An investigation is underway to determine the source of the PHP5.3 million worth of cocaine seized from a big-time drug suspect in Tawi-Tawi last week, the country’s top cop said on Monday. “Iniimbestigahan na si Basir Daud upang alamin kung saan galing ang nakumpiskang cocaine sa kanya at kilalanin ang iba pa niyang mga kasabwat (Basir Daud is being investigated to find out the source of the cocaine confiscated from him and identify his other accomplices),” said PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, in a statement. Daud was arrested in a joint operation by the police and agents of the Philippine
Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, cautioned the public Sunday against falling prey to the “love scam” being perpetrated through social media platforms. He issued the warning following the arrest of two Nigerians engaged in this scheme who extorted a huge sum of money from a businesswoman. The suspects Felix Aondowase and Emmanuel Abia allegedly lured the woman online by pretending to be an Australian man. It reached the point wherein the suspects made the victim send some private photos, which they later used to blackmail her into sending US$8,000 (around PHP400,000) to their Filipino contacts in Cavite.
The Philippines has amplified the call of developing nations for urgent action and results on the climate change commitments of developed countries ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) that opened here Sunday. Prior to the COP26 meeting, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella underscored in separate international fora the need to accelerate the mobilization and provision of funds to assist the most climate-vulnerable countries in climate adaptation and mitigation. Dominguez, who heads the Philippine delegation to COP26, first made the call at
As more supplies of the life-saving coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs continue to pour into the country, there is a glimpse of light at the end of a dark tunnel as population protection is now almost a reality, thanks to intensified vaccination drives. While many countries have started to fully lift Covid-19 restrictions, the Philippines is among those who chose to do it in a gradual and calculated manner. With the country surpassing the 100-million mark in terms of acquired vaccine doses, 31 million Filipinos getting their first dose, and some 27 million being fully vaccinated as of the end
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday reported that it has cleared over 106 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines that arrived in the country since the arrival of the first shipment of jabs in February. In a statement, the bureau said the running total number of vaccine doses in the country is now at 106,245,420. These include 3,507,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and 4,049,370 Pfizer jabs that arrived from October 28 to 31. On October 28, National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Finance Undersecretary Mark Dennis Joven, and BOC-Port
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged the nation to “pray for each other” amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, especially those who have departed. “As we follow the example of the saints and pray for our loved ones who have passed on, let us also pray for each other, especially during this pandemic,” he said in his All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day message. He specifically honored more than 43,100 who have died of complications related to Covid-19. “We pray for those who have died because of Covid-19 and we also pray for those who have sacrificed life and limb
