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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. Wednesday, Dec. 27, prodded local government units (LGUs) to strictly enforce their respective ordinances pertaining to the ban on firecracker use to celebrate the coming New Year. In a statement, Abalos said his call is to “ensure …

ILOILO CITY – Police logged fewer crimes on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said 36 criminal incidents were recorded on December 24 and 25, down 67.4 percent compared to the same period last year with 85. A POLICEMAN secures Jaro Plaza in Iloilo …

The Manila Electric Company has joined in the preparations for the much anticipated Black Nazarene procession on Jan. 9. Nazareno 2024 (Photo courtesy of the Quiapo Church) With less than two weeks before the traslacion procession of the revered Poong Hesus Nazareno, Meralco responded to the request of the Manila …

Juan Luna MPD PCP commander PMajor Bernardino Diaz Venturina shows the illegal firecrackers they confiscated from sellers in Divisoria, Manila on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. According to the Department of Health (DOH), fireworks victims have reached 52 and five were reported to have amputated their finger. (Video Noel B. Pabalate) …

But Beijing still blaming Manila’s change of policy, position The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it would ask China to stop interfering with their resupply operations and its harassment of Filipino fishermen within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), if …

IMPENDING PHASEOUT. Warlito Clarito repairs a cooperative-owned passenger jeepney which he drives in Quezon City. Clarito said that his fellow drivers and operators should collectively stand against the impending jeepney phaseout as it is their only source of livelihood. Manny Palmero Ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline for the consolidation …

The country will have enough rice to meet the local consumption until the start of the next harvest season in March 2024, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday. Augmenting the local harvest are 495,000 metric tons of rice imported by private traders due to arrive between December and early …

ILOILO CITY – The Alliance for Peace, Environment, and Sustainability (APES-Metro Iloilo) and Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (Sambayanan-Panay) called for peace as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) celebrated its 55th founding anniversary on Tuesday, December 26. FORMER communist rebels hold a rally in Iloilo …

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded 15,679fire incidents in the country from Jan. 1 to Dec. 26 this year, which represented a 20.7-percent increase compared to the 12,000 fire incidents in the same period in 2022. In a news briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 26, BFP Spokesperson Supt. Analee …

(PCSO) Lotto players have the chance to win an estimated P545 million in the Ultra Lotto 6/58 draw on Tuesday evening, Dec. 26, said the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). The jackpot estimate increased to P545 million after there was no grand prize winner in the Dec. 24 draw with …