Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
POLICE in Anilao, Iloilo conduct a checkpoint as they implement the election gun ban. (Anilao PNP) ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 240 gun ban violators across Western Visayas or Region 6 as the election period ended last Wednesday, June 8. “The arrests are the product of our close...
Nine persons were arrested by the police for alleged gun ban violations and suspected illegal drugs worth P281,600 in Pateros, Taguig, and Muntinlupa on June 7 and 8. On June 8, the Southern Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit, together with the District Intelligence Division and District...
A man was arrested by the police for illegal possession of an improvised firearm in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa on June 6. The Muntinlupa police identified the suspect as Vincent Fabia, 23, a resident of Alabang. The firearm and ammunition confiscated from the suspect in Muntinlupa on June 6...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga -- Almost 3,000 long and short firearms and assorted deadly weapons and explosives have been confiscated from individuals who violated the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban. Police Regional Office 3 Regional Director Brigadier General Matthew P....
The US State Department has called on the Chinese government to abide by the rule of law after it dismissed the Philippine protest on its fishing ban even on parts of the West Philippine Sea. Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said in a Twitter post Friday thatChina's "unilateral fishing...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is unfazed over China's rejection of the Philippines' protest on the former's unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying it won't be enforced anywhere in the country's waters. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO...
China dismissed the Philippines' protest over its unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in South China Sea which covers parts of the West Philippine Sea, saying it is a "normal measure." West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Thursday, June...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 10 office has been implementing three absolute bans under its tobacco control program to keep the children away from cigarette addiction. These bans include smoking within the school premises, selling of cigarettes within 100 meters...
A total of 41 violators were reportedly involved in 245 vote buying incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to May 9, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday night, May 11. In a news briefing with President Duterte aired on May 12, Año noted that the...
The police arrested a 37-year-old vendor after he was found in possession of a gun in violation of the existing gun ban implemented by the Commission on Election (Comelec) in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg...
A total of 64 individuals were arrested in Quezon City for allegedly violating the liquor ban on Sunday, May 8, and on election day, May 9, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Wednesday, May 11. The QCPD Kamuning Police Station (PS 10) said 33 persons were apprehended in three...
