CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A destroyed firecrackers seized during the holiday season worth P787,252 in this camp on Wednesday, January 3. POLICE Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, PRO 4-A director, leads the destruction of confiscated illegal firecrackers during the...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-7 reported on January 2 that the number of fireworks-related injuries in Central Visayas decreased this holiday season. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) said that the number of firecracker victims dropped by 49 percent. From December 21 to...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas was generally peaceful during the New Year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, said only 15 crime incidents were recorded in the region from December 31 to January 1. Six of these were physical injury, three murder, three homicide, two theft,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A destroyed illegal firecrackers confiscated in the five provinces of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) area in this camp on Saturday, December 30. PRO 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, who led the...
First Gen Corp. and Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (Prime Infra) have entered into a lease agreement for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal located in Batangas City. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Dec. 27, First Gen said that...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. led the demilitarization of 178 firearms surrendered by New People’s Army (NPA) here on December 26. The demilitarization of these firearms coincided with the 55 th founding anniversary of...
Following a successful international tender activity, the Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen) has granted a contract to TotalEnergies Gas & Power Asia Private Ltd. (TEGPA) for the provision of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo in Batangas. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 seized 123 loose firearms and 15 explosives in the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) from December 4 to 12 in the Caraga region. Four suspects were arrested in the campaign. The PRO 13-Regional Operations Division (ROD)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Wednesday that the crime rate in the Caraga region went down by 30 percent due to a strengthened and aggressive anti-crime campaign. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said index and non-index crimes in Caraga dropped by...
MARAWI CITY – The Philippine National Police has created a Special Investigation Task Group to investigate the explosion in a Mindanao State University gymnasium that killed four persons on Sunday, December 3. PNP chief Police Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said the SITG is led by Lanao del Sur...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. AURELIO B. BALADAD (Ret) The WPS is a battleground of international tensions, where overlapping territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claims have sparked disputes among neighboring nations. Amidst this complex geopolitical landscape, the Philippines is at...
Renewable energy firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, is scheduling the second tranche of its ASEAN green bond offering with target proceeds of P10 billion that will continually bankroll the company’s projects. In a disclosure to the...