Army official cites NTF-ELCAC’s role in gaining people’s trust

CEBU CITY: Localized peace dialogues organized by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) are a big boost in gaining the people’s trust in the government, an Army official said Friday.

Visayas Command chief, Lt. Gene…

Canadian dev’t aid to PH totals P1.1-B

MANILA: Canada has approved a total of CAD28.15 million or approximately PHP1.1 billion in development assistance to support the Philippines’ health care, disaster resilience, and climate adaptation efforts, the Canadian Embassy in Manila announced Sa…

Magnitude 5.9 quake hits Agusan del Sur

MANILA: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit Agusan del Sur on Saturday morning.

According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the temblor, which was tectonic in origin, struck 2 km. from Esperanza town at 11:22 a.m.

The …

Crossovers pluck bronze in PNVF Champions League

MANILA: Chery Tiggo stamped its class over College of Saint Benilde, 25-20, 25-13, 25-13, in the bronze medal match of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Champions League at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila on Saturday.

Opposite hi…

P15-M illegal drugs seized in Camarines Norte

LEGAZPI CITY: Agents of the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) seized over PHP15 million worth of illegal drugs in Camarines Norte on Friday night.

Two high-value targets identified as ‘Lon,’ 38, and ‘Ian,’ 39, were also arrested during the opera…

NPA leader, another killed in Leyte town clash

TACLOBAN CITY: A notorious top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and a combatant were killed in a clash with soldiers in upland Tinag-an village in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning after years of tracking down their locations in the jungles of L…

Former PH envoy to UN Lauro Baja Jr. passes away at 86

MANILA: Ambassador Lauro Liboon Baja Jr., the country’s former foreign affairs undersecretary for policy and envoy to the United Nations (UN), has died at age 86.

In a text message on Friday night, his nephew, Philippine Ambassador to Morocco Leslie …