Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday ordered police personnel to keep tight border control to prevent further Covid-19 transmission. This, after the OCTA Research Group underscored the importance of maintaining border controls in provinces or regions across the country amid possible easing of quarantine restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus. “We guarantee that the PNP will maintain heightened measures on border control points so that the virus will no longer spread from one place to another,” he said in a statement. Malacañang on June 10 said the NCR Plus, composed of Metro Manila, Bulacan,

MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday hailed all Filipino workers who continue to provide “selfless service and gentle nurture” abroad as the country celebrated its 123rd Independence Day. From medical professionals to seafarers, Locsin said overseas Filipino workers have contributed a lot to the world as it continues to reel from the effects of the coronavirus crisis. “During this pandemic, the Filipino diaspora has contributed much to the world – in keeping besieged health care systems afloat, especially in the most advanced countries; in manning maritime vessels key to trade and commerce; and in running critical

The spacecraft company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos announced Saturday that an unnamed person won an auction to join the Amazon founder on the company’s maiden flight into space. The company, Blue Origin, said the winner ponied up USD28 million (PHP1.34 billion) in a successful bid, but the person’s identity will not be announced for a couple of weeks. Bidding for the chance to take a brief ride into space began about a month ago, and the company said more than 7,500 people from more than 150 countries registered. But the bidding war skyrocketed when Bezos announced Monday that he

Far Eastern University (FEU) football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven, were laid to rest on Sunday, exactly a week after they were killed by an anti-personnel mines (APMs) explosion planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Masbate City. Thousands of Masbateños, together with the families and loved ones of the victims, most of them in white shirts printed with “Justice for Kieth and Nolven”, joined the necrological service at the Masbate Baptist Church and the funeral procession in Barangay Kalipay. “We need justice, justice for Kieth, justice for Nolven. Don’t ever put justice into your hands. Only

A year of mourning was declared by Digos City Mayor Josef Cagas over the death of his uncle, Davao del Sur Gov. Douglas Ralota Cagas. The period of mourning will be from June 10, 2021 to June 10, 2022, Cagas, 77, died on June 10 due to Covid-19 complications. Mayor Cagas said the cityhood of Digos was through the efforts of the late governor, who led the drafting of Republic Act 8798, converting the Municipality of Digos into a Component City of Davao del Sur in November 1998. “Governor Cagas spent most of his life in public service and had