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Photo courtesy of PNP-NCRPO A former traffic enforcer was arrested after allegedly posing as an active officer and demanding money from a concrete products company in Parañaque City, police said. The 42-year-old suspect had first approached the company along East Service Road in Barangay San Martin de Porres on Sept. 1 and allegedly introduced himself…
Photo courtesy of PNP-NCRPO A man applying for government financial assistance was arrested in Parañaque City after social welfare personnel found identification cards bearing different names among the documents he submitted, police said. The 54-year-old applicant was at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Baclaran Satellite Office on Sept. 9 when staff noticed inconsistencies…
Photo courtesy of PNA Two senior high school students from Davao City emerged with the top distinction in an international academic competition held in Bangkok, Thailand. University of the Immaculate Conception Grade 12 students Reine Therese Bad-ang and Whitney Pajarillaga received the Diamond Award in English Category 6, which covers Grades 11 to 12, at…
Photo courtesy of PNP A former barangay official and two other men were taken into custody in General Santos City after a police buy-bust operation allegedly yielded more than 200 grams of suspected shabu valued at about Php 1.36 million. Authorities carried out the operation in Barangay Labangal on Sept. 8, with personnel from the…
Photo courtesy of PNP Twenty-four fishers were arrested off the coast of Aborlan, Palawan, after authorities intercepted two boats allegedly engaged in fishing without the required permits, police said. The arrests were made during two joint seaborne patrol operations on Sept. 8 involving the Philippine National Police Maritime Group’s 2nd Special Operations Unit-Quezon Special Boat…
Photo courtesy of PNP Nearly 10,000 police personnel will be deployed across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to secure the region’s parliamentary elections on Sept. 14, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said 9,821 personnel would be assigned to voting centers, election offices, checkpoints and other key locations as authorities stepped up…
Students in Metro Manila and 13 provinces shifted away from face-to-face classes on Thursday, Sept. 10, as persistent rains brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon continued to affect parts of Luzon. Malacañang ordered alternative learning arrangements for all levels in public and private schools through Memorandum Circular No. 135, issued upon the recommendation of the…
Photo courtesy of House of Representatives of the Philippines/Facebook. The House of Representatives will shift its officials and employees to a work-from-home arrangement starting at 12 noon Thursday, Sept. 10, as government offices adjust operations because of persistent rains brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon. House Secretary General Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil announced the arrangement in an…
Agri chief ‘Kiko’ Tiu-Laurel Jr. sees at first hand China’s smart farming technology in Zhejiang. (Photo from the Philippine News Agency) There is a critical aspect in the smart farming that needs to be looked into before the Philippines can truly adopt new technologies that would pave the way for Filipino farmers to utilize methods…
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Photo courtesy of PNP. Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez may not be able to personally face the Sandiganbayan on Thursday after doctors at Cardinal Santos Medical Center certified that he remains medically unfit to travel, complicating a hearing that could determine whether he stays in the private hospital or is…