PBBM congratulates Prabowo for leading Indonesia’s presidential polls

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday congratulated Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, after early results showed the latter’s landslide win.

‘My warmest congratulations to D…

QCPD: Checkpoints, cops in plain clothes to secure People Power rites

MANILA: The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Tuesday said it would deploy police officers in civilian attire and set up checkpoints to secure activities for the 38th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Feb. 25.

QCPD director Brig….

House pushes granting of free licensure exam for indigents

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading a measure seeking to provide free professional licensure and civil service eligibility examinations to qualified indigents.

During the plenary session, the chamber passed via …

DSWD launches SOLo program in Pangasinan town

MALASIQUI: Around 30 solo parents in Anda town, Pangasinan have been included in the pilot-testing of Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Strengthening Opportunities for Lone Parents or Program SOLo in Luzon on Tuesday.

Assistant S…

VP Sara: Slain soldiers in Lanao Sur died for countrymen’s safety

MANILA: Vice President Sara Z. Duterte on Tuesday said the six Army soldiers who recently died in an encounter with Islamic State-linked Maute Group in Lanao del Sur sacrificed their lives for the safety of Filipinos.

Duterte condoled with the famili…

22 law offenders arrested in Bulacan police ops

CAMP GEN: Twenty-two lawbreakers, including 13 drug peddlers, were nabbed in different anti-criminality operations conducted by Bulacan police from Monday to Tuesday morning.

In a statement, Col. Relly Arnedo, Bulacan Provincial Police Office directo…

Foreign ownership step to PH higher education’s internationalization

MANILA: Removing the restrictions on foreign ownership and management in the 1987 Constitution is seen as a first step in the internationalization of Philippine higher education, making it globally competitive, an official of the Second Congressional …