FIRST the good news: Travel time on Edsa has been reduced by almost an hour since the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police took charge of directing traffic on the major highway. The bad…
Authorities hope to keep Edsa clear of traffic buildups caused by accidents with a specially developed mobile application for the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) that aims to reduce the processing time for incident reports to just four…
MANILA, Philippines — It was over in 30 minutes. Bearing in mind a lesson painfully learned five years ago, Manila police shot dead on Thursday, a man who took a passenger hostage aboard a southbound bus on…
THE knife-wielding man who stormed a bus Thursday on Taft Avenue, Manila and held hostage a woman passenger suffered two gunshots and was pronounced dead at the Philippine General Hospital. READ: Passenger bus held hostage in Manila…
Evie Uy, 39, vaguely remembers the moment when her four sons would kiss her on the cheek in the morning before they start off for school. Like a ghost flitting by her children’s doorway at night, she…
Police outposts will soon be set up in several gas stations in Metro Manila and nearby provinces under the recently launched “Lakbay-Ligtas” program of the Philippine National Police and Petron Corp. The PNP said the outposts would…
After a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic enforcer accused two Highway Patrol Group (HPG) officers of mauling him last week, MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino tried to smooth over the incident on Sunday, saying that misunderstandings between…
Two Highway Patrol Group (HPG) personnel have been recalled from their posts on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) after a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic personnel accused the cops of mauling him last Tuesday. Chief Superintendent…
CAPAS, Tarlac — The Philippine Army said it is expecting 114 armored vehicles from the United States this November. Major Filemon Tan, public affairs office of the Mechanized Infantry Division based at Camp O’Donnell, said the used…
CHARGES of multiple attempted homicide, direct assault and illegal possession of firearms will be filed against Ryan Joseph Jaworski—son of former basketball star and ex-Sen. Robert Jaworski—after he and two men shot it out with police operatives…
