The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) vowed to continue the campaign against the operation of “Peryahan ng Bayan” (PnB) here. The local police made the assurance after GlobalTech Mobile Online Corporation has filed charges against the police before the National Police Commission (Napolcom) for raiding at least six outlets of PnB recently. “We will continue the campaign as the peryahan operation is illegal,” Col. Alexander Lorenzo, ZCPO director, said in an interview Thursday. “I welcome the filing of charges against me and my men, and we are ready to defend ourselves. We will continue to work together to make Zamboanga

Majority of Filipinos are optimistic that the Philippine economy will improve in the second quarter of 2022, even as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continues to grapple the country, according to the latest survey by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. PUBLiCUS, in its PAHAYAG 2022 First Quarter Survey conducted from March 30 to April 6, found that 70 percent of 1,500 respondents expect the country’s economic prospects to improve from April to June 2022 period. Of the 70 percent, around 32.6 percent expressed optimism about “a lot” of economic improvement in the second quarter of 2022, while the remaining 37.3 said they

US Space Command on Wednesday confirmed that scientists discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit the Earth. The meteor, which is known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 8, 2014, CNN quoted a US Space Command document as saying. The finding came as a surprise for Amir Siraj, who identified the object as an interstellar meteor in a 2019 study he co-authored while an undergraduate at Harvard University, the media outlet reported. Siraj was working with Harvard University’s Abraham Loeb, a professor of science, to investigate “Oumuamua,” the solar system’s

After two years of home and community quarantines during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) lockdown, pious Catholics felt again the excitement of physically doing the Visita Iglesia walk as they commemorate Christ’s agony and passion this Holy Week. Jiay Ducabo shared the excitement of redoing this Filipino Catholic tradition that she grew up with despite some apprehensions as the Covid-19 lingers. “Sobrang nakaka-excite po kasi finally after two years, ‘yung kinagisnang kultura ng pagbi-Visita Iglesia ay nagagawa na ulit pero at the same time, may takot at doubt pa rin kaya dobleng ingat pa rin po talaga dahil may mga

At least 1,505 regular members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the government as of the end of March 2022, a clear indication the communist terrorist group is weakening, an official of the National Intelligence Coordination Agency (NICA) said on Wednesday. Of the number, 57 of them yielded in 2019 and 415 turned themselves in a year after. Most of them or 1,007 surrendered in 2021 while 26 fighters abandoned the NPA just this year. NICA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Eustacio Bacabac said many regular NPA members have surrendered through the government’s whole-of-nation approach in the past three

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) continues to integrate peace efforts into the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.” In a social media post on Thursday, the OPAPRU said it has partnered with Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU)’s Madaris Volunteer Program (MVP) to effectively promote intercultural and interreligious dialogue through a virtual “brown bag” session. The OPAPRU aims to further boost its collaboration with its academic partner institutions and other peace partners to be able to effectively communicate the “Document on Human Fraternity,” which was signed by Pope Francis and