BINMALEY, Pangasinan — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 1 (BFAR-1) on Saturday (June 6) distributed milkfish (bangus) and siganid fry, as well as fishing equipment, to the Samahan ng Magbabangus ng Pangasinan (SAMAPA) during the group’s second anniversary celebration. The assistance package included 80,000 bangus fry and 1,000 siganid fry produced

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo apologized on Sunday to the senators of the Cayetano bloc after he threatened to arrest them if they held another unauthorized hearing. In an interview on Friday, Tulfo, asserting his chairmanship to the Senate blue ribbon committee, said he would order the arrest of his colleagues and drag Sen.

MANILA, Philippines — As millions of students return to classrooms on Monday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it is “fully prepared and strategically positioned” to secure schools nationwide without compromising anti-crime and other public safety operations. In a statement on Sunday, PNP chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. gave parents and guardians his assurance that

BACOLOD CITY — A 41-year-old woman was shot dead by motorcycle-riding assailants shortly after leaving the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, on Saturday afternoon, June 6. Police identified the victim only as Lowela, a resident of Barangay 2 in Manapla, Negros Occidental. According to investigators, the victim had just left

DENR Criticizes Baste Duterte’s Order to Dump Garbage Outside Regional Office BASTE DUTERTE – What began as a response to Davao City’s mounting waste crisis has now triggered a public confrontation between Mayor Baste Duterte and environmental authorities. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), has strongly denounced ... Read more

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At 2.30pm on June 6, Kanthas Phongphaiboolwetch, known as “Kan Jompalang,” accompanied victim Mira Durongchayanurak, known as “Nong Mira,” and their lawyer to Nonthaburi Provincial Court in a case against Samrit Rimthuen, also known as “Sue Dusit,” who faces charges of assault and rape. The case was initially filed at Bang Kruai Police Station, resulting …

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A Singapore court sentenced an Indonesian man to 15 months in jail and caning on June 3 after he admitted molesting a 17 year old Thai girl during a flight from Okinawa to Singapore on April 15. The suspect, 20 year old Ariel Lhudfiyan Muarifin pleaded guilty to outrage of modesty after the incident on …

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PARACELIS, Mountain Province — Sabangan Mayor Marcial Lawilao died on Saturday morning, June 6, due to heart failure and other complications, according to an announcement posted by the local government of Sabangan on Facebook. Lawilao was 49 years old and would have turned 50 on Oct. 22. His remains were brought on Saturday to the

LUCENA CITY — Migratory birds monitored in Tiaong, Quezon, have tested negative for avian influenza, or bird flu, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported on Saturday, June 6. In a report, DENR Region IV-A said the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Tayabas City, headed by Ramil Gutierrez, recently conducted

A member of the House prosecution panel said on Saturday that the leadership dispute within the Senate was an “extraneous matter” that would not affect the evidence they intend to present in the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The contest for control of the Senate between two rival factions—one perceived as aligned