Provincial travelers fill PITX ahead of Undas
Passengers bound for provinces crowd the escalators and walkways of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) as travelers head out to visit departed…
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MARINA suspends RoRo vessel's safety certificate
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II barred from passenger operations pending investigation into Real, Quezon port incident
Suspect nabbed, P166K worth of Shabu seized in Unang Sigaw, QC
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) reported the arrest of a female drug suspect and the confiscation of approximately P166,872 worth of suspected shabu in…
Ate Gay's condition worsens; family pleas for financial help
Comedian Gil Aducal Morales, also known as Ate Gay, remains in critical condition. Currently on life support, Morales suffered from septic shock, acute…
vivo V80 pre-orders open with P2,000 off and additional perks
vivo Philippines has officially launched pre-orders for the vivo V80. Buyers can purchase the device starting at P42,999 through nationwide physical outlets,…
DOE settles ASEAN supplier dues, disputes delay claims
The Department of Energy (DOE) has settled its payment to local souvenir supplier AmiananPH following a public complaint over unpaid orders and maintained that…
VP Sara visits Roxas Night Market bombing memorial
Vice President Sara Duterte visited the memorial site for victims of the 2016 Roxas Night Market bombing in Davao City ahead of the observance of Undas.
Golden Haven offers free cremation for infants in Las Piñas
Golden Haven is providing free cremation services for stillborn babies and infants below three months old at its chapels and crematorium in Las Piñas City to…
Meralco deploys first 34.5-kV mobile switchgear
Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has deployed the country's first 34.5-kilovolt (kV) mobile switchgear to support substation upgrades while minimizing power…
Ombudsman suspends 5 DPWH Bulacan officials over P188-M ghost projects
The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the suspension of five engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering…
Occidental Mindoro mobilizes 836 personnel for Undas security
Police reinforce cemetery patrols, transport security and emergency response ahead of holiday crowds
Diokno urges gov’t action, not advice, as peso weakens
The government can not merely instruct the people to avoid panicking without providing a concrete plan to address issues pertaining to market prices and the…
Palawan galunggong fishing ban takes effect 1 November
Three-month restriction aims to protect spawning fish stocks in Northern Sulu Sea
Dambana ng Paghilom
Dambana ng Paghilom, a memorial and columbarium for victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines’ war on drugs, stands inside La Loma Catholic Cemetery…
Undas rush
Passengers bound for the northern provinces flock to a bus terminal in Sampaloc, Manila, on 30 October 2026, as Filipinos travel to their home provinces for…
Scenes from La Loma Catholic Cemetery
Visitors begin flocking to La Loma Catholic Cemetery in Caloocan City on 30 October 2026 ahead of Undas, the annual observance of All Saints’ Day and All…
Sara camp urges fact-checking amid claims of disinformation
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte appealed to members of the media to conduct an independent verification of claims against the Vice President, arguing…
Parade of Saints preparations
Children dressed as saints prepare for the Parade of Saints at the Our Lady of Lourdes Mission Station in Sampaloc, Manila, on 30 October 2026. The annual…
Marcos pledges continued support for BARMM during Parliament visit
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday assured that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliament can count on his administration…
GCash warns of online scams ahead Undas
“The safety of our users remains top priority. GCash continues to strengthen its systems and empower users to recognize and avoid scams, especially during peak…
Philippine banking brands outpace ASEAN growth
BDO Unibank remained the Philippines’ most valuable brand in 2026, with a brand value of $3.5 billion, while Philippine banking brands collectively grew 19…
EastWest profit drops 24 percent on higher provisions
East West Banking Corp. (EastWest)’s net income fell 24.24 percent year-on-year to P5 billion in the first nine months of 2026 from P6.6 billion in the same…
Over 1,000 transactions logged at QC government services fair
More than 1,000 government transactions were recorded during the two-day Grand Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Fair at SM City North EDSA in Quezon City on 19…
QC barangay officials suspended over ₱22M in unresolved audit findings
The Office of the Ombudsman issued preventive suspensions on two barangay officials in Quezon City in connection to findings from state auditors concerning…
Mayon eruption triggers mandatory evacuations in Albay
NAGA CITY — Local governments in Albay ordered mandatory evacuations Friday, after Mayon Volcano erupted, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the sky and…
