Day: July 25, 2024

TACLOBAN CITY: A top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) died in a clash between government forces and rebels in the upland Osmeña village in General MacArthur, Eastern Samar on Thursday. The Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB) identified the slain rebel as Joel Guarino alias Duran, the squad leader of squad 2 of the recently dismantled Apoy Platoon of the NPA. Lt. Col. Joseph Bugaoan said in a statement that government forces had an armed encounter with a band of seven NPA combatants early Thursday while troops were conducting development and security operations in the upland village of

SEOUL: A trash-carrying balloon sent by North Korea landed on the presidential office compound Wednesday, but nothing dangerous was found, the Presidential Security Service (PSS) said. The PSS said it discovered fallen trash on the grounds of the presidential compound while monitoring the latest batch of balloons flown by the North earlier in the day. North Korea has sent thousands of trash-filled balloons toward South Korea since May in protest of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets sent by activists in South Korea across the border. “An investigation by the chemical, biological and radiological response team showed the objects did not present a

MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) touted some of its “game-changing projects” that would help spur economic development by improving mobility. During the hybrid post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) discussions in Pasay City on Wednesday, DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral said one of the agency’s game-changing projects is the Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) under the Marcos administration’s ‘Build Better More’ program. Once completed, she said, the LSEN would cut travel time from Ilocos to Bicol from 20 hours to 9 hours. Cabral said part of the LSEN is the 59-km. Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Extension