A group of senior citizens in Albay province have joined the crusade to protect the people’s vote and called for a continuous fight against illegal quarrying in the province.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Davao del Sur yesterday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

A site engineer of a telecommunications company was gunned down in Barangay Lingsat in this city on Tuesday.

A power outage hit the entire province of Abra yesterday when a transformer of the Abra Electric Cooperative in Bangued caught fire around noon.

Six persons were apprehended for allegedly placing bets in e-sabong games in Pasig City on Tuesday.

A preacher of a religious sect accused of sexually molesting a 16-year-old girl was arrested in Quezon City at past midnight yesterday.

The detention facility of the Bureau of Immigration at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig will be placed on lockdown after BI agents recently foiled an attempt by American and Korean detainees to smuggle illegal drugs in jail.

The Department of Health is conducting an epidemiological investigation to determine the source of the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in San Pascual, Batangas.

President Marcos should start compensating victims of the 2017 Marawi siege in accordance with Republic Act 11696, according to Mayor Majul Gandamra.

Damage to agriculture due to Tropical Depression Maymay and Typhoon Neneng has reached P355.63 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture.