Reelectionist Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said he is determined to refile the bill seeking to reimpose death penalty for high-level drug traffickers should he win in the upcoming midterm elections. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (MB File Photo) The former Philippine...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 apprehended 230 suspected drug pushers in the Caraga region from Jan. 1 to March 2. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said among those arrested were 62 high-value...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said that the Philippines continues to stand by Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and supports a United Nations (UN) resolution demanding Moscow’s withdrawal of its military forces from Ukraine. President Ferdinand...
Malacañang said that the government's position that the country will not cooperate with the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the bloody drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte remains unchanged. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) Palace Press...
Amid a Trump-led global trade war looming on the horizon, the Philippines sourced more products from China while it exported more goods to the United States at the start of 2025. Preliminary Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data on Friday, Feb. 28, showed that the value of the Philippines'...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (leftl), former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada (Facebook) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is proposing a "throwback" anti-drug campaign of sorts, one that he has...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), is seeking a more active role of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADACs) in the street-level anti-illegal drugs campaign across the country. Marbil said barangay officials play a key role in the...
President Marcos urged Filipinos to honor the sacrifices of those who fought for the nation's freedom as the country marked the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Manila on Saturday, Feb. 22. Malacañang photos In his speech at the Manila American Cemetery, the President said it was the...
Operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) seized around P8.8 million worth of shabu following the arrest of two suspected big-time drug pushers in a buy-bust in Makati City on Wednesday, Feb. 19. NCRPO director Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin said the operation was carried out...
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as they leave the Elysee Palace, after an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom, in Paris,...
A total of 1,867 suspected drug users and pushers were arrested in the first 46 days of 2025 as the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) further stepped up what the Marcos administration described as bloodless drug war in Metro Manila. NCRPO director Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin said...
The brewing tariff war between the world’s biggest economies is expected to hurt Philippine exports to the United States (US), China, and Southeast Asia, according to a new academic research. The study titled “Navigating turbulent waters: The Philippines’ global value chains experience amid...
