An alleged former rebel tagged in the murder of a barangay councilman was arrested in Lala, Lanao Del Norte on Saturday.

The country is forecast to experience fair weather in the next three days as no low-pressure area or weather disturbance was monitored in and outside the Philippine area of responsibility.

The government has received renewed interest from private firms to put up two railway projects in Metro Manila worth P154 billion in line with the Marcos administration’s preference for public-private partnerships

Smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P6.3 million were seized in the waters off Sulu on Sunday.

Sen. Cynthia Villar wants the Philippine Rise included in the National Integrated Protected Areas System or NIPAS for easy monitoring and maintenance of its biodiversity and habitat.

Parañaque Mayor Eric Olivarez is urging barangay captains to build public parks as part of the city’s disaster preparedness program after a strong earthquake struck Northern Luzon last week.

Newly designated Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Melquiades Robles yesterday vowed to initiate reforms at the PCSO and raise government revenues from lotto and other digit games.

The Quezon City government’s People’s Law Enforcement Board yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine National Police to avoid conflict in terms of jurisdiction in the investigation of cases of abuse by PNP personnel.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has revealed the results of its Listahanan survey, which identified 5.59 million Filipino families as “poorest of the poor.”

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office yesterday rushed the delivery of a patient transport vehicle or ambulance to a local government unit in Abra, which was severely affected by the recent magnitude-7 earthquake.