Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P1.5 million worth of “shabu” or methamphetamine hydrochloride at a warehouse in Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday. The illegal drugs, which weigh about 197 grams, were placed in three separate parcels bound for United Kingdom, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. Customs…

The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a retired government prosecutor to a total of 10 years imprisonment for child abuse and obstruction of justice. Julius Padios, a former assistant provincial prosecutor of Negros Occidental, was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt for abusing his former client, a high school student who filed a…

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) postponed the retirement of 15-year-old school bus services to ensure that there would be enough vehicles to transport students this school year. The LTFRB on Friday issued Memorandum Circular No. 2015-014, an exemption to the board’s earlier memo issued on October 2013…

The Philippine Army soldier who held hostage about 30 passengers of a Manila-bound Peñafrancia Tour bus along Maharlika Highway in Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, past noon Friday has surrendered. Corporal Rene Prajele, 36, of the 31st Infantry Battalion based in Sorsogon, yielded to joint Army and police operatives at around…

A woman was hurt when one of two grenades lobbed in front of the Navotas City Jail exploded Thursday morning, reports said. Navotas City Mayor John Ray Tiangco said an unidentified man hurled the two grenades in the area behind the Navotas police station around 4 a.m., damaging the signage…

At least 140 public schools are situated in barangays that sit atop the 100-kilometer West Valley Fault, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. In reaction to the warning issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on possible movement by the West Valley Fault that could trigger a 7.2-magnitude…

Twenty five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Mindanao surrendered to authorities Wednesday in Agusan del Sur, reports said. During surrender rites held in the town of Loreto, Mayor Otaza turned over custody of the returnees to the local police headed by Inspector Ruben Combo. The rebel…

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the disappearance of Engr. Evan Labonete and his business partner, Nicomedes Eguna, who went missing in January. But the country’s top investigating body is still facing a blank wall as to what transpired and who could be involved. At a press…