Members of the 80-seat Bangsamoro Transition Authority, known as the interim regional parliament, said Thursday they could have drafted and approved more regional laws if not for the COVID-19 pandemic that stifled their operation.

"Governor Dodo as left many footprints in Davao del Sur that will be remembered for generations," Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas' family said on his passing.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Calabarzon identified on Wednesday a natural phenomenon called algal bloom as the reason behind the greenish color of water that was observed in the Taal Lake in the previous days.

Salazar also asked the two departments for long-term solutions to protect indigenous peoples like the Badjaos from exploitation.

The person who exposed the alleged sale of COVID-19 vaccine slots is now being accused by the police of involvement in the scam.

After several postponements, Manila Archbishop-elect Cardinal Jose Advincula confirmed yesterday that he is set to receive his “red hat” on June 18.

Former mayor Lucio Uera of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija may spend up to 15 years in prison for using P60,000 in public funds during his unauthorized trip to Australia in 2006.

Four tourists from Metro Manila were barred from entering Boracay on Tuesday night after they presented tampered reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test results.

Sen. Bong Go has urged communities to prepare for the rainy season as his office conducted a relief operation for families displaced by flashfloods in Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental.

A suspected New People’s Army rebel died while two Army soldiers were wounded in an encounter in Barangay Carabalan in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental yesterday.