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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco |Martin Sadongdong |Jel Santos |Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz
By AARON RECUENCO, MARTIN SADONGDONG, JEL SANTOS, and ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZAuthorities are expecting around three million passengers in various seaports and at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as Filipinos start the annual Holy Week travel to take advantage of the long holiday break for religious activity, vacation, and bonding with friends and relatives.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
Environment experts recorded a significant decrease in garbage collected from the Manila Bay from 2023 to 2024, which they said, showcased the progress made in reducing marine litter in the area.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
MMDA chairman Don Artes discusses the positive results of the study they conducted in relation to the 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. working hours for employees of national government agencies. The MMDA is set to recommend it to President Marcos.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
Ten of the 29 policemen who were ordered arrested by a Manila court over the controversial P6.7 billion worth of shabu haul in 2022 were already accounted for, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday, Jan. 16. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
(photo: LTO)The driver and the registered owner of the car that hit a traffic enforcer in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, a video of it went viral on social media, were summoned by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as part of the investigation into the incident. LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) seized around P36.7 million worth of illegal drugs in the first two weeks following the conduct of almost 300 intelligence-driven operations in Metro Manila. NCRPO director Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin said the aggressive operations from January 1 to 14 also resulted in the arrest of 410 drug suspects.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
Almost 200 candidates were already stripped of police security personnel as part of the election security measures and isolate the organization from partisan politics. Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the recall of police security from 197 candidates and other private individuals across the country translated to a total of 674 policemen being re-assigned to other important assignments.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the creation of a special task force that will run after retired and active policemen, including two retired police generals, who are covered by an arrest warrant issued by a Manila regional trial court in relation to the alleged cover-up in the confiscation of around P6.7 billion worth of shabu in 2022. Marbil tasked Police Lt. Gen. Edgar Alan O.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
The gross sales for the showing of all the entries to last year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has reached the P800-million target gross sales, an official disclosed on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Based on the MMF data, the top three entries, in alphabetical order, based on gross sales receipts are: And The Breadwinner Is, Green Bones, and The Kingdom.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Aaron B. Recuenco
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 15, a total of 29 foreigners for allegedly running an online gaming operation inside a resort in Silang, Cavite. CIDG director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said the operation stemmed from the information relayed by the resort owner about foreigners, mostly Chinese, bringing in computer sets and other gambling paraphernalia inside the resort that they rented in Barangay Lalaan 2.
