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Crime down in Central Luzon due to anti-drugs drive

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- Central Luzon crime rate went down by 6.23 percent in the first eight months as a result of the intensified campaign against illegal drugs. Data from...

PDEA hiring agents to boost war vs hard drugs

MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is hiring highly qualified professionals with a deep desire to fight the war against illicit drugs in the country. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said...

8 foreigners among remaining Maute terrorists in Marawi: AFP

MANILA -- Some eight foreigners are among the estimated 40 Maute Group terrorists remaining in Marawi City, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año said late Sunday. These foreign terrorists are acting as...

List of possible Año successors submitted to Pres. Duterte

MANILA -- The names of the four possible successors to outgoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año, who is scheduled to retire on October 26, has...

Lapeña reshuffles customs officials

Eight district collectors and 30 section chiefs of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have been relieved from their posts following the earlier pronouncement of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña that he will...

Over 800 aspiring lawyers join DOJ’s free bar lectures

MANILA -- More than 800 future lawyers joined the two-day free Bar Lectures Integration Series launched by the Department of Justice this weekend at the Philippine Christian University (PCU) in Taft Avenue...

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