Vice President Jejomar Binay denied Wednesday that the reason the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) did not hold a rally here was because of fear that it might not be able to gather a big enough crowd in the political bailiwick of his bitter political rival, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.
It took a while for the crowd to warm up to the man in shades waving at them from a truck where he led the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) motorcade here Tuesday.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said there has been a decrease of election-related incidents this year, compared to that of the year 2007 and 2010, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said.
The Philippine National Police launched Tuesday “Oplan Last Two Weeks” in a bid to signify a tightened enforcement of nationwide security operations for the upcoming midterm elections.
Administration candidates are confident that the influence of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas among his province mates as well as those from nearby provinces in Western Visayas will deliver votes for the Team PNoy senatorial candidates on election day.
Princess Jacel Kiram on Thursday questioned Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II’s sincerity in his talks with her uncle, Sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II.
Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II met with a senior member of the sultanate of Sulu on Monday almost a month after armed followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III occupied a village in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday ordered another investigation of the death of a witness in the murder of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerry Ortega in a jail in Quezon, saying now that he found unbelievable jail officials’ story that Dennis Aranas killed himself. In a press conference, Roxas said he ordered the new investigation [...]
The two TV crew members who were released by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Saturday night were taken as hostages but they were treated well like their children.
Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday that the preventive suspension of officials of the Police Regional Office 4A, as announced by Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, had the blessing of President Aquino.
Even with the reported 10-percent decrease in crime volume for the entire country from 2011 to 2012, President Benigno Aquino III is worried.
The involvement of Supt. Hansel Marantan in four widely publicized gun battles over the past seven years, purportedly with criminal gangs, in which a total of 40 people had been killed, has puzzled Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas.
The involvement of Superintendent Hansel Marantan in at least four sensational gun battles purportedly with criminal gangs, in which a total of 40 people were killed, over the past seven years, has puzzled Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II.
