The national Highway Patrol Group (HPG) gave police cars and motorcycles to its regional headquarters here, after they have been used during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last November.
The Davao City Police Office reported that there was no single crime incident during the first misa de gallo (Simbang Gabi) here, and described it as “generally peaceful.”
The government has called on the public to remain alert, as Typhoon Nona made a landfall in Northern Samar on Monday.
Lawmakers urged the House Committee on Transportation to investigate the lack of closed-circuit television (CCTVs) cameras in the country’s airports saying “this is needed to maintain peace and order and to address imminent security threats”.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced that starting Tuesday it will start distributing P848 million in 2014 cash benefit to its 1.1 million members.
The progressive Kilusang Mayo Uno on Monday belied government claims over the improved employment situation in the country saying President Benigno Aquino is only “desperate” to boost the presidential campaign of Liberal Party standard bearer, Mar Roxas.
Partylist lawmakers on Monday called for the immediate moratorium on the construction and expansion of coal-fired power plants in the country following the Paris Agreement.
Davao del Norte province won 21 medals during the 2015 Batang Pinoy National Finals held in Cebu City on November 27 to December 2.
Thousands of jeepney drivers protested several areas nationwide against the plan to phaseout jeepneys.
A business woman reported on Wednesday that her stay-in house helper ran off with P150,000 worth of unauthorized money collections from her clients.