MANILA: The town of Pagsanghan in Samar is the first area on the island declared free from threats by the New People’s Army (NPA) with no sightings of armed rebels in the past seven years.
The Philippine Army and the local
MANILA: Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Secretary Leo Tesoro Magno confirmed on Monday that the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project will push through.
In a press briefing here, Magno said there is no single government directi…
MANILA: Fourteen communist rebels have surrendered to police authorities in the past three days in Soccsksargen region to become productive community residents, a regional police official said Monday.
‘Ten of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels gave u…
MANILA: The sudden uptick in cases of respiratory illnesses or respiratory influenza-like illness (ILI) was due to the stronger monitoring and surveillance of the government in the health sector after the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, …
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in condemning North Korea’s reported firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan.
North Korea reportedly fired a…
MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) will follow its security template for the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9, 2024 but will have stringent monitoring schemes following the Mindanao State University-Marawi bombing on Dec. 3.
PNP spokes…
