"The motive of the incident is still undetermined," local police said.

State operatives killed four Abu Sayyaf members, two of them wanted kidnappers, in a shootout in Jolo town in Sulu before dawn Sunday.

In a statement, the PCG said its Marine Environmental Protection Command would also lay absorbent pads to cover the thick 'oil sheens' in the part where the ship sank.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has partnered with San Miguel Corp. to work in the dredging and cleanup of Pasig River, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday.

The Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) closed three stations to passengers yesterday as it prepares to extend its tracks to Antipolo, Rizal.

The government’s war on drugs remains on track, the Philippine National Police said yesterday.

Six persons were injured and two were reported missing when an oil tanker caught fire as it was refueling at the Delpan Wharf in Tondo, Manila yesterday morning.

It’s a special non-working holiday in this province on Tuesday in observance of the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

More than 2,000 villagers in low-lying areas in South Cotabato were displaced by flash floods due to heavy rains spawned by the southwest monsoon on Friday.

Two soldiers were killed in an encounter with New People’s Army rebels and a bomb attack in Santiago, Agusan del Norte on Thursday.