New Bulacan cop chief assumes post

Anti-narcotics operations conducted during the first six months of the year resulted in the confiscation of an estimated P13.7 billion worth of illegal drugs and the arrest of 28,804 people, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos reported yesterday.

Filipino seafarers can avail themselves of free rides today at the government-subsidized Metro Rail Transit Line 3 and Light Rail Transit Line 2, the Department of Transportation said yesterday.

Gilas Pilipinas women pulverized their Maldives counterparts, 141-18, in an electrifying start in the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup Division B yesterday at the Futian Sports Park in Shenzhen, China.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology will discuss with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Committee its engagement with cybercrime watchdog ScamWatch Philippines in view of the revelation of a hacker that one of its convenors, Manila Bulletin technology editor Art Samaniego, was behind the hacking of government websites.

President Marcos has appointed new ambassadors, including to Australia and Qatar, as well as officials in different agencies.