The number on Sunday’s situational report nearly doubled the 12,802 damaged houses recorded on Saturday as authorities continue to assess the impact of the earthquake. 

State weather bureau PAGASA still expects rains over areas of the Philippines despite tropical depression Ester being already out of the country's area of responsibility.

Sen. Bong Go has renewed his call for the passage of his twin measures establishing the Department of Disaster Resilience and requiring the construction of mandatory evacuation centers.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. coverage for hemodialysis sessions in the country has been extended from just 90 sessions to a total of 144 until the end of December this year.

Sen. Cynthia Villar is pushing for measures that would raise awareness on the role and importance of wetlands as “cradle of biodiversity.”

Help has finally reached the remote areas of Abra affected by Wednesday’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake with the Department of Social Welfare and Development airlifting foodpacks to distraught residents.

Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III is seeking to abolish travel tax, saying it unconstitutionally impairs Filipinos’ right to travel abroad.

Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed that the National Land Use Act will be approved by the end of the year and he would support other bills for the development of the real estate sector.

Expect flooding in many parts of Luzon and the Visayas in the coming hours as Tropical Depression Ester intensifies the southwest monsoon or habagat, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

Police have tightened security in Lamitan City, Basilan, following Friday’s shooting to death of the father of the gunman who shot and killed former city mayor Rosita Furigay, and two others at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City last we...