PEACE-MAKER Last Jan. 9, 2025, the people of Dagupan City, led by the indefatigable Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, commemorated a pivotal moment in our nation’s history – the 80th anniversary of the landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, during the final months of World...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Samar Police Provincial Office has deployed over 300 personnel to ensure safe and credible elections this May in the first district of Samar. Police Col. Antonietto Eric Mendoza, Samar police chief, led a send-off ceremony for the Regional Special Operations Task Group-Leyte...
BUTUAN CITY – Authorities reactivated on Wednesday the Regional Joint Security and Control Center in Northern Mindanao for the May elections. The revival of the RJSCC aims to ensure that the elections are conducted in a free, secure, orderly, honest and credible manner, Police Regional Office-10...
Acts of penance, charity works and a conference about the Virgin Mary will highlight the first Marian International Festival in the Diocese of Antipolo in Rizal Province from January 9 to January 11. The festival, to be held annually starting this year in the diocese, will be in honor of the...
PEACE BY PEACE The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) is optimistic that 2025 holds immense promise for the comprehensive Philippine peace process—much like last year—as it continues to forge ahead with its mandate of bringing just and lasting...
PEACE-MAKER Hilarion “Larry” Henares Jr., who passed on last Dec. 14, 2024 at the age of 100, was a figure who towered over Philippine media and intellectual discourse for decades. Known for his acerbic wit, booming laughter, Shakesperean eloquence, unapologetic patriotism, and razor-sharp...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 said on Thursday that the New Year’s celebration in the Caraga region was generally peaceful. No major untoward incidents were recorded. “Our proactive security measures with the unwavering support of Caraganons had ensured that the New Year...
ILOILO CITY – Police recorded fewer crimes in the Western Visayas region during Christmas and New Year. FIREWORKS illuminate world famous Boracay Island on New Year’s Eve. (Summertide.PH) The Police Regional Office-6 said they logged 907 criminal incidents from Dec. 16 to Jan. 1 in Aklan,...
PEACE BY PEACE Not long ago, Abdullah Macapaar and I were on opposite sides of the battlefield. He was then known as “Kumander Bravo,” one of the fiercest fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) operating in Lanao Provinces. I, on the other hand, was the Chief of...
PEACE-MAKER As we marked our 88th birthday last Dec. 26, 2024, we found ourself reflecting on a life spent in the service of our nation and the greater cause of peace in the world. It has been 60 years since we first entered public life, a journey filled with victories and defeats, successes and...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the nine-day Misa de Gallo throughout Region 2 or the Cagayan Valley region from Dec. 16 to 24 was generally peaceful. POLICE secure a church where a Misa del Gallo or dawn Mass is being celebrated in Cagayan Valley. (PRO-2 FB) Police...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 said that Christmas in the Caraga region was generally peaceful. “Thank God that no untoward incident happened,” PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said. “This...
