More than PHP500,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized and 17 suspected drug personalities were arrested in different anti-drug operations in this province on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. In a police report, Col. Manuel M. Lukban Jr., acting Bulacan provincial director, said five of the arrested drug suspects are high-value target individuals. Lukban identified the five high-value targets nabbed in different drug stings as Gregor Macalam, of Barangay Graceville, City of San Jose del Monte; Wilson Laureta of Barangay 181, Caloocan City; Jeffrey Salinas of Barangay Sabang, Baliuag; Cesar Reyes of Barangay Lambakin, Marilao; and Christopher Lazaro of Barangay Lumangbayan,
Vehicle importers are becoming more optimistic towards the end of the year as sales of outsourced cars increased in September. The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) on Wednesday reported that sales last month grew 26 percent to 4,946 units from 3,919 units sold in August this year. This, as the government eased community quarantine restrictions after placing Metro Manila under enhanced community quarantine in early August. Year-to-date sales of the industry group likewise increased by 26 percent to 43,957 units in January to September 2021 from 34,980 unit sales in the same period last year. “We have weathered
Fair weather with isolated rains will continue to prevail across the country, the weather bureau said Wednesday. Aldczar Aurelio of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Luzon will have fair weather but will likely experience rains for a short period. In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA also forecasts isolated light rains over Batanes and the Babuyan Islands due to the northeasterly surface wind flow affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Visayas and Mindanao will have fair weather with isolated rains, Aurelio said. The temperature in Metro Manila and Laoag could reach 33°C; Zamboanga, 34°C; and Davao,
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday extended the deadline for examinees in the next bar examination to select their preferred local testing center. “In view of some technical issues in the Bar Personal Login Unified System (Bar PLUS) the Venue Matching Module shall close on Oct. 24, 2021 subject to further extension if the technical issues persist,” the SC said in a bar bulletin. The court had originally set an October 20 deadline for examinees to choose their preferred venue under innovations adapted by the court partly in response to the complications arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. Last September, the
Personnel of the Philippine Navy’s (PN) Naval Combat Systems Center and crew members of the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), the country’s first missile frigate, have completed their training for the operation and maintenance of the ship’s newly delivered Mistral 3 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The intermediate level maintenance (ILM) training was carried out by the original equipment manufacturers of the Mistral 3. “Successfully completed after two weeks of face-to-face discussion and hands-on activities, the trainees familiarized themselves and got first-hand experience on the operation and maintenance (of) the newest SAM system,” a Naval Sea Systems Command Facebook post said Tuesday
President Rodrigo Duterte remains steadfast in his commitment to speed up the development in communities still infested with the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). As part of his efforts to counter insurgency, Duterte will visit Lucena, Quezon on Thursday to emphasize his administration’s peace and development initiatives in Calabarzon, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said in a press statement issued Wednesday. “President Rodrigo Duterte, who is also Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), shall resume his visits to the different regions to
