The Philippine National Police (PNP) kicked off the “Ligtas Sumvac” 2023 campaign on Friday, March 31, to ensure the safety and security of travelers during the summer vacation and observance of the Lenten season. PNP Chief Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the annual summer holiday begins at...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcement agencies in the Visayas have started preparing for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. The Visayas Command (Viscom), Area Police Command (APC)-Visayas, and the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas discussed the needed preparations during...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 will deploy 1,274 policemen to secure the Holy Week in the Caraga region. They will be assigned to streets, main thoroughfares, seaports, airports, churches, transportation hubs, places of worship, malls, markets,...
PEACE-MAKER In Dagupan, before we turned 10, we faced the best and the worst in our young life. We survived the grim life of World War II and lost our dear, loving mother Casimira to tuberculosis at 45, a few months after Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s landed in our town. Dagupan has a history that is...
A Holy Mass and an early evening procession on March 25 will mark the official elevation of the Antipolo Cathedral into the International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. Antipolo Bishop Francis Mendoza De Leon and Rev. Fr. Reynante Tolentino, shrine rector of the Antipolo...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office has launched motorcycle-riding policemen dubbed Iloilo Motorcops Anti-Crime and Emergency Responders or Motoronda Squad to combat crime in the province. MOTORCYCLE cops have been deployed to patrol the province of Iloilo. (IPPO) “The initiative...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, concurrent chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) of Metro Manila, flew to the United States on Sunday, March 19, to attend a series of meetings with US senators and congressmen at the US Capitol, and a training program that will help boost the...
PEACE MAKER Former Iranian Vice President Hassan Ghafouri Fard, a dear friend and a staunch stalwart in political party and parliamentary diplomacy passed away a few days ago in Tehran. He was 79. Vice President Ghafouri Fard was a founding member of ICAPP, the International Conference of Asian...
Fresh from launching the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Magnegosyo ‘Ta Day (MTD) in Laguna, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 14, offered to extend the same financial help to keeping peace in Negros Occidental and boosting the province’s entrepreneurial programs. The official...
Politicians such as Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora were among the new officials of the Regional Peace and Order Council appointed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Malacañang bared on Tuesday,...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Isabela Provincial Police Office is preparing for the Holy Week to ensure the safety and orderly movement of motorists and commuters. Isabela police chief Col. Julio Go said 293 policemen and 88 augmentation forces from partner-agencies will be deployed in...
PEACE-MAKER In commemoration of the National Women’s Month, we wish to reprint here our column dated March 13, 2022. “In recent years, many iconic women leaders have emerged. Outstanding women in global politics include Margaret Thatcher in Britain; Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, the first...
