The Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MILG-BARMM) has turned over a PHP6.25 million police station in the coastal town of Datu Blah Sinsuat in Maguindanao, an official said Friday. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, MILG minister and BARMM spokesperson, said the three-story police station was funded through the Bangsamoro Appropriation Act (BAA) of 2020. It was inaugurated Thursday. “The building is situated in Barangay Pura, an elevated area of DBS (Datu Blah Sinsuat) facing the Moro gulf,” Sinarimbo told reporters here in an interview. BARMM Senior Minister Abdulraof Macacua, along with BARMM
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday once again defended his anti-narcotics campaign, saying he could not stomach the “horrible” acts perpetrated by drug offenders. “Sisirain mo ang bayan ko (You will destroy my country). That’s the thing they do, horrible,” Duterte said in a speech delivered in Palo, Leyte. The President issued the statement, reiterating that he would not allow himself to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over killings associated with his campaign against illegal drugs. He also maintained that he would only cooperate if the investigation was carried out by a Philippine court. “I am a Filipino.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy some 17,000 personnel in “places of convergence” nationwide to secure travelers for the Lenten season and the summer months. PNP spokesperson, Col. Jean Fajardo, in a television interview Friday, said help desks and police assistance posts will be set up in key tourist destinations and major streets leading to it. Of the number, some 5,000 personnel will be deployed as tourist police on foot and bike patrol in areas frequented by tourists such as Boracay Island. “Inaatasan na rin ang mga field commanders na makipag ugnayan sa mga local chief executives po natin
Police authorities have arrested the vice governor of Surigao del Sur and his wife for estafa charges. In a report Friday, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) said that Vice Governor Librado Navarro, 64, and his wife Maylene, 47, were arrested by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 42 in Medina, Misamis Oriental. “They were arrested at around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 in San Andres, Barangay Maharlika, Bislig City,” the SDSPPO report said. The arrest was carried out by the personnel of Bislig City police station and the 1st Company
The Philippine Army (PA) on Friday announced the launch of an integrated coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) information system designed to strengthen its prevention, detection, isolation, treatment, and reintegration efforts. In a statement, the PA said the information system was launched during the command-wide 14th Senior Leaders Conference at the PA Officers Clubhouse in Fort Bonifacio held from Wednesday to Thursday. The Army’s Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (OG1, PA) held a live demonstration of the Covid-19 Integrated Information System before the Army senior leaders who attended the two-day leadership symposium. The integrated information system combines the
A 132-bed medical center will soon rise here in line with the city government’s efforts to deliver free and better medical services to the residents. Mayor Emerson Pascual led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of PHP750 million, four-story Batang Gapan Medical Center beside the city hall compound on Friday. Pascual said the project is expected to be finished within 18 months to two years. “Wala nang magiging kawawa sa Gapan (No one will be miserable in Gapan),” the local chief executive said during the event, referring to financial difficulties being encountered by people in a health crisis. “Wala nang
