PRESIDENT Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte has allocated P10.2 billion of its P3.767-trillion budget for 2018 to develop the country’s first-ever Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in Metro Manila and Cebu, an opposition House leader said yesterday. “The BRT Line 2 along…

SENATE President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto wanted to review the budget allotted for the Philippine National Police (PNP), especially the funding for Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded. “For 2018, the administration is asking for P900 million for the implementation of Oplan Double…

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has came up with a shortlist of candidates for the vacant positions in Sandiganbayan and Court of Appeals. The vacancies came to fore shortly after President Rodrigo Duterte promoted Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Samuel Martires…

A MEMBER of the Lemery police was wounded when he was shot by a suspected drug personality during their anti-illegal drug operation the other day in the municipality. PO3 Jeffrey Luce, of legal age, was rushed to Caysasay Hospital in…

A 74-YEAR-OLD woman was found dead the other day inside her home in Tondo, Manila. SPO1 Joseph Kabigting of the Manila Police District (MPD)- Crimes Against Persons Investigation Section (CAPIS) said that Magdalena Ravanilla Nacion, of 3334 P. del Rosario…

POLICE on Friday reported that a welder was shot dead by an unidentified suspect while buying goods inside a store in Bgy. San Felipe, Padre Garcia, Batangas. Ricky Dalisay Kalawy, 47, married, of Bgy. Pagulingin East, Lipa City, sustained two…

Nine Small Town Lottery (STL) bookie collectors were collared by police operatives during an anti-illegal gambling operation in the cities of Calamba, Sta. Rosa and San Pedro in Laguna on Saturday. In a report submitted to acting Laguna police director…

PILI, Camarines Sur -- The Refereza brothers -- Nathaniel and Eduardo Rarugal Refereza -- leaders of the “Refereza Crime Group” engaged in armed robbery and gun-for-hire activities, both died in separate shootouts with members of the local anti-illegal drugs operatives…

CAMP Gen. Pantaleon Garcia, Imus City, Cavite -- Ten alleged drug personalities were arrested during two police operations against illegal drugs in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite and Imus City last Saturday. Police said they arrested in GMA drug suspects Enrico…

BACOOR City, Cavite -- Namatay ang isang lalaki makaraang mabundol ito ng sasakyan habang tumatawid sa kalsada noong umaga ng Biyernes. Kinilala ang biktima na si Noel Martinez, 47, construction worker, at naka-tira sa Bgy. Malagasang 2-D, Imus City, na…

CAMALIG, Albay -- At least 24 transient residents of Batangas City, Quezon province, Lucena City, Daraga, Albay and this municipality are now facing charges for illegal gambling after being caught placing bets in STL (Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies in…

LEGAZPI City -- Camarines Sur province still leads in Human Immunodificiency Virus-Acquired Immunodificiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) cases in the Bicol region with 21, from January to May this year, while Naga City remains on top for HIV cases in the region…

LIBMANAN, Camarines Sur -- An amateur-radio reporter posing as a local New People’s Army (NPA) cadre is now facing charges for extortion and related crimes filed by local police investigators after the suspect was nabbed in an entrapment operation at…

SCIENCE City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija -- Police yesterday issued a flash alarm for a missing trailer-truck carrying 1,000 sacks of corn owned by Isabela Mayor Arnold S. Bautista which was hijacked by four unidentified armed men here last Saturday.…

A TOTAL of 11 vehicles suspected of involvement in colorum operations were busted by the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) recently, 10 days after it signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)…