The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said a total of 40,534 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have benefitted from the “Hatid Probinsya para sa mga OFWs” government program.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than 900 grams of marijuana with an estimated market value of P1.1 million at Clark International Airport on Thursday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested five alleged drug personalities, including a militiaman, and seized a firearm and some PHP342,000 worth of illegal drugs here and in Zamboanga del Sur, an official said Thursday.

BALAGTAS, Bulacan – Authorities seized around PHP680,000 worth of suspected illegal drugs and arrested six suspects, including a 16-year-old minor, in a buy-bust in Barangay Wawa here on Wednesday night.

BACOLOD CITY – Police anti-drug operatives seized an estimated PHP11.605 million worth of suspected shabu from a young couple during a buy-bust inside an apartment at Greenplains Subdivision, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday afternoon.

MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday raised alarm over the reported surge in the cases of violence against women and children since the implementation of community quarantine in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

MANILA – While President Rodrigo Duterte has stood pat in his decision not to allow face-to-face (F2F) classes until a vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is developed, Malacañang on Thursday said that the proposal to hold F2F classes could still be studied for areas under the “new normal”.

Australia's prime minister revealed Friday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting government, public services and businesses, with suspicions falling on China.

MANILA, June 18- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast a growth of only 0.1% in developing Asia as containment measures against COVID-19 pandemic obstructs economic and business activities in the region on Thursday .