MANILA: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said Wednesday a total of 373 personnel of the Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) were recalled from protective security duties for various government figures and pri…

MANILA: A Party-list lawmaker on Wednesday welcomed the ratification of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act in both houses of Congress, saying that going after smugglers, hoarders, price manipulators, and cartels would effectively bring down f…

MANILA: Aira Villegas’ Cinderella run in the women’s 50-kilogram boxing division of the Paris Olympics came to an end early Wednesday (Philippine Time) after losing in the semifinals to Turkiye’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu as the entire boxing event shifted t…

BACOLOD CITY: This highly urbanized city’s annual budget is set to breach the PHP4-billion mark in 2025, from only PHP3.6 billion this year, estimates as of Wednesday showed.

Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said when he assumed in 2022, the annual bud…

MANILA: National University and University of the Philippines Diliman scored similar victories in the 2024 V-League Women’s Collegiate Challenge at the Paco Arena in Manila on Wednesday.

The Lady Bulldogs overcame a third-set defeat to conquer the Le…

MANILA: Two sisters engaged in online sexual exploitation of children have been charged before prosecutors, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Wednesday.

In a press briefing, NBI Director Jaime Santiago said the NBI-Violence Against Wome…

MALASIQUI: The officer in charge of San Manuel Police Station in Pangasinan and three other officers have been relieved from their posts as an investigation into the alleged torture of a drug suspect is ongoing.

In a phone interview on Wednesday, Pan…

MANILA: The Senate inquiry on the massive oil spill caused by the ill-fated MT Terranova will push through on Aug. 13, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino announced on Wednesday.

Tolentino earlier filed a resolution to investigate the cause of t…