Ethnic Blaans and thousands of rice farmers in South Cotabato province were elated with current consultations on mounting public clamor to lift a provincial ban on mining activities.

Two suspected New People’s Army rebels and an Army soldier were killed in an encounter in Barangay Kapitan Ramon in Silay City, Negros Occidental yesterday.

A 44-year-old police official assigned in Cebu City has died of COVID-19.

The Department of Health regional office in Northern Mindanao has started its investigation into the death of four members of a family one after another two weeks after they received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine.

The Philippine National Police is ready to ensure the orderly conduct of voters’ registration for next year’s elections.

Zambales and Marinduque have reverted to general community quarantine with restrictions as the number of COVID-19 cases, believed to have been caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant, continues to increase.

All the 50 soldiers who died when a C-130 transport plane crashed in Patikul, Sulu have been identified, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has reported losing his senses of smell and taste days after he was admitted to the Sta. Ana Hospital for COVID-19, an official reported yesterday.

President Duterte has appointed Randolph Cabangbang as the next commander of the Presidential Security Group.

The Philippine Coast Guard turned over two delivery riders to the police after they were caught allegedly delivering methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu to two returning overseas Filipinos quarantined at a hotel in Taguig City.