War On Drugs

Shut down, but not gone: Misamis Oriental renews fight vs. illegal mining

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (August 27)  — The closure signs may be up, but illegal mining has proved harder to keep out of Misamis Oriental. Authorities returned to Barangay Limonda...

10-year-old pregnancies ring alarm bells in Davao Region as cases rise

CPD: Every pregnancy involving a girl aged 10 to 14 signals a failure to protect children DAVAO CITY (August...

Ombudsman tags Davao as ‘epicenter’ of flood control corruption probe

MANILA (August 27)  — Davao City has emerged as a key focus of the government’s widening probe into...

Digos police trace school threats to 3 minors, trigger six-month intervention

DIGOS CITY (August 27)  — What began as online threats against two schools has ended with three students...

No water, no normal: Dinagat Islands seeks calamity declaration as crisis hits 18,000

BUTUAN CITY (August 27) — Water is running short across Dinagat Islands, and provincial officials are moving to...
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Duterte to visit Cambodia, Hong Kong, Beijing this week

MANILA, Philippines-- President Rodrigo Duterte will be traveling to Cambodia, Hong Kong, and Beijing this week to attend several economic events. This as Overseas Filipino...

Drug use contributes to HIV epidemic, says health expert

MANILA, May 7 -- Drug abusers, especially those who share needles when they inject drugs, run the risk of contracting communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS. In...

34 Tokhang surrenderers now steel fabricators

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines-- A total of 34 drug surrenderers from Barangay 4, Isabela town in Negros Occidental will graduate on May 9 from their...

For claiming to be an engineer when he is not: So. Leyte governor charged with falsification

MANILA, Philippines-- Southern Leyte Governor Damian Mercado is set to face trial before the Sandiganbayan after the Ombudsman found probable cause to charge him...

For not declaring five motorcycles, ex-Dinagat Islands mayor faces trial

MANILA, Philippines--For failure to declare five motorcycles, the former Mayor of Dinagat Islands is facing charges of perjury as she misrepresented her...

ARMM economy soars in 2016

Cotabato City, Philippines--Leaders of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (ARMM) claims economy soared in 2016 after a lean growth during the...
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