“What is important here is we are ready. We are coordinating with local government units and all other concerned for the safety of the public,” Abalos said. 

The relief of Jacob Meimban, also the executive director of the Manila Bay Coordinating Office, will pave the way for the “honest to goodness” probe into the surges of visitor in the dolomite beach area, DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said.

A complainant reported that he was mauled and threatened at gunpoint by the police officer, who forcibly took his mobile phone. 

The Court of Appeals has declared as unconstitutional Mandaluyong City ordinances that prohibited male back riders on motorcycles for violating the rule on equal protection.

Sen. Bong Go led the launch of the country’s 145th Malasakit Center at the Philippine National Police General Hospital at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday.

An official of the Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas was relieved from his post yesterday, a day after he was caught violating traffic rules.

Smuggled vegetables worth P362 million were destroyed at the Greenleaf 88 Hazardous Waste Disposal Center in Porac, Pampanga on Monday.

Cemeteries in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu province will be closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, in line with the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan passed a resolution during its Monday session declaring a state of calamity in the province due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was aggravated by the damage from Severe Tropical Storm Maring.

Most local government units in Metro Manila are now considered as “low risk” based on various indicators on the COVID-19 situation, the OCTA Research Group said yesterday.