Manila: The Supreme Court (SC) has acquitted a man convicted by a Makati court of illegal firearms possession after being apprehended by authorities for a traffic violation.

In a news release Monday, the court stressed that simply violating ordinance…

Manila: Police officers arrested four suspected drug peddlers and seized PHP3.74 million worth of shabu in a sting operation in Tondo, Manila on Sunday.

In a report Monday, Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PNP DEG) chief Brig. Gen. …

BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed titles and installed 276 farmers in awarded lands in three sites in southern Negros Occidental from September to the first week of October.

The recipients are agrarian reform benefic…

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recorded PHP17.8 million worth of initial damage to agriculture from Super Typhoon Julian.

Based on the report of the Office of the Provincial…

Manila: Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano vowed to further enhance the city’s services if she secures a fresh mandate in next year’s midterm elections.

Cayetano made the pledge as she filed her certificate of candidacy for a second term at Taguig Convention…

Manila: The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and the Philippine Army (PA) kicked off their “Interoperability Exercise” (IOX) 03-24 on Monday.

“The exercise aims to enhance interoperability, combat readiness, and operational efficiency between the two servi…

TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas provinces are becoming hotspots for the trade of smuggled cigarettes in the central Philippines this year, the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said in its report.

In the Visayas region, Biliran province has the …

TACLOBAN CITY – With no known opponent, Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla and his running mate, Leonardo Javier, filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) on Monday to seek reelection.

Since the start of the COC filing last Oct. 1, no other in…