Western Visayas gets new top cop in latest PNP reshuffle

MANILA: The Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 (Western Visayas) got a new police chief in the latest revamp of ranking police officials.

In an order dated Feb. 15 and made public Friday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. na…

CSC Bicol starts computerized exams for public servant aspirants

LEGAZPI CITY: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) started the automated and integrated administration of computerized examination (Comex) for public servant aspirants in the Bicol Region on Friday.

Chairperson Karlo Nograles said the initiative is par…

Gingoog City heightens alert as bomb threat scares school

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: A bomb threat in a public school here was confirmed to be false, police and local government officials of Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental confirmed Friday.

Nevertheless, Mayor Erick Cañosa gathered law enforcement units and depa…

PBBM seeks more PPPs to improve connectivity in PH

MANILA: The Philippines is open to more investments that would improve Internet connectivity in the Philippines, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday.

During the lighting up ceremony of the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSC…

DepEd fast-tracks review of Makati’s request to keep 3 EMBO schools

MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday said it is speeding up the review of the Makati City government’s request to retain supervision over three public schools in the EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) villages.

“Pina-fast track naman ng at…

Andrei Stenin international press photo contest now accepting entries

MOSCOW: The 10th annual Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, an annual competition in honor of Rossiya Segodnya international media group photojournalist Andrei Stenin, who was killed on duty in Donbas, Ukraine in 2014, is already open for…

PBBM to gov’t troops: Be ‘peacemakers’ while serving as ‘war fighters’

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday called on the military to take a new approach in addressing internal conflict, encouraging them to become ‘peacemakers’ while fighting rebel groups.

Speaking to troops during his visit to Prosperida…