1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (242+ words) TACLOBAN CITY — A search and retrieval operation was underway Sunday for an unidentified man who reportedly fell from the San Juanico Bridge in Barangay 97-Cabalawan here, police said. The incident was reported at 5:41 a.m. when personnel of the Regional Mobile…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (163+ words) LUCENA CITY—Taal Volcano in Batangas had seven volcanic earthquakes and a prolonged tremor over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Sunday morning. The volcano, however, remains under Alert Level 1 (low level of volcanic…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (420+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The final day of the 2026 bar examinations kicked off in various testing centers nationwide on Sunday, September 13. The third and final day of the exams will tackle criminal law, remedial law, legal and judicial ethics with practical exercises....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (468+ words) MANILA, Philippines — A 40-hectare former landfill in Carmona, Cavite has been transformed into a multi-purpose public complex focused on disaster preparedness, food security, environmental rehabilitation and clean energy, with the Marcos administration seeking to make it a model for other…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (108+ words) TUGUEGARAO CITY – Pilots of a two-seater Cessna light plane took steps for an emergency landing in Barangay Mapitac at Sto. Niño town in Cagayan after encountering engine trouble on Thursday (September 10). Capt. John Lexter G. Visperas, 27-year-old, pilot-in-command, and Anubhaw…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (176+ words) CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Calapan will operate the first 911 Emergency Hotline in the Mimaropa region, bringing a faster, more coordinated response to all types of emergencies across the city. The city government said the new emergency number, which will be…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (131+ words) LUCENA CITY — A 61-year-old man stabbed his drunk son in the chest during an altercation at the father’s home in Batangas City on Wednesday, but he brought him to a hospital for treatment, police said. The 35-year-old son, who was…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (350+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government’s efforts to repatriate former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co and former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, whom it considers fugitives, are not an act of political oppression, Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida said Thursday. At a…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (131+ words) FIBECO officially kicked off the 2026 Christmas season with a simple yet meaningful Christmas park lighting ceremony on Tuesday at its main office grounds in Maramag, Bukidnon—marking the cooperative’s first-ever switch-on ceremony of its kind. READ: Bukidnon electric coop implements…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (283+ words) TARLAC CITY – Tarlac City Mayor Susan Yap has offered a P100,000 reward for information that could help authorities locate the last missing passenger of the SUV that plunged into the river as a section of the Agana Bridge collapsed on August…...