P17.4M worth of kush seized at NAIA
Authorities arrested a 62-year-old American and seized approximately 17.4 kilograms of suspected marijuana kush worth P17.46 million during an interdiction…
Cojuangco, nuclear advocates oppose Bataan plant privatization
Pangasinan Second District Representative Mark Cojuangco and nuclear energy advocacy group Alpas Pinas called for the revival, rather than privatization, of…
DepEd chief warns voucher scammers
Education Secretary Sonny Angara warned fraudsters that the Department of Education (DepEd) is bolstering its anti-fraud measures and legal prosecution to…
Japanese national convicted in 2 undeclared currency cases
A Japanese national was convicted in two separate cases after failing to declare the local and foreign currencies he brought upon his arrival at the Ninoy…
Cerdaña to DOJ: Expedite Quiboloy extradition to US
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has to expedite the extradition of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in order to afford his alleged…
P800K smuggled cigarettes seized in Iligan
ILIGAN CITY — Police arrested two individuals and seized approximately P800,000 worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation in…
NCRPO warns against banned items at cemeteries
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Friday, 30 October, reminded the public to observe cemetery regulations and avoid bringing prohibited…
Cordillera youth leader named global peace award finalist
BAGUIO CITY — Christian Dave Ruz, director of the Cordilleran Youth Center (CYC), has been named one of 10 global finalists for the inaugural Pankaj Award to…
CHED probes supplier’s 9-month unpaid bill claim
Supplier Amianan PH alleged that the Commission on Higher Education's Regional Office IV (CHEDRO IV) had not paid for nine months for the Association of…
DOH warns public against Mayon ashfall
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Oct. 30, urged residents near Mayon Volcano in Albay to take precautions against volcanic ashfall following a…
Philippine trade hits record $24.9B in September
The Philippines recorded its highest-ever monthly merchandise trade value in September 2026, with combined exports and imports reaching $24.90 billion, up…
BSP: October inflation may reach 8.1 percent
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecasts October inflation to rise to between 7.1 and 8.1 percent, potentially surpassing September’s three-year high of…
BDO 9M earnings edge up as loans grow 16 percent
BDO Unibank Inc. reported net income of P63.6 billion in the first nine months of 2026, slightly higher than the P63.1 billion recorded a year earlier, as loan…
Baguio's haunting tales live on beyond Halloween
BAGUIO CITY — Long before Halloween became an occasion for costumes, parties and ghost stories, Baguio City had already earned a reputation for its chilling…
Alert level 3 raised over Mt. Mayon after ‘moderately explosive eruption’
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology monitored the rapidly ascending and billowing ash plume 3,000 meters from the summit crater at around…
Tiangco urges lawmakers to disclose district allocations anew
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives must hold themselves to the same standards of transparency expected of all government agencies when it comes to their…
Public callout prompts DOE action on unpaid ASEAN orders
A public complaint appears to have accomplished in just 14 hours what weeks of payment follow-ups allegedly could not, after the Department of Energy (DOE)…
Gloc-9 releases ‘Tara G!’ in collaboration with GameZone
Filipino rap icon Gloc-9 has teamed up with online gaming platform GameZone for the worldwide release of “Tara G!,” a new song celebrating friendship, shared…
DOJ moves to strengthen prosecution services in Davao Region
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has conducted a high-level consultation with prosecutors and officials from its attached agencies in Davao Region to address…
Aboitiz Construction expands maintenance, rental services
ACCIONA joint venture to provide facilities management in the Philippines
Meralco's mobile system seen curbing outages
Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has deployed the country's first 34.5-kilovolt (kV) mobile switchgear to minimize power interruptions during substation…
Good debt, smart growth
Why more Filipino entrepreneurs are learning to borrow strategically
DoubleDragon profit triples on global push
DoubleDragon Corp. (DD), led by tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, more than tripled its core net income to P3.91 billion in the first nine…
Rockefeller Center celebrates Halloween with family activities, free art workshops
Rockefeller Center is bringing Halloween festivities to the heart of Manhattan with free face painting, children's workshops and family-friendly activities on…
Peso slump eats up Philex profit
The peso’s prolonged weakness is beginning to show its cost on corporate earnings, with Philex Mining Corp. reporting a 77-percent plunge in net income to P110…
SC suspends lawyer for backdating candidate's campaign expense report
