The 25-month Bangsamoro government needs three more years to reintroduce thousands of hardcore Moro guerillas into mainstream society, a senior regional official said Saturday.

A suspected hitman of the Parojinog drug ring operating in Ozamiz City was arrested for murder in Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook Occidental Mindoro on Thursday night, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

The city government here has started the registration of residents qualified to receive free COVID-19 vaccines that are expected to arrive this month.

Sen. Bong Go personally attended the launch of the 101st Malasakit Center at the Gov. Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte the other day.

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana confirmed yesterday the appointment of Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. as his successor in the Philippine Army.

Indigenous human rights advocate Beatrice Belen walked out of prison in Kalinga yesterday after a local court dismissed the charges for illegal possession of firearms filed against her last year.

Local government units should comply with the deadline for the second round of road clearing operations, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

Three vaccination centers in Taguig will be open around the clock once the city government starts its immunization campaign against COVID-19.

The University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City will reopen its academic oval to the public on Feb. 15.