DepEd: Almost 10M students have enrolled

06/12/2020

Nearly 10 million students have enrolled for the incoming school year, according to Department of Education (DepEd) statistics. Education Secretary Leonor Briones told a Senate hearing that the 9,961,396 students made up 36 percent of projected enrollment…

Angel Locsin raises almost P4 million to help 28 hospitals

Cha Lino 03/31/2020

Almost a week after actress Angel Locsin and her team started the fundraiser UniTENTweStandPH, they have collected P3.7 million, as of writing, and is set to help 28 hospitals in and out of the metro. Locsin, with…

Drug-free Philippines almost impossible now—Sotto

Darryl John Esguerra 10/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Tuesday the Philippines should aspire to become a “drug-resistant” nation because being a “drug-free” country is almost impossible now given the severity of the drug menace. Sotto said government has…

Almost 700 PNP personnel linked to drugs as of Oct. 2018

Inquirer.net 11/28/2018

Almost 700 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have either tested positive for illegal drugs or have allegedly been involved in the trade since July 2016, data from the PNP showed. A copy of the data…

PDEA: Almost 5K killed in 2 years

Inquirer.net 10/23/2018

Almost 5,000 drug personalities have died in police operations since July 2016, the latest data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) released on Tuesday showed. Records from the PDEA showed that over a two-year period from…

‘Paeng’ maintains strength, remains almost stationary

Inquirer.net 09/25/2018

TYPHOON “Paeng” (international name Trami) maintained its strength as it remained almost stationary yesterday afternoon, the state weather bureau said. “May kalayuan pa din ang sentro nito at ano mang bahagi ng landmass. Hindi rin abot ng…

Almost a month later, no suspect named yet in Tecson’s ambush

Benjie B. Talisic 09/01/2018

IT’S now almost a month since PDEA agent Von Rian Tecson was brutally killed in an ambush along the national highway in Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City. But the police are yet to arrest a single suspect or…

Sumilon Island ‘almost’ garbage free

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/18/2018

Four months since the local government of Oslob in southern Cebu started to implement a cleanup drive on Sumilon Island, garbage volume at the popular tourism destination has already decreased by around 80 percent. Alex Gumapon, Oslob…

ALMOST A DONE DEAL

Glendale G. Rosal 06/28/2018

Approval of one more mayor needed before north becomes official bike route of Ironman 70.3 Sunrise Events Inc. (SEI) needs the approval of one more mayor before making the northern roads of Cebu the official bike route…

Almost P6M drugs seized in Mambaling drug bust

Benjie B. Talisic 06/09/2018

Nearly P6 Million worth of drugs were seized from two drug suspects during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on June 9, Saturday afternoon. The suspects were identified as Pejay Villanueva, 19, and Henry Tabalin,…

Almost P5M drugs seized from suspected pusher

Benjie Talisic 06/01/2018

Police authorities seized almost P5 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City at past 8 p.m. Friday, (June 1). The operation was conducted through the joint efforts of the City…

Almost P9M worth of marijuana plants seized in Tagbao

Ador Mayol 04/11/2018

CEBU CITY– Close to P9 million worth of marijuana plants were seized by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in the mountain village of Tagbao in Cebu City on Tuesday. In a…

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