The Supreme Court has suspended lawyer Paisal Padate from practicing law for one year after finding him guilty of notarizing backdated campaign finance…
Stroke rehabilitation center opens in Davao City
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go joined Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Tuesday, 27 October, for the opening of a community-based rehabilitation center…
PNP intensifies manhunt for Dela Rosa as surrender deadline expires
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has intensified its nationwide manhunt for fugitive Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa after the one-week deadline for his…
Go, Duterte open stroke rehabilitation center in Davao City
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go joined Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte in inaugurating a community-based rehabilitation center for stroke patients in…
Gasoline rebound erases rollback gains
Motorists could lose nearly 70 percent of their recent fuel savings as gasoline prices are poised to surge by up to P3.20 per liter next week, reversing much…
Power, oil firms on alert for Undas rush
Power producers, grid operators, electricity distributors, and oil companies are on heightened alert to prevent supply disruptions as millions of Filipinos…
Weak peso drags MVP's PXP deeper into red
PXP Energy Corp. saw its consolidated net loss widen to P40.7 million in the first nine months of 2026 from P39.8 million a year earlier, as higher foreign…
BuCor orders prisons to prepare for El Niño, water shortages
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has ordered all operating prisons and penal farms nationwide to prepare contingency plans for possible El Niño conditions,…
Men can also be victims of sexual violence, SC rules
The Supreme Court has emphasized that men can also be victims of sexual violence, stressing that laws must protect all survivors of abuse regardless of gender.
Mexico brings Día de Muertos tradition to Makati
The Embassy of Mexico, in partnership with Museo ng Makati and Tahanan Pottery Studio, has launched an exhibition celebrating Día de Muertos, or Day of the…
Vatican elevates Caloocan's San Bartolome Church to minor basilica
The Vatican has elevated the historic San Bartolome Parish Church in Caloocan City to the status of minor basilica, recognizing one of the oldest Catholic…
Tire repairman killed after dump truck jack slips
Worker pinned beneath vehicle while repairing flat tire in Calamba
Man wounded in Morong ‘pen gun’ shooting
Suspect arrested after confrontation in Barangay Maybancal
Woman dies after motorcycle hits her in San Mateo
Rider in police custody following fatal collision
PNP probes alleged personal use of seized vehicles by cops
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched an internal investigation into allegations that police officers were using impounded and recovered vehicles…
58 rescued as RORO vessel tilts in Quezon
Some 58 passengers and crew members were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after a roll on roll off (RORO) vessel tilted towards the side 10 meters…
Court orders imprisonment for cigarette smuggler in Sarangani
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 47 in Alabel, Sarangani has ordered the imprisonment of up to four years for the individual connected in the smuggling of…
Of tombs and memories
As All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day approach, Filipinos begin their annual pilgrimage to cemeteries, returning to the resting places of their departed loved…
Philippines, Papua New Guinea eye new labor deal covering maritime, fishing sectors
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea are exploring a new labor cooperation agreement aimed at expanding employment opportunities, skills development and…
AEV profit inches up despite Q3 plunge
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) posted a modest 2-percent increase in net income to P17.8 billion in the first nine months of 2026, as strong earnings from…
TESDA to provide skills training, assessment for barangay health workers
Barangay health workers (BHWs) will gain access to skills training, competency assessments and livelihood opportunities under a new agreement between the…
MICP customs collections rise 6.42% to P184.33B
The Manila International Container Port (MICP) collected P184.33 billion in customs duties and taxes from January to September 2026, up 6.42 percent from…
Eight in 10 Filipinos affected by disasters, Go calls for stronger safeguards
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his call for the full implementation of the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act and the creation of a Department of Disaster…
DTI seizes P3.43M in non-compliant products across 4 regions
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) confiscated 9,416 non-compliant products worth P3.43 million during enforcement operations across four regions from…
Bloomberry’s OnlyFun.PH launches celebrity-led gaming feature
Bloomberry Resorts Corp. is expanding its digital gaming portfolio with the launch of FollowBet x VMX Live on its OnlyFun.PH platform, bringing celebrity…
DHSUD turns over 190 homes to quake-hit families
