Law enforcement in the country has vastly improved on the heels of sweeping police reforms and as shown by declining crime rates and improving public trust, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla said yesterday.

After 14 years on death row in Indonesia and being nearly executed by firing squad for drug trafficking, Mary Jane Veloso came home to the Philippines yesterday and was welcomed by the embrace of her family.

Police officers will soon have body-worn cameras with artificial intelligence capabilities.

Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo could become stateless and lose all her properties in the Philippines after a National Bureau of Investigation exam showed her fingerprints are identical with those of Chinese national Guo Hua Ping.

A regional trial court in Pasig City yesterday ordered the arrest of fugitive Apollo Quiboloy for the non-bailable offense of qualified human trafficking.

Cases of cyber identity theft in 2023 increased by nearly 14 percent, data from the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group show.

President Marcos has appealed for unity in curbing drug addiction among members of the community.

At least 323.18 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P2.19 billion were discovered on Oct. 4 at the Manila International Container Port, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

Consumers should expect a decrease in prices of basic commodities after President Marcos ordered local government units to stop collecting “pass-through” fees from motor vehicles transporting goods or merchandise, a truckers group said on Saturday.

Up to 2,956 police officers who might influence the outcome of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in their localities on Oct. 30 were reassigned outside their areas of responsibility, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

Cause-oriented groups criticized President Marcos for allegedly flaunting his lifestyle while the country is experiencing economic hardships.

In what the Armed Forces of the Philippines described as karma, a Chinese watercraft got involved in a mishap while taking part in a maneuver by other Chinese vessels to stop a resupply mission for a Philippine military outpost in Ayungin Shoal on Friday.

The National Security Council is studying the possibility of banning TikTok in the government’s security sector due to concerns the Chinese social media platform is being used for spying.