MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has seized around PHP1 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes in Western Mindanao during police operations from January to August 25 this year.
In a statement on Thursday, Maj. Gen. Bernard Banac, Area Polic…
Negros Occidental’s provincial government unveiled its multi-level parking facility, which can accommodate up to 114 vehicles, inside the motor pool compound across the Provincial Capitol here on Thursday.
With a project cost of PHP25.27 million, th…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday granted about PHP135.8 million worth of post-harvest facilities and financial assistance to farmers and farmers’ groups in Nueva Ecija.
In a statement, the DA said it distributed rice mills and d…
MANILA: The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) has warned the public against fraudulent phone calls from those pretending to be bank representatives.
This, after the PNP anti-cybercrime agents arrested 19 suspects, including t…
Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive officer of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released on Wednesday after paying 5 million euros (about USD5.6 million) bail.
He, however, has been required to report to the police twice a week…
Shedding new light on the swarms of jellyfish that frequently reach the Israeli coast, researchers have discovered that jellyfish often actively swim against the direction of the waves.
Large swarms of jellyfish are known to disrupt power plants and…