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(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has confiscated around PHP5.8 billion worth of various illegal drugs in operations by its Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) from July 1 to Aug. 20. "From July 1 to August 20, 2022, the PNP, mainly through the efforts of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group, gained significant headway in the campaign against illegal drugs with the arrest of 8,934 suspects and high-profile players in the drug trade, and confiscation of 805.63 kilograms of crystal meth or shabu, 83.33 kilograms of marijuana, other illegal substances, and destruction of 34 cland...

(File photo courtesy of PIA Abra) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday called on local chief executives (LCEs) in northern Luzon to monitor their areas of jurisdiction for aftershocks and other related incidents, following Wednesday's magnitude 7 earthquake. "LGUs in the hard hit areas of Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region are on top of the situation and will continue to respond to the needs of our citizens," Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said in a statement. Based on initial assessment by autho...

President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) are more than willing to secure President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. against threats posed by the communist movement. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said they have yet to confirm the information from incoming Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and former senator Juan Ponce Enrile regarding groups...

Negros Oriental provincial police director Col. Germano Mallari (left) and Comelec provincial election supervisor-designate lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Provincial Joint Security Control Center (PJSCC) in Negros Oriental has recommended at least nine election areas of concern in the province to be placed under the "red" category - the highest classification under the color-coded system adopted for the May 9 polls. The list is awaiting the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) national office. However, lawyer Lionel Ma...

RECOVERED. The firearm and anti-personnel mine recovered after a clash between the New People's Army and government troops in Barangay Sta. Lourdes, Barcelona town in Sorsogon province on Friday (Jan.21, 2021). A rebel was killed during the encounter.(Photo courtesy of 9ID, PA) LEGAZPI CITY - A member of the New People's Army (NPA) was killed while high-powered guns were seized after a three-hour armed clash between the rebels and government forces in Barangay Sta. Lourdes, Barcelona town in Sorsogon province on Friday. Joint elements of the 31st Infantry Battalion (31IB), 903rd Infant...