Central Visayas police chief, 10 generals reshuffled

Dexter Cabalza 03/18/2023

Eleven ranking police officials have been included in the latest reshuffle at the Philippine National Police, including the Central Visayas police chief at the time of the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. Based on PNP…

More fall ill due to spill; oil slick reaches Palawan

Dexter Cabalza, Geraldford Ticke, Madonna Virola 03/11/2023

CITY OF CALAPAN — At least 81 residents in the coastal villages of Pola town in Oriental Mindoro have fallen ill due to the industrial oil spilled by the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress that has washed…

Degamo slay planned since December

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa, Kaye C. Brier, Tina G. Santos 03/10/2023

The plan to murder Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was hatched as early as December last year, police investigators revealed Thursday, March 9, 2023. In a press conference, Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson for the Special…

Army eyes program to stop soldiers from turning into mercenaries

Dexter Cabalza 03/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army will be conducting programs to ensure that their “skilled” personnel would not be of use to criminal elements even after they bow out of military service. In a phone interview, Army…

Galvez assures lawmakers: Mandatory ROTC can be implemented

Dexter Cabalza 01/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday assured senators that it could implement a law they are proposing to make the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory despite doubts and reservations expressed…

BuCor eyes building national prisons in all 17 PH regions

Dexter Cabalza 11/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The construction of national prisons at each of the country’s 17 regions is being eyed as a long-term solution for many of the decades-long problems of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Gregorio Catapang Jr.,…

Gov’t launches new drug war campaign

Dexter Cabalza 11/26/2022

Law enforcement agencies will have to take a step back under the Marcos administration’s new anti-illegal drugs campaign that focuses on demand reduction and drug user rehabilitation, instead of the killing of drug users, Interior Secretary Benhur…

BuCor officials discover ‘tunnel’ but unsure what it is for

Dexter Cabalza 11/13/2022

Authorities at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have discovered a hole in the ground, but they couldn’t say whether it was an escape tunnel or was made when former prison officials were allegedly digging for gold. Bureau of…

Paeng death toll jumps to 154 — NDRRMC

Dexter Cabalza 11/05/2022

Four days after Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” (international name: Nalgae) has left the country, the full extent of the damage it caused was still being assessed even as its death toll continued to rise and the destruction…

Autopsy of ‘middleman’ in Percy Lapid killing raises more questions

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa 10/23/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A leading forensic pathologist, Dr. Raquel Fortun raised questions on Saturday about the autopsy that was done on the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmate who allegedly contracted the Oct. 3 killing of popular radio…

Remulla son won’t be tested for drugs; ‘not material’ to case

Dexter Cabalza 10/16/2022

The son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla will not be subjected to a drug test, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said on Saturday, even as it maintained that he would be accorded no special treatment.…

ROTC revival in college pushed instead

Dexter Cabalza 10/02/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Instead of introducing the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in senior high school, officials are now considering putting it back in the college level, according to Vice President Sara Duterte. Duterte, who is also…

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