Two municipalities, five barangays and six Blaan community organizations got from a private benefactor almost P6 million worth of grants for pro-poor projects.

Fishing activities have been banned in the waters affected by an oil spill off Jasaan town in this province after a cargo vessel sank on Saturday last week.

Two New People’s Army leaders surrendered in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday.

Three persons were killed in gun attacks in Laguna yesterday.

Two more mayors and another vice mayor have tested positive for COVID-19.

Local chief executives of Negros Occidental are unanimous in recommending to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases or IATF to place Negros Occidental under general community quarantine for two weeks.

Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City has denied it has reserved a room for a COVID-19 patient.

Two motor boats carrying 21 people without travel documents were intercepted off the coast of Barangay Tictapul in this city on Thursday.

The Quezon City government has started retrofitting infrastructure in the city to convert them into isolation facilities that can accommodate an additional 1,000 patients with COVID-19.

The Philippine National Police reported that 166 more of its personnel contracted COVID-19, bringing the number of active cases in the PNP to 2,524 yesterday.