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THE National Security Council (NSC) yesterday said it “very perplexed and disappointed” over the recent statement of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that seeks to further advance its armed struggle amid efforts to revive peace negotiations.
THE United States and Philippine armed forces yesterday launched another joint patrol in the contested West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea where China has been harassing Philippine vessels.
CHINESE fishermen rescued a Filipino fisherman who has been drifting in the West Philippine Sea for eight days after his boat capsized.
PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. yesterday said more than 13,000 policemen would be deployed to secure this month’s Traslacion, or the Feast of the Black Nazarene on January 9.
ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. has conferred Gold Cross and Silver Cross medals to five Army soldiers who figured in successful operations against communist rebels in Eastern Visayas.
QUEZON City Police District Director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan yesterday ordered the relief of a QCPD station commander and two other policemen after a video of actor Ronaldo Valdez, who was found dead in his Quezon City residence last Saturday, went viral on social media.
DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr yesterday debunked China’s claim that Philippines is causing trouble in the West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea.
A BRIDGE in Caraga town in Davao Oriental collapsed due flooding caused by tropical cyclone “Kabayan,” isolating some 7,000 families, a civil defense official said yesterday.