CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera will deploy 1,772 policemen to secure All Saints' Day in the region. PRO-Cordillera chief Brig. Gen.David Peredo Jr. said they will be deployed in strategic locations such as cemeteries, memorial parks, columbaria, and churches,...
BUTUAN CITY – Three-hundred eighty-four Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) personnel, backed by 572 members of support units and advocacy support groups (ASG), will be mobilized to secure All Saints’ Day or “Undas” in Surigao City and Surigao del Norte. Surigao del Norte PPO...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has deployed 3,461 police personnel to maintain peace and order in the Ilocos region, composed of the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan, for All Saints’ Day. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Ilocos police...
The Philippines said the world must do more to uphold women as agents of change and leaders in shaping conditions for lasting peace, asserting that when women are involved in peace processes, agreements will likely be reached. "It is possible, and necessary," Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Nearly 4,000 personnel from the Police Regional Office-3 will be deployed in Central Luzon for All Saints’ Day. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Redrico A. Maranan has mobilized senior officers to personally oversee security preparations in...
PEACE BY PEACE “Everyone faces up more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself, sufferings, even, being withstood if they have been trained for in advance. Those who are unprepared, on the other hand, are panic-stricken by the most insignificant happenings.” – Lucius Annaeus...
PEACE-MAKER In our much earlier column, we said that perhaps the confluence of time, circumstance, and geography brought this columnist into close contact with three of the most devastating wars in the world. The first was the Pacific War (1941 to 1945) and the subsequent invasion of Manila by...
PEACE BY PEACE The past has a way of teaching us, although its lessons can sometimes be uncomfortable and strike a sensitive chord within us. But it is these lessons that offer us an opportunity for introspection; to go beyond the pain of remembering and gather wisdom from the lives of those who...
PEACE-MAKER (We are reprinting excerpts of our much-earlier column dated April 26, 2020 in memory of our dear friend, the late Sen. Heherson “Sonny” Alvarez, who would have turned 85 years old this Oct. 26, 2024). Former Senator Heherson “Sonny” Alvarez and this columnist saw each...
DAVAO CITY – Interfaith leaders in Mindanao recently reaffirmed their efforts to sustain the gains of peacebuilding in Mindanao. INTERFAITH leaders during the gathering. (OPAPRU) They vowed to revitalize and uphold the gains of grassroots peacebuilding efforts initiated by the Bishops-Ulama...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has issued an executive order limiting the selling and consumption of liquor in the 45th MassKara Festival here this year. POLICE secure the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) during a MassKara Festival event. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)...
PEACE BY PEACE As the Philippines continues its crusade toward achieving a just and lasting peace, the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) program works at the forefront of the nation’s peace and development agenda. The PAMANA program, facilitated by the Office of the...
