In a statement on Saturday evening, Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said he visited and congratulated vice president-elect Sara Duterte and Davao City Mayor-elect Sebastian Duterte on their respective campaign wins.

A 21-year-old woman was gunned down in Quezon City on Friday.

A lone bettor in Malabon City won the P103-million Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot for Friday’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office announced yesterday.

A 63-year-old man died when his car accidentally fell into the water at a port in Barangay Kinawitnon, Babak district in Island Garden City of Samal yesterday.

A motorcycle rider was killed in an alleged shootout with law enforcers during pursuit operations in General Natividad, Nueva Ecija yesterday.

Two persons were killed while another was wounded in a gunfight in Candelaria, Quezon on Friday.

Fewer volcanic quakes were recorded in Bulusan volcano in Sorsogon in the past several days, an indication of decreased seismic activity.

The Commission on Audit has called out the Office of the Civil Defense over unfinished quarantine facilities for COVID patients and unutilized pandemic response funds.

Private subdivisions cannot close their gates to police officers conducting legitimate operations, according to a former president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Active COVID cases in Makati have increased by at least 53 percent in the past week, according to a report of the city government released on Friday.