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Palace welcomes leftist Cabinet members’ decision to stay

MANILA –Malacanang welcomed on Wednesday the decision of three “left-leaning” members of the Cabinet to stay and to serve the …

‘Supermajority’ OKs compromise to scrap mandatory use of death penalty

MANILA –House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday said the mandatory use of death penalty for heinous crimes will be eliminated …

Health dept leads dangerous drug abuse summit

MANILA –The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday spearheaded the Dangerous Drug Abuse Summit that focused on the early wins …

Malacañang respects ex-Colombian leader’s opinion –Abella

MANILA –Malacañang respects the opinion of former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria on the Philippines’ ongoing “war against drugs” and said …

Piñol seeks creation of credit union for farmers and fisherfolk

MANILA—Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is seeking the creation of a more efficient and organized credit union for …

Pres. Duterte urges BoC to step up drive vs smuggling, illegal drugs

MANILA –President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Wednesday the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to strengthen further their operations against smuggling and …

PNP to coordinate with PAF to fly scalawag cops to Basilan

MANILA—The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to coordinate with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for the transport of police …

Ranking NPA female leader bagged in Bacolod ops

MANILA—Joint military and police units have arrested a ranking female member of the New People’s Army (NPA)’s Komiteng Rehiyong-Negros (KR-N) …

Pres. Duterte gives go signal for revival of basic ROTC—Palace

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Department of National Defense (DND) to revive mandatory Reserve Officers Training …

Undocumented OFWs in US will be given assistance—Cayetano