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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 17, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
Crimes in Metro Manila dipped by 23.73 percent during a nearly two-month monitoring by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), its top official disclosed Friday, Jan. 17. NCRPO acting director Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin said that there were 768 index crimes recorded in Metro Manila from Nov. 23, 2024 to Jan. 15, 2025. This was lower compared to 1,007 index crimes reported from Nov. 23, 2023 to Jan. 15, 2024.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The Philippine National Police (PNP) issued a memorandum order to remind security personnel to adhere to professional conduct and ethical standards when performing their duties in the wake of an incident where a security guard was caught in a viral video kicking a young girl selling sampaguita flower outside a mall in Mandaluyong City. Police Brig. Gen.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The Philippine Navy held a unilateral naval exercise and sovereignty patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Jan. 17, demonstrating its enhanced firepower and combat readiness to secure the country’s maritime interests. Rear Adm.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The construction of the Metro Manila subway provides a strategic advantage for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Friday, Jan. 17. Brawner made the remark a day after he graced the launching of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Metro Manila Subway Project’s Camp Aguinaldo Station (MMSP-CAS) in Quezon City on Thursday, Jan. 16.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, Jan. 15, that it temporarily relieved BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) from its duty of challenging the presence of China Coast Guard’s (CCG) “monster” ship off the coast of Zambales. “As of [Wednesday] morning, BRP Teresa Magbanua was already relieved in place. It’s on her way back to the Port of Manila,” Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, said in a television interview over ANC.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
Gone are the days that the New People’s Army (NPA) could influence the outcome of elections in the country, Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Galido said the military has practically defeated NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founded by the late Jose Ma. “Joma” Sison in 1969, so it will not be a concern of the military ahead of the May 12 midterm polls.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
China should pull out its “monster” ship from the coast of Zambales because its presence is considered “illegal” and “inconsistent” with the principles of freedom of navigation and innocent passage, ranking officials said Tuesday, Jan. 14. National Security Council (NSC) Asst.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The “National Rally for Peace” organized by religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Monday, Jan. 13, attracted a mammoth crowd but the event went smoothly as no untoward event occurred, according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). A crowd estimated to be over 1.15 million was recorded by the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Office (DRRMO) as of 11 a.m. at the Quirino Grandstand.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
mb.com.ph | Martin Sadongdong
The Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday, Jan. 7, that it will take up to two months to complete the forensic analysis conducted on a submersible drone discovered off the coast of San Pascual, Masbate last week. The drone marked “HY-119”, which is suspected to be of Chinese origin, was found by local fishermen in shallow waters in Barangay Inarawan last Dec. 30, and turned over to the navy the following day for analysis.
