The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said Saturday that improperly secured chlorine and asphalt cargo may have contributed to the fire aboard the MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan, in September.
16 hurt in multi-vehicle road crash in Taytay
CALAUAN, LAGUNA — The local government of Calauan is pushing for the implementation of a carbon credit initiative aimed at protecting the environment while potentially opening opportunities for additional funding for…
2 farmers drown in 'ritual trial' over land dispute
8 Chinese nabbed for alleged illegal mining operation in Surigao del Norte
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur — An armed member of a local clan was killed, and up to 100 residents fled for their lives late Thursday, after a fierce 40-minute gun battle between warring families erupted in Sitio…
The Visayas power grid will be placed under yellow alert on Saturday afternoon to evening due to thin reserves resulting from the unavailability of several power plants.
Three suspects in the theft of e-payment machines in Parañaque City were arrested at a pier in Batangas as they were about to board a ship to Mindoro, where they allegedly planned to continue their illegal activities.
The United States Embassy in the Philippines marked the United States of America’s 250th Freedom Anniversary in Cebu with Ambassador Lee Lipton, declaring Cebu a vital partner in strengthening security, expanding trade…
MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE -- A sub-leader of the Dawlah Islamiya and three of his cohorts were killed in an armed encounter with a joint police and military team in Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte, on Friday…
ILOILO CITY — Iloilo province has been placed under a state of calamity following an estimated P1.8 billion in agricultural losses caused by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), which has infested more than 10,000…
Cebu City is stepping in to ease the plight of patient watchers outside Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, where families have been sleeping on sidewalks, a situation that has caught the attention of hospital…
THE Supreme Court ruling acquitting a Bacolod hotel manager accused of denying two senior citizens their 20-percent discount “must not become a workaround to the law,” Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO)…
Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival has called on the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to immediately add at least 10 million liters of water per day to Cebu’s supply, warning that the city must act ahead of the…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Moving its 250th independence anniversary celebration beyond Manila, the United States hosted an evening reception in Cebu on Thursday, highlighting the province’s role in Philippine-American…
What began as a search for a missing person led to the rescue of nine women, including a 15-year-old girl, inside a condominium unit in Kamputhaw, Cebu City.
Celsius Resources Ltd. filed an estafa complaint against Sodor Inc. President Erika Chalmers over a P300-million share sale, alleging that Sodor retained a 60-percent stake in a Philippine copper-gold mining company…
An anticipated grudge rematch between the Benedicto College Cheetahs and the University of Cebu Webmasters will headline a five-game bill that kicks off the second round of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc…
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) Masinloc, partnered with the Department of Trade and…
As of 7 A.M. yesterday, the Environmental Management Bureau reported an air quality index of 155 at its Metro Cebu monitoring station, a reading classified as “very unhealthy.”
STO. TOMAS CITY, Batangas — Mayor Arth Jhun Marasigan of this city has offered a P200,000 reward for the arrest of the suspects in the killing of Barangay Sta. Anastacia Chairman Dennis Austria on Thursday morning. The…
The whole country may be panicking right now because of the threat of the super El Niño.
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya — Six people, including the wife of one of the alleged conspirators, were indicted before the Nueva Vizcaya prosecutor’s office on Wednesday after they reportedly mauled to death a National…
Every October, I sit through programs for Indigenous Peoples’ Month and find myself wrestling with the same uneasy thought.
BACOLOD CITY — More than 1,500 hectares of farmland in Negros Occidental are suffering from moisture stress due to El Niño, even as recent cloud seeding operations in Negros and Panay logged a 100-percent success rate…
Sadly, inequality has remained and continues as a pervasive reality throughout the world.
According to Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla, a criminal gang calling itself True Brown Style is recruiting minors as members here in Cebu and having them carry…
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