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MPD to conduct inventory after fire at crime lab

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar ordered the Manila Police District to conduct an inventory of all pieces of evidence and records kept in their crime laboratory that...

Customs employees nabbed for extortion

Authorities nabbed a Customs appraiser and an examiner for alleged extortion in Manila, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Wednesday.

PH logs 1,591 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 8 months

The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,591 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the lowest since Feb. 24, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,793,898.

NCR shift to Alert Level 2 to spur broader economic reopening

MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Wednesday (Nov. 3) said the government's pandemic response task force should downgrade Metro Manila to Alert Level 2 amid the steady decline in new infections as this would result in the broader reopening of the economy.

Metro Mayors lift unified curfew hours in NCR

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) approved a resolution, lifting the prevailing standardized and unified curfew hours in the National Capital Region starting Thursday, Nov. 4.

Eleazar orders probe into Caloocan village chief’s slay

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday (Nov. 3) tasked the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to investigate the killing of a village chief in Caloocan City on All Saints' Day.

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