CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested four suspected members of a robbery-holdup group preying on 24-hour convenience stores in Region 4-A on Saturday, Nov. 26, after their hideout in Taguig City was located through the Global Positioning System of a stolen cellphone. SUSPECTS are caught on...
United States Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday the Philippines must "stand up" for its principles, such as the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, unimpeded lawful commerce, peaceful resolution of disputes and the freedom of navigation and overfly in the South China Sea and...
Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado on Monday, Nov. 21, was sworn in as the new chairman of the Regional Development Council-Central Visayas (RDC-7). BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (second from left) takes his oath as chairman of the Regional Development Council-Central Visayas before Regional Trial Court Judge...
Six suspected drug pushers were arrested on Friday afternoon, Nov. 18, during a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. Nabbed were Maria Liwayway Quiambao, 52; Jason Alamodin, 24; Jasper Tabulo, 25; Margie Ayson, 48; Vanessa Placiente,...
Philippine Army (PA) personnel trained side-by-side with their counterparts from the United States Army during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) Exercise in Oahu, Hawaii recently. Philippine Army and U.S. Army officers plan their next move during the month-long Joint Pacific...
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite bearing the brunt of tropical cyclones, fishery production in mariculture parks continues to thrive in Eastern Visayas. A mariculture park in Eastern Visayas. (BFAR-8 FB) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 reported that the trend in bangus or milkfish...
The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) - CALABARZON Region Campus in Batangas City was hailed as the Outstanding School in the Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad (TIMO) Heat Round during the awarding ceremony on Nov. 15. (Photo courtesy of PSHS system) According to the PSHS System,...
Fifteen drug suspects were arrested by anti-narcotics authorities after they allegedly yielded P89,700 worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" during a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Thursday night, Nov. 10. PDEA photo In a statement released Friday, Nov. 11, the...
Newly appointed DOH Undersecretary Camilo Pancratius Cascolan (Facebook / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) New Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan said that he was tasked to supervise the operations of the state health agency in the Visayas. In a television interview, Cascolan...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of P335.81 million as Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) share in taxes. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Thursday, Nov. 10, said that BARMM gets P335.81 million share from the taxes and other...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called the national government’s continuous “neglect” to the needs of educators and learners as “disheartening.” It said that amid the implementation of face-to-face classes, many educators and learners are still suffering from the...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 assured it has enough food and non-food items to deliver in the event Tropical Depression 'Florita' makes a landfall in Cagayan and Isabela. Photo from DSWD Region 2 via Liezle Inigo The agency has available...
