House Deputy Speaker Camille Villar continues to push for improved healthcare services as she spearheaded the inauguration of the new 12-storey Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center (LPGHSTC). The expansion increases the hospital’s capacity to 500 beds, ensuring...
“Fake news is now worse than illegal drugs.” Thus, declared Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Jay Ruiz as he rued the growing scourge caused by the unabated proliferation of fake news and misinformation in social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram....
Police confiscated some P1,190,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Concepcion Dos, Marikina City on Wednesday, March 19. The Station Drug Enforcement Unit of the Marikina City Police Station identified the suspect as "Boyet." The suspect yielded 170 grams of shabu during the...
CEBU CITY – The Bohol Police Provincial Office debunked reports circulating online that a prayer rally meant to show support for former President Rodrigo Duterte was sabotaged by cutting off power supply at the venue. The BPPO said there was nothing irregular when electricity went off during a...
Authorities seized around P272 million worth of shabu from a man during a buy-bust operation in Binangonan, Rizal, on Wednesday, March 19. PDEA members seize around P272 million worth of shabu from a man (in jacket) during a buy-bust operation in Rizal. (Photos from PDEA) The Philippine Drug...
A man was injured while 17 families were displaced in a fire that gutted houses on Ibañez Street, Barangay Little Baguio, San Juan City on Thursday, March 20. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora) According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at 7:11 a.m. and was...
Around 200 workers and 16 of their employers were arrested during a raid on an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Ayala Avenue, Makati City on Wednesday afternoon, March 19. According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), the operation, in...
Two persons were injured in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Moral Street, San Roque 1 Barangay Pag-Asa in Quezon City on Thursday morning, March 20. The residential fire in Barangay Pag-Asa Quezon City on Thursday, March 20, 2025 (BFP Public Information Office) The Bureau of Fire...
High-value individuals identified as alias Gi and alias Kirstein nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Imus City on March 18. (Photo from PDEA Calabarzon/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities apprehended two high-value individuals and confiscated over P1.8 million worth of illegal...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing calls to reconsider its costly 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) due to funding constraints and concerns over its priorities, according to harm reduction advocates. Harm reduction...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant. FILE- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a...
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia said Wednesday they have shuttered dozens of nightclubs and entertainment venues following a fire that killed 59 people at a live pop concert. People light candles during a vigil in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March...
