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CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte — Fourteen members of the Islamic State-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered to government authorities, turning over 39 loose firearms, including two 60 mm mortar tubes, in Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, June 21. The turnover ceremony was held at the headquarters of the 38th Infantry Battalion (38IB)

  TACLOBAN CITY — A police officer has been placed under restrictive custody after authorities confirmed that one of the firearms used in the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City was linked to her family, the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) said on Monday, June 22. PRO-8 spokesperson Lt. Col.

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A soldier rescued a hornbill and turned it over to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)-Liloy in Zamboanga del Norte on Monday. Roserverico Tan, chief of the Regional Strategic Communication and Initiatives Group (RSCIG) of DENR-IX, told the Inquirer that Sgt. Junelo Bongcawel of the Philippine Army’s

Senator Robin Padilla expresses a desire to lower the age of criminal responsibility. Following the deadly shooting in Tacloban, Senator Robin Padilla pushes to lower the criminal responsibility to 10 years old. The authorities have arrested the two suspects in the Tacloban school shooting. The deadly incident happened inside a classroom at San Jose National ... Read more

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COTABATO CITY — The Save Bangsamoro Movement staged another peaceful rally in front of the Supreme Court on Monday, calling on the high tribunal to act on pending petitions that could significantly affect the historic parliamentary elections, peace process, and governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Datu Tokz Bin Abdulrahman, spokesperson

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Job-order (JO) workers and Clean and Green personnel the Mandaue City Government employs may soon receive higher compensation following the approval on first reading of a proposed ordinance seeking to increase their honoraria. Councilor Joel Seno said that the proposal aims to raise the honorarium of job-order workers from ₱435 to

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A dramatic Sunday slate in the ongoing Cebu Architects Basketball Club (CABC) 8th Corporate Cup reshaped the standings and produced a four-way tie at the top on June 21 at Game Changer in Mandaue City. Landlite, Boysen Paints, SR & T Industrial Supply, and EZ Pavers all emerged from the weekend

A 27-year-old man tagged by police as a high-value individual (HVI) was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Sunday evening, June 21.

TOKYO – The Japanese government has decided to raise visa fees for foreign nationals by revising a related cabinet order. The decision, made at a cabinet meeting on Friday, marks the first revision of the visa fees in 48 years, since 1978. The fee will be increased from the current 3,000 yen to 15,000 yen for

MANILA, Philippines — The firearms used in the shooting incident at a Tacloban City high school on Monday allegedly belonged to a policewoman who was one of the suspects’ aunt and a security agency, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Earlier, the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) said it recovered a caliber