System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is batting for regulatory approval on full cost recovery of its P20.94 billion investment in the newly reinforced 500-kilovolt Hermosa-San Jose transmission line, which is now supporting the wheeling of additional capacities in...
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Wednesday, June 26 raised the alarm after finding out that a different individual with the name Alice Leal Guo already exists in the records of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Senate Deputy...
Mason Amos is looking to prove his worth in the national team following his second Gilas Pilipinas call-up ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in July. Mason Amos (FIBA) The 19-year-old Ateneo big man, who was initially added to the pool as a reserve, has been...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) board has approved the creation of a P16.1 billion project to expedite the country’s internet connection through digital infrastructure. The Philippine Digital Infrastructure Project (PDIP), which will be financed through official development...
CEBU CITY – At least 20 women were rescued when agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office (NBI-Cebdo) raided a bar in Mandaue City that allegedly offered “extra services” to their male customers. A GROUP of women was rescued from a bar in Mandaue City that was raided...
Due to the confidential nature of the details behind the resupply missions to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, it remains unclear why it took the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) more or less 12 hours to rescue the injured Navy personnel. In the middle of the hearing of...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday June 26, a crackdown on loose firearms and private armed groups (PAGs) as part of the preparations for the midterm elections next year. Marbil described the presence of loose firearms and PAGs as...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said that the recent Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal incident was a "deliberate aggressive action" and not a misunderstanding or accident. Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Tuesday, June 25, 2024,...
Philippine National Police (File photo) The Philippine National Police (PNP) seized P13.65 billion worth of illegal drugs during anti-illegal drug operations that were conducted nationwide from January to June this year. The PNP has conducted a total of 23,515 anti-illegal drug operations that...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a man who reportedly gained access to the Shell Fleet Hub account of Gardenia Bakeries Philippines and "was able to withdraw" P14.47 million worth of petroleum products. In a statement, the NBI identified the suspect as Gurdeepo Parmar...
A police officer conducts an inventory of pieces of evidence seized during a buy-bust operation in Camarines Sur on June 24, 2024. (Courtesy of PNP Drug Enforcement Group) The Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a drug suspect and confiscated P1.36 million worth of suspected “shabu” in a...
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (Contributed photo) National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año will not recommend to President Marcos Jr. to reconvene the National Security Council (NSC) over the latest aggressive actions by China Coast Guard (CCG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a...
