SEN. Francis Tolentino, citing recent escalation of violent incidents, pressed for the postponement of the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental. Airing growing concerns over looming threats to the current peace and order situation, Tolentino is pushing to reschedule the local elections in Negros Oriental invoking the…
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Albay Province has extended its partnership with 3 agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) for the supply of agricultural products to provide the food and nutritional requirements to inmates housed in nine jail dormitories in the province. The renewal of the marketing…
“It s a very risky operation,” Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Teresito Bacolcol told The Associated Press. “It s a race against time and it s a matter of life and death but there s also the danger of rockfalls and volcanic lahar.” Philippine: Wreckage of Cessna Plane with Four Onboard Found Near Mayon Volcano.
Camp Gen. Simon Ola, the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) regional headquarters in Legazpi City (PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) on Tuesday said 11 suspects were arrested while 1,145.87 grams of suspected shabu were confiscated in anti-drug operations from Jan. 21-23. Lt. Col. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, said the anti-drug operations that were conducted in different provinces in the region resulted in the seizure of PHP7,791,116 worth of shabu. In Camarines Norte, police arrested Leo Asistio Jr., 37, of Sitio Banaba, Barangay Inchican, Silang, Cavite. Asistio yielded 50 grams of shabu with an estimated street value of PHP340,000 and loaded caliber .38 revolver without make and serial number loaded, Calubaquib said. Police also nabbed Omar Maralit, 30, of Barangay Guisican, Labo, Camarines Norte, a rice mill operator, by virtue of a search warrant for illegal possession of drugs. He yielded around 1.03 grams of shabu with an