GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Dismayed over the spate of summary killings, Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao here has given the city police director 20 days to shape up or he will be shipped out. Pacquiao gave the stern warning to Police Col. Jomar Alexis Yap amid the series of shooting incidents in this city...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- As a result of the increased police presence, sixty-nine municipalities in various provinces of the region and seven police stations in Baguio City remain peaceful as the Police Regional Office-Cordillera recorded zero crime incidents from June 25 to July 1. The province of...
PEACE-MAKER The lingering conflicts and potential flashpoints in Asia, with possible wide-ranging catastrophic consequences, obstruct our region’s progress and peaceful development. While there exists a number of mechanisms to promote peace and resolve conflicts, we believe there is a need to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has recognized the effort of Davao del Sur to maintain peace in the province, improve its healthcare system, and promote digitalization. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)* Marcos said this as he graced the 56th ‘Araw ng Davao...
DAVAO CITY – From a “place of concern to a place of safety.” That’s what Mindanao has become. A study conducted by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) showed that the regions in Mindanao now enjoy a “general atmosphere of peace and order.” Conducted in the first quarter of this...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on the Assembly of Service Academies and Schools Alumni Association of the Philippines (ASASAAP) to support the government in maintaining peace and order in the country. Marcos made the statement during the oath-taking ceremony of the...
PEACE-MAKER We wish to express our profound appreciation to Dagupan City and our fellow Dagupenos, led by the dynamic and indefatigable Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, for bestowing us the Biskeg Na Baley Diamond Award, “the highest honor,” during the 75th Diamond Jubilee of Dagupan last June 19,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Seventy-six wanted individuals, including six most wanted, were arrested in simultaneous manhunt operations in the Cordillera region from June 11 to 17. The Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) said the Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO)...
PEACE-MAKER In October 2010, we travelled to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, following our trip to Buenos Aires two years earlier, where we explored ways and means of cooperation between our Asia-wide organization, ICAPP, the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, and...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Calls from congressmen to restart peace negotiations with Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are beginning to snowball. On Sunday, June 11, it was Cagayan de Oro City...
International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Antipolo Cathedral) Rector Fr. Reynante Tolentino will share the widespread devotion in the Philippines to the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage during the Second Conference for Rectors of Shrines to be held at the Vatican in November....
PEACE-MAKER As the whole world celebrates Father’s Day next Sunday, June 18, we wish to pay tribute to our beloved father, the late Jose Ravago de Venecia Sr. After World War II, our father served as Judge at Large for the entire Bicol region, appointed by the late President Manuel Roxas, first...