13K cops to secure Traslacion: PNP
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.
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5 soldiers conferred Gold, Silver Cross medals
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.
QCPD station commander, 2 cops relieved over Valdez video
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.
No one supports China’s claim to whole S. China Sea – Teodoro
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.
7K families in Davao isolated due to collapsed bridge
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.
After landfall, ‘Kabayan’ weakens into LPA
“KABAYAN” made landfall in Manay town in Davao Oriental yesterday and weakened hours later into low pressure area (LPA) from a tropical storm.
6 NPA rebels, soldier killed in Batangas firefight
SIX New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a government soldier died and three other soldiers were injured in a firefight in Balayan town in Batangas yesterday Sunday morning Army soldiers, augmented by Navy and Air Force personnel, launched a combat operation in Barangay Malalay after receiving information that insurgents were planning a meeting in the area.
26 areas in Visayas, Mindanao placed under storm signal No. 1
TWENTY-SIX areas in the Visayas and Mindanao were placed under storm signal number No. 1 yesterday after a low pressure area intensified into a tropical depression and given the name “Kabayan.”