THE NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) will deploy 14,100 policemen around Metro Manila, with 9,000 cops and force multipliers to be assigned in Quezon City for the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22.

THE NEW Cebu City administration under Mayor Edgardo C. Labella is planning to meet with all investors at the South Road Properties (SRP) to thresh out concerns, including issues over contracts and other legal matters.

THE SERIES of discussions for drafting the Bangsamoro local government code kicked off Monday in Cotabato City, with the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG) setting its sights on strengthening barangays being the local government unit (LGU) “nearest” to the people.

MALACAÑANG ON Monday said the suggestion of critics to invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States as a response to China’s militarization in the West Philippine Sea is “absurd.”

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MARTIAL RULE in Mindanao has failed to quell the growth of terror cells linked to Islamic State, even if it has effectively curbed traditional armed groups seeking a separate Muslim state, according to analysts and security experts.

THE Philippines is considering withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council after it approved a resolution to investigate President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s war on drugs, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.

NATIONAL auditors have called out the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and nine of its offices for failing to insure P1.05 billion of it properties.

FOUR COMPANIES have expressed interest in the Iloilo City abattoir improvement project, which is being planned to be placed under a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme, according to Mayor Jerry P. Treñas.

THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) will review its new, more detailed baggage declaration form required from passengers arriving in international airports to avoid misinterpretations.

IT’S A non-working holiday in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday, as it celebrates its 32^nd founding anniversary.

COUNCILOR CONRADO C. Baluran, head of the Davao City council committee on transportation and communications, is filing a proposal that will require those who want to buy new vehicles to first show proof of having parking space.