Jealousy allegedly leads to the stabbing of a 32-year-old woman in Cebu City -- police
A 32-year-old woman died after being stabbed by her live-in partner--reportedly due to jealousy--in Sitio Asuphua, Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City, yesterday morning, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, DYSS Super Radyo…
Two magnitude 5+ earthquakes recorded off Surigao del Sur
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Surigao del Sur on Thursday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — The enforcement of a court order directing the removal of barricades on public roads in the municipality of Kasibu in Nueva Vizcaya encountered a procedural complication when residents at the…
Teodoro outlines 3 priorities for regional defense cooperation
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday urged Asean member states and their dialogue partners to strengthen regional security cooperation, uphold international law and protect migrant…
Visayas grid on red, yellow alerts on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026
The Visayas grid will be placed on red and yellow alert status on Thursday, October 29, 2026, due to the unavailability of power plants, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Ombudsman suspends ex-Cebu City acting mayor over unauthorized cockfighting events
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month suspension without pay of former Cebu City acting mayor Raymond Alvin Neri Garcia for allowing unauthorized cockfighting events at a hotel and…
CEBU CITY — Due to lapses in ensuring compliance with legal requirements for the Colon Street Night Market in 2025, Mayor Nestor Archival must pay a fine equivalent to one month of his basic salary, the Office of the…
SEN. Bong Go led the blessing and ceremonial turnover of a Super Health Center in Barangay Dapnan, Baganga, Davao Oriental, on Saturday, Oct. 24, as part of efforts to expand access to primary health care in underserved…
Former Cebu City mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia was meted six months suspension after the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas found him administratively liable for conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service…
Show compassion to sugarcane farmers, traders urged
BACOLOD CITY — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has appealed to sugar traders to consider the plight of planters as mill gate prices remain at roughly P2,600 per 50-kilogram bag, a level industry groups warn…
BENGUET — A total of 158 police officers from the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO CAR) have completed the Basic Internal Security Operations Course (Bisoc), equipping them with enhanced capabilities for…
Simple neglect of duty: Ombudsman finds Archival guilty
The Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas has found Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival guilty of simple neglect of duty and imposed a fine equivalent to one month’s basic salary for allowing the Colon Street Night Market…
Baguio expands mosquito-control initiative to combat dengue
BAGUIO CITY — Strengthening surveillance, expanding mosquito-control initiatives, and mobilizing barangay (villages) are among the measures being pursued by the Baguio City Anti-Mosquito-Borne Diseases Committee…
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the immediate removal of all illegal barricades blocking public roads leading to mining exploration sites in the upland town of Kasibu, with…
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has proposed a US-ASEAN framework for defense cooperation to guide security partnerships between Washington and Southeast Asian nations in the coming years.
DA-NIR seeks P30M for cloud seeding in Negros Occidental
BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Agriculture-Negros Island Region (DA-NIR) is seeking P30 million to sustain cloud-seeding operations until April 2027 as crop damage from the El Niño-driven dry spell in Negros…
PALO, Leyte — Police arrested seven suspected drug personalities in a series of buy-bust operations in Leyte and Ormoc City on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28, seizing suspected shabu and other items, authorities reported. The…
After reading some of my stinging Off Tangent columns against China and Ambassador Jing Quan, a friend called me up with an advice for me to tone down my articles.
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) reported a downward trend in crime incidents across Central Luzon and sustained law enforcement operations and crime prevention initiatives…
AFTER 18 years of serving Occidental Mindoro, Cebu Pacific Air has discontinued its flight services to San Jose, prompting provincial lawmakers on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, to seek the restoration of flights to and from…
“The Philippines will not be intimidated: Uphold the Arbitral Award”
For the information of our Filipino people, here is the public statement of Atin Ito Coalition, a civilian-led initiative that advocates for the Philippines' sovereignty claims in the West Philippine Sea:
Mr. Justice Maario Victor F. Leonen, senior associate justice and leading candidate to replace Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, wrote the landmark en banc decision declaring certain provisions of the 2024, 2025 and…
Earlier this month we wrote an editorial about how the latest Program for International Student Assessment tests showed that 15-year-old Filipino students of every background achieved better reading scores in the 2025…