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has turned over 190 housing units to the local government of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, for…
SHFC, TESDA team up to boost housing beneficiaries’ livelihoods
The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) has partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to provide skills training…
Cardinal David calls for end to patronage politics amid 2027 budget insertions
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has called for an end to political patronage, warning against the misuse of public funds for personal political gain amid…
Aboitiz Equity Ventures' nine-month profit rises 2% to P17.8B
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) posted a 2 percent increase in net income to P17.8 billion in the first nine months of 2026, driven by stronger…
SHFC, TESDA tie-up to provide skills training for housing beneficiaries
The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) has partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to provide skills training…
RoRo tilts while unloading in Quezon; 4 hurt
Most of the vessel’s 58 passengers had disembarked when the incident occurred
DHSUD turns over 190 homes to quake-hit families in Ilocos Sur
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has turned over 190 housing units to the local government of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, for…
Lucena Port braces for Undas passenger surge
Upgraded terminal with nearly 1,000-passenger capacity and solar-powered facilities supports holiday travel operations
Gazini Ganados saddened by Miss Universe controversy, cheers for Michelle Dee’s MGI All Stars journey
Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados has expressed her disappointment over the controversy affecting several national representatives who may no…
Bimby Aquino dreams of early marriage, wants Mom Kris Aquino and Boy Abunda to walk him down the aisle
Bimby Aquino may still be single and has never experienced having a girlfriend, but the youngest son of television personality Kris Aquino already has a clear…
Heart Evangelista stresses responsibility in using AI
For international fashion icon and actress Heart Evangelista, staying relevant in an increasingly digital world is not simply about embracing the latest…
Bimby Aquino considers entering politics
Bimby Aquino is beginning to seriously consider a future in public service, following the political legacy of his family, as he also made surprising…
Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ icon, dies at 86
Veteran British actor Patrick Stewart, whose commanding performances as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek” and Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men”…
Rains threaten Quezon, Palawan as LPA approaches Eastern Samar
PAGASA warns of possible flash floods and landslides as holiday travelers prepare for Undas
'Star Trek', 'X-Men' star Patrick Stewart dead at 86
Patrick Stewart, the British Shakespearean actor who became a Hollywood megastar through roles in the "Star Trek" and "X-Men" franchises, has died at the age…
PRO-2 deploys over 5,000 cops for Ligtas Undas 2026
More than 5,000 police personnel will be deployed across Cagayan Valley to secure cemeteries, tourist destinations and other public areas during the observance…
CALABARZON statistics committee ranks 3rd nationwide
Regional body marks eight consecutive years among the country’s top five
CALABARZON family poverty rate falls to 2.7%
About 127,410 families remained poor in 2025, with Quezon recording the region’s highest poverty incidence
Isabela police train tourist cops in first aid, basic life support
The Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO), in partnership with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), conducted a two-day…
DSWD trains Pangasinan livelihood groups in duck raising, salted egg production
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) trained two livelihood associations in Urdaneta City in duck raising and salted egg…
PNP SAF turns over five retired explosive detection dogs to new handlers
The Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) has turned over five retired explosive detection dogs to their new owners in recognition of their…
DTI holds Consumer Congress 2026 in Bacnotan
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 1 held its Consumer Congress 2026 in Bacnotan, La Union, on 28 October, focusing on consumer rights,…
Laoag bishop leads Mass, Marian devotion at Batac District Jail
Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Batac District Jail joined Catholic clergy and parish volunteers in a…
One jeepney driver tests positive in Oplan Harabas drug screening in La Union
One jeepney driver tested positive during the initial drug screening of public transport workers conducted under Oplan Harabas 2026 in San Fernando City, La…
PNP arrests 13, seizes P12M equipment in major anti-POGO raid in Iligan City
LANAO DEL NORTE — The Iligan City Police Office (ICPO), in coordination with partner law enforcement agencies, arrested 13 individuals and seized an estimated…
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