DAVAO CITY – A total of 7,030 security personnel will be deployed in the Davao region to ensure the safety of the people during Holy Week. Major Eudisan Gultiano, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao (Region 11), said on Monday, April 3, they are composed of 3,700 police...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union – Some 7,699 cops and force multipliers will be deployed in different strategic places in Region 1 to secure visitors and residents this Lenten season, according to Police Regional Office-1 Director Brig. Gen. John C. Chua. Chua said the PRO-1 had...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) renewed its call for the local government units (LGUs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to strictly monitor and assist the concerned authorities in apprehending illegal electronic-sabong (e-sabong) or online cockfighting...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcement agencies in the Visayas have started preparing for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. The Visayas Command (Viscom), Area Police Command (APC)-Visayas, and the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas discussed the needed preparations during...
DAVAO CITY – University students in the Davao region who are eyeing to establish their own startup business are encouraged to sign up for a free three-month intensive entrepreneurship and technopreneurship coaching program of the Davao-based business incubator Upgrade Innolab (Upgrade). Rob Gumba,...
House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has once again topped a survey on the job performance of Ilocos legislators. In a survey conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) between Feb. 25 and March 8, 2023, Marcos, a neophyte...
The United States has launched technology-based education program in the Bangsamoro to help improve the quality of education of learners in the region. The program cost is estimated at P15 million. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Rebekah Eubanks joined on...
The Philippines has expressed no objection against the development on the trilateral security pact among Australia, Britain and the United States (AUKUS), particularly when it announced that Canberra will purchase nuclear-powered submarines. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora revealed that only eight out of 17 localities in Metro Manila have passed and amended their respective ordinances to implement unified fines and penalties in the 20 identified common traffic violations for the single...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the national government's plan to create a subway system in Metro Manila will be a "game changer" and will help decongest traffic in the National Capital Region's (NCR) major thoroughfares. Zamora, who was named chairman of...
Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez underscored the importance of a “strong bilateral relationship” between the Philippines and the United States (US) to bringing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The region, which includes China, the Philippines, and other...
The proposed measure creating the Negros Island Region (NIR)--a pipe dream of Negrense solons--was approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon, March 6. (Wikipedia) Garnering 290 affirmative votes during nominal voting was House Bill (HB) No. 7355,...
