CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Eleven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to the police in the Caraga region. The Police Regional Office-13 welcomed the surrender of these communist rebels who were identified as alias “Tuman,” “Aga,” “Maring,” “Mar” and...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was killed in a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Icogon, Barangay Minapasok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 9. The fatality was identified as Police Corporal Jaime Nuñez of the Calatrava police station. His two colleagues from the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army and the victim’s family have condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) for the brutal killing of a civilian in Northern Samar 20 years ago but whose body was exhumed only this week. After nearly two decades, government troops on Wednesday unearthed the...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter in Sitio Cansimba, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, August 6. The Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) said troops clashed with eight NPA rebels in Sitio Leong, Barangay Imelda, Guihulngan...
BACOLOD CITY – Eight former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental received a total of P80,000 cash assistance that would enable them to reintegrate to society. Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson Jr., represented by his executive assistant, Emmanuel Castro III,...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A congressman-proponent of the legalization of medical cannabis or marijuana has told a joint Hoiuse panel that he has personally experienced the efficacy of the substance. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this admission Tuesday morning, Aug 1 before the joint...
This photo taken on July 31, 2023 shows an overflowing Yongding River under the New Shougang Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua) BEIJING/SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- Two people have been killed during rainstorms in Beijing, and 52,384 have been relocated to safer places, as heavy downpours...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte continued delivering commencement speeches, asking college graduates of the Mindoro State University on Wednesday, July 19, to not allow their dreams to be hampered by negative influences, such as drugs and insurgency. Vice President and Education...
While the visit of former president Rodrigo Duterte to China has no official blessing from Malacañang, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is hopeful that the meeting would bring “progress” to the Philippines-China relations. (From left) Former president Rodrigo Duterte with Chinese...
The Czech Republic Embassy in Manila agreed to fund a P1-million project with the Center for People’s Media (CPM) for a series of forums promoting democracy and press freedom that will culminate with the commemoration of the first death anniversary of slain broadcast journalist Percival “Percy...
(Photo from Unsplash) The University of the Philippines (UP) hosted a webinar on Friday, July 14 where medical experts explained the concept of resilience and its importance in the lives of young people. In partnership with the National Telehealth Center (NTHC), the webinar entitled "Kaya Mo, Kaya...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a measure making discriminatory acts in the hiring and dismissal of indigenous people (IPs) from work unlawful. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (Senate PRIB Photo) “To exclude any person from any employment...
