Day: June 29, 2025

Bacolod: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla has expressed optimism about Bacolod becoming a leading city in the Philippines with its new set of officials paving the way forward. Remulla, who administered the oath of office to incoming mayor Greg Gasataya at the Government Center grounds Saturday night, lauded the quality of leadership the new local chief executive can offer to the city. According to Philippines News Agency, Remulla praised Gasataya during the event and stated, “You deserve a person like Greg to lead the city. Bacolod will lead the country one day. You

Bacolod: Anti-drug operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 1.842 kg. of shabu worth PHP12.525 million and arrested nine persons in five separate buy-busts over the weekend, a police report on Sunday showed. Each gram of shabu has a standard drug price of PHP6,800. According to Philippines News Agency, the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) scored the biggest haul after it recovered 1.535 kgs. of shabu valued at PHP10.438 million from five persons in a residence at Hermelinda Homes Subdivision in Barangay Mansilingan Saturday night. Police identified the primary suspect as alias ‘Linda’ Verde, 42, who was apprehended together

Zamboanga city: Authorities have seized PHP20.4 million worth of shabu and arrested a suspect identified as a high-value individual (HVI) during an anti-drug operation in this city early Sunday. Col. Diomarie Albarico, chief of the police’s Drug Enforcement Group’s Special Operation Unit, reported that the suspect, Nelson Lamon, 41, was apprehended in a buy-bust operation around 12:15 a.m. along Gen. Vicente Alvarez Street, Barangay Zone 4. According to Philippines News Agency, the arrest occurred after Lamon handed over a package containing suspected shabu to an undercover policeman in exchange for an ecological bag filled with 23 bundles of boodle money.

Kagoshima: The 50th H-2A rocket carrying the GOSAT-GW greenhouse gas and water cycle observation satellite, nicknamed Ibuki GW, was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture in the early hours of Sunday. According to Philippines News Agency, the 50th unit of the H-2A rocket lifted off at 1:33 a.m. and successfully placed the GOSAT-GW satellite into the planned orbit. This two-stage, liquid-fuel rocket was initially developed by the predecessor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, with its first unit launched in 2001. The production and launch operations for the H-2A series were handed over to

Bulacan: Anti-drug operatives arrested two high-value individuals (HVIs) and seized around PHP700 million worth of suspected shabu in Bulacan, the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) said on Sunday. In a statement, PDEG chief Brig. Gen. Edwin Quilates said the suspects, both Chinese nationals identified as alias Ry, 40, and Loan, 55, were arrested in Barangay Bulihan, Plaridel on Saturday. According to Philippines News Agency, the anti-drug agents confiscated approximately 103 kilograms of shabu with an estimated standard drug price of PHP700.4 and other non-drug evidence. The suspects were brought to the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit-National