Five Filipinos from the West Bank where tensions have been running high amid the Israel-Hamas conflict are scheduled to return to the Philippines Thursday, the Philippine Embassy in Amman said.
The five had crossed the King Hussein Bridge, the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. touted anti-drug abuse councils (ADACs) as “heroes” of the government’s fight against illegal drugs in the grassroots level.
The ADACs are multi-sectoral councils res…
The damage to agriculture due to flooding caused by the shear line in Eastern Visayas has reached PHP47.3 million as of Nov. 22, the Department of Agriculture reported Thursday.
Commodities affected include rice, high-value crops, root crops, banana…
The Bangsamoro government continues to empower its constituents after it official turned over infrastructure projects in the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Lanao del Sur.
Bangsamoro Member of Parliament (MP) Diamila Disimban-Ramos led the turn…
Authorities arrested the alleged leader and two members of a notorious criminal group in an anti-drug operation that resulted in the seizure of some PHP2 million worth of shabu in Subic, Zambales on Wednesday night.
In a report on
Anti-drug operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized PHP5.032 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested two suspects in separate buy-bust operations Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Marlon Coral Pango, reportedly a member of the…
