GAPAN CITY – Police on Friday arrested a carpenter after a search in his house yielded a loose firearm and shabu worth P13,600, Nueva Ecija top cop Col. Heryl L. Bruno said. In a report to Bruno, city police head Lt. Col. Joel M. Dela Cruz identified the arrested suspect as alias “Lino,” 48, a […]
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A NATIONWIDE anti-criminality campaign by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday led to the arrest of 20 anti-crime targets, including 12 of the country’s most wanted persons, and the seizure of nearly P65 million worth of evidence, PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said yesterday. The top cop said the significant results […]
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Women in Noveleta, Cavite come together in red for the local government unit’s Valentine’s Day Zumba yesterday at the Municipal Hall esplanade in Bgy. Poblacion. Photo by DENNIS ABRINA
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A PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-led marijuana eradication drive in Kalingalan Caluan municipality in Sulu on Thursday resulted in the uprooting and destruction of over P18 million worth of fully-grown cannabis plants and seedlings, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Isagani R. Nerez said. The prohibited crops were found growing in Bgy. Pitogo where members of the PDEA […]
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SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian urged stricter qualifications for the government’s lifeline electricity rate, saying the subsidy should be limited to households that are genuinely in need. Gatchalian raised the issue during a joint public hearing of the Senate Committees on Energy, Public Services, and Finance, where lawmakers reviewed the implementation of the discounted power rate intended […]
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THE Senate has advanced Senate Bill 1744, or the proposed Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which remains pending on second reading after its sponsorship in plenary on February 10. The measure was filed on February 4 by Senators Sherwin Gatchalian, Robinhood Padilla, Joel Villanueva, and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan. Villanueva said the bill seeks to protect […]
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SENATOR Raffy Tulfo has called on the Department of Education to tighten its screening and accountability measures for private contractors under its school infrastructure projects, warning against repeated failures that have left classrooms defective and unfinished. In a Senate hearing on basic education chaired by Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino, Tulfo expressed concern over the […]
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THE Department of Education has granted up to five days of wellness leave annually to public school teachers and and non-teaching personnel, in a move aimed at supporting their mental health and overall well-being amid growing demands in the education sector. Education Secretary Sonny Angara said the policy is a concrete expression of the department’s […]
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