Militant group Kilusang Mayo Uno sought the release of two labor organizers who were apprehended by police yesterday after attending a court hearing in Quezon City.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development, in coordination with the city government of San Juan, distributed yesterday livelihood assistance to residents.

Six Army soldiers wounded in a recent firefight with communist guerrillas in Negros Occidental received medals from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Smuggled cigarettes with an estimated market value of P1.8 million were seized in the waters off Basilan on Sunday night.

The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Rizal governor Casimiro Ynares Jr. and six other former provincial officials of graft charges in connection with their alleged involvement in the 2004 fertilizer fund scam.

Three persons were killed while three others were wounded in an attack believed sparked by a land dispute in Antipolo City on Sunday night.

Negros Oriental continues to have two governors pending resolution by the Supreme Court of a petition for a temporary restraining order filed by Pryde Henry Teves.

A traffic enforcer died after he was hit by a van in Manila yesterday morning.

The Valenzuela government has earmarked P75 million to rehabilitate the city-run hospital, which Mayor Wes Gatchalian described as “heavily dilapidated.”

Twenty-eight landless families were given land titles in Manila last week, according to Mayor Honey Lacuna.