The new modernization law will help the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) assume its new role as one of the lead agencies in disaster and emergency responses, aside from its traditional mandate of firefighting, BFP officer in charge Director Louie Puracan said. This, after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11589 or the BFP Modernization Act on Sept. 10, kicking off a 10-year modernization period that is expected to transform the BFP into a modern and world-class institution. “With this law, the BFP will be funded with the assumption of its new role as the lead agency
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday said the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) are seeking clearance from concerned courts for the immediate destruction of the more than PHP5.5 billion worth of shabu seized in the separate operations in three provinces last week. “In coordination with the PDEA which is the lead agency in the operations in Zambales, Bataan and Cavite, we will seek clearance from various courts concerned for the immediate destruction of the more or less 809 kilos of shabu confiscated in these operations,” Eleazar said in a statement. Eleazar said he had
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Sunday denied anew that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has ever controlled or manipulated funds meant for the Barangay Development Program (BDP). Esperon, NTF-ELCAC vice-chair, said he was saddened by misinformation regarding the NTF-ELCAC’s BDP, noting that it reeked of “politicking.” This, after opposition lawmakers insisted that the task force’s multibillion allocation for 2022 was considered pork barrel, which the Supreme Court had declared illegal. “The NTF-ELCAC does not, in any circumstance, control nor manipulate the funds appropriated for the BDP. Rather, the NTF-ELCAC is responsible for harmonizing
Ernest John “EJ” Obiena has reset the Asian record for the highest leap in pole vault en route to capturing the gold medal in the Golden Roof Challenge in Austria early Sunday (Philippine Time). Obiena breached past 5.93 meters, eclipsing the old continental record of 5.92 set by Kazakhstan’s Igor Potapovich in 1998. Obiena actually was not required to go for it as the rest of the field were already eliminated from gold medal contention after 5.8 meters. But with the Asian record already within reach after finally getting past 5.9 two weeks ago in the Wanda Diamond League Paris
Emma Raducanu, the hope of British tennis, won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title on Saturday, her first Grand Slam championship. Raducanu, 18, beat her 19-year-old Fil-Canadian opponent, Leylah Fernandez, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in the all-teen final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. Near the end of the exciting match, Raducanu had to have a medical timeout for bleeding to her left knee when she slid on the hardcourt surface. “First of all, I really want to congratulate Leylah and her team. She played some incredible tennis and has beaten some of the top players
Renowned Spanish actress and model Penelope Cruz won as Best Actress Saturday on the closing night of the 78th Venice Film Festival on the Lido Peninsula. Spain’s cinema queen grabbed the award for her starring role in “Parallel Mothers”, a film about two mothers who give birth on the same day. The movie was written and directed by famed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. The Philippines’ John Arcilla won as Best Actor at the world’s oldest film festival for this performance in the crime thriller “On the Job: The Missing 8”. Audrey Diwan’s abortion drama “Happening” about a 1960s French college
