MANILA: A ‘friendly fire’ killed Police S/Sgt. Nelson Santiago during a recent anti-kidnapping operation in Pampanga province, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Monday.
In a press briefing in Camp Crame, Quezon City, PNP spokesperson Col…
BACOLOD CITY: The police seized PHP4.3 million in suspected shabu and arrested nine individuals in various operations in this city the past three days, according to a report released Monday.
Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, an estimated 255 grams of
MANILA: The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) announced Monday the importation of 240,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar to ensure a stable retail price in local markets.
‘This import will ensure that we will always maintain that buffer to ens…
COTABATO CITY: Police in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) seized PHP17.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in the last five days, an official said Monday.
‘This is proof that smuggling has no place in BARMM,’ Brig. Gen.
MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) directed BSP-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs) to accept all formats of the national identification (ID), including the digital format.
BSP Memorandum 2024-026, dated Aug. 9 and posted on the cent…
MANILA: Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday stood up to bashers of Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero for announcing that the Senate leadership is looking into limiting public holidays to make the country’s economy “more competitive.”
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MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is set to grant cash incentives and awards to all the 22 Filipino athletes who represented the country in the recently-concluded 2024 Paris Olympics.
In a Palace press briefing Monday, Presidential Protocol c…
ANKARA: Japan’s state weather agency continued to maintain a “megaquake advisory” on Sunday urging the citizens to keep up their guard against a possible mega-earthquake in the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (J…
