The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Cop killed in Palawan

August 12, 2018

A police officer was killed by unidentified suspects in San Vicente, Palawan last Saturday. Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) Regional Police Office identified the victim as Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Marvin Paaco Adier, 36 years old. Regional Spokesperson

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Lamitan bombing may have targetted feeding program: Lorenzana

August 10, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the military suspects the improvised bomb that recently killed 11 people in Basilan was targeting the feeding program of the Department of Education (DepEd) to be attended by thousands of children. “We suspect that this

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BI says Australian not detained but not cleared to travel

August 10, 2018

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Australian professor Gill Hale Boehringer is not detained but unable to board his flight Friday due to medical reasons, a spokesperson said. “It is upon the assessment of the medical team of the airline

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Magnetic lifters suspected to have contained illegal drugs found in Cavite

August 10, 2018

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday discovered four magnetic lifters suspected to contain methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly known as shabu, in a warehouse in Lot 1-18, CRS Subdivision, Barangay F. Reyes in Governor Mariano Alvarez, Cavite. The discovery stemmed from the ongoing

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PAL presents newMANILA-SAPPORO route to Hokkaido Governor

August 10, 2018

Philippine Airlines President Jaime J. Bautista (left) presents a model aircraft as a gift to Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi at her office in Sapporo, Japan, after officially announcing the flag carrier’s new thrice weekly nonstop Manila-Sapporo service starting September 10,

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Some firms in Boracay still discharging waste water: Ano

August 10, 2018

Some establishments in Boracay are still discharging waste water ven if the island is closed for rehabilitation, Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Ano said Friday. “Boracay has been closed for a long time, but why is waste water still being released?,” he

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Troops occupy island used by Abu Sayyaf as safe haven

August 10, 2018

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi – The military have occupied an island near the border with Malaysia, denying  the Abu Sayyaf a safe haven and staging point of piracy and kidnapping. Brig. Gen. Custodio Parcon, Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi commander, said they have

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Albayalde orders relief of all personnel in police station following raid by alleged NPAs

August 10, 2018

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde  ordered the relief of all personnel of the Lapinig Municipal Police Station in Northern Samar and their immediate superior officers as an investigation went underway into the  raid staged by at least

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