ILOILO CITY – A five-day gun ban will be implemented to secure the Manggahan Festival and 31st founding anniversary of the island-province of Guimaras next week. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has approved the request of the provincial government to suspend Permits to Carry Firearms Outside...
The Philippines has echoed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) call for adequate resources from the United Nations for the effective implementation of peacekeeping mandates in the region. Noel Novicio, Philippine representative to the country's mission to the UN, said ASEAN will work...
PEACE-MAKER Cambodia makes history as it hosts for the first time the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which is currently being held in capital Phnom Penh from May 5 to 17. It was supposed to host the games in 1963 but did not push through due to the political situation in the country at the time....
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has started its threat assessment in barangays as part of the tight security that will be enforced in the upcoming Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Negros Oriental is one of the areas that will be given more attention...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has directed all government agencies and local government units to support the 2023 National Crime Prevention Program (NCPP). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) According to the Presidential Communications...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Sixty-three individuals wanted by the law were arrested during an unrelenting operation conducted by the Police Regional Office-Cordillera from April 23 to April 29. The PRO-Cordillera’s anti-criminality campaign also resulted in the 52 municipalities in the region...
A parade of students from various schools in Antipolo City doing a lively street dance will signal the start of the Maytime Festival or the three-month long festivities of Antipoleños, the city government announced. The street dance will start at 4 p.m. on May 1. The dancers, wearing colorful...
CAMP Marcelo A. Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 has vowed a peaceful and safe observance of Labor Day. Police Brig. Gen. Percival A. Rumbaoa, PRO-2 director, ordered maximum police presence in Region 2, particularly in areas where different sectoral groups,...
The traditional “Walk For Peace” of devotees and pilgrims of the Nuetra Señora dela Paz Y Buenviaje (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage), otherwise known as the “Virgin of Antipolo,” will usher in the start of the Maytime Pilgrimage Season in Antipolo City. The International Shrine of the...
PEACE-MAKER Today, Dagupeños, together with thousands of local and foreign tourists, flock to Dagupan City’s central business district for the grilling of thousands of Bangus (milkfish), which is the highpoint of our city’s Bangus Festival. The festival is a yearly food and culture celebration...
BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (left) and Police Col. Lorenzo Batuan (right), Bohol Police Provincial Office chief, discuss the series of shooting incidents in the province in the past few weeks. (Contributed photo) Gov. Aris Aumentado recently met Police Col. Lorenzo Batuan, chief of the Bohol Police...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 nabbed 74 wanted persons and 99 law violators during a six-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) from April 18 to 23. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II said 12 were most...
