2 cops held for extortion
MANILA, Philippines — Two policemen were arrested in Cotabato City on Friday for allegedly extorting money from a motorist in exchange for his impounded vehicle.
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6 caught in Parañaque stings
MANILA, Philippines — Anti-narcotics operatives arrested six suspects in separate stings in Parañaque, the Southern Police District (SPD) reported on Friday.
DENR stops whale watching in Bohol town
MANILA, Philippines — Despite an endorsement from the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stopped the operations of the Sta. Filomena Ecotourism complex in Alburquerque, Bohol for lack of an environmental clearance certificate (ECC) and Special Use Agreement in Protected Areas.
PDEA, PCG ink deal to prevent entry of illegal drugs
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have strengthened their partnership to prevent the entry of illegal drugs through the country’s coastlines.
It’s getting hot in here!
The heat lately has been impossible to ignore. El Niño looms over the Philippines. It brings with it a host of extreme weather events, such as drought drastically decreasing rainfall by up to 60 percent and scorching heat waves that are projected to persist across the entire archipelago until May 2024. We are all witnesses to its terrible inescapable effects. Sweltering heat surpassing 42 degrees Celsius in certain places, for instance, has suspended classes across 5,000 Philippine schools in April 2024’s first week, interrupting the education of our 3.6 million students. Cebu City declared a state of water crisis. Government agencies state that water rationing in Metro Manila is not yet needed as supplies remain sufficient for now, but nonetheless forewarn it may be on our horizon. If we fail to formulate sustainable solutions and bungle implementation, then we necessarily compromise Philippine economic, energy, food and water security.
P6.8 million worth shabu seized in Lanao del Sur PDEA buy bust
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized P6.8 million worth of shabu from four peddlers entrapped in an interior barangay in Wao, Lanao del Sur on Friday.
Highway patrol cop busted for P50K extortion attempt
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Agents of the police’s Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group arrested in an entrapment operation here on Friday a policeman who attempted to extort P50,000 from an owner of a car impounded for wrong placement of a license plate.
2 vessels nabbed for 'illegal fishing' in Palawan; 35 face charges
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) apprehended two fishing vessels suspected of engaging in illegal fishing activities approximately 2.9 nautical miles southwest of Brgy. Cocoro, Magsaysay, Palawan last Thursday.