday, June 6, that a total of 1,684 anti-illegal drug operations...
CEBU CITY – The governor of Bohol has asked the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs and illegal gambling activities in the province. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (left) and Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional...
PEACE-MAKER The recent happenings in the Lakas-CMD (Christian-Muslim Democrats) brought back memories of the beginnings of the party as well as the many challenges and struggles we and our partymates faced together. When we, together with then former Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos and former...
CEBU CITY – Postponement of the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Negros Oriental is being strongly considered, the Visayas Command announced on Friday, June 2. LT. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Armed Forces Visayas Command, presides over the 1st Joint Security...
