PBBM names Marbil new police chief, calls for PNP’s ‘finest service’

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), replacing retired Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr.

Marbil’s appointment was announced during th…

Pope renews call for Gaza ceasefire

TEHRAN: Pope Francis has renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in a peace-focused address marking Easter Sunday, the most important day on the Christian calendar.

“Let us not allow the current hostilities to continue to have grave repercuss…

BuCor releases 783 PDLs in March

MANILA: Some 783 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) have been released in March, bringing to 12,836 the total number released under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Monday.

In a statement,…

No human transmission of bird flu in Leyte amid cases in chicken

TACLOBAN CITY: There is no confirmed human transmission of bird flu in Leyte province, weeks after the detection of the first-ever Avian Influenza case in the region, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.

Citing the latest report from the regio…

PhilSys registration of 8.9K 4Ps Caraga beneficiaries authenticated

BUTUAN CITY: The Philippine Statistics Authority in the Caraga Region (PSA-13) reported the authentication of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration of 8,950 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the re…

W. Visayas public schools suspend F2F classes due to extreme heat

ILOILO CITY: Hundreds of public schools in Western Visayas shifted to alternative mode of learning delivery on Monday following the suspension of face-to-face (F2F) classes due to extreme heat, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) in the r…

DOT-Cordillera: Provide experiential tourism to sustain gains

BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Tourism in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DOT-CAR) said stakeholders should take advantage of the gains of experiential tourism to increase return visits.

Destinations must come up with activities which tourists …