Destructive cyclone Paeng, now a tropical storm, has weakened as it passed over the vicinity of Candelaria in Zambales and located west northwest of Iba, Zambales early Sunday morning.

The water level at the Marikina River reached second alarm yesterday afternoon due to heavy rains brought by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng.

Around 7,500 passengers were stranded in various ports in the country after the Philippine Coast Guard suspended all maritime activities due to heavy rains and strong winds spawned by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng.

A man was arrested after reportedly stabbing his neighbor over a bicycle that blocked his way in Valenzuela City on Thursday.

Two universities run by the city government of Manila will go on an academic break after the observance of Undas or All Saints’ and Souls’ Days on Nov. 1 and 2.

A Chinese man who was reported missing last month was rescued in an industrial park in Bacoor, Cavite at past midnight yesterday.

The provincial board of Ilocos Norte approved on Thursday a resolution declaring a state of calamity in the province due to the damage caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon on Tuesday.

Severe Tropical Storm Paeng caused power interruptions in the franchise area of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) yesterday and affected 2.24 million customers.

Active COVID cases in Negros Occidental went up by almost 100 percent, with nine deaths in the past two weeks, according to the Provincial Incident Management Team.

The city government of Makati has received three awards from the Department of Finance’s Bureau of Local Government Finance for being among the top revenue generators in the country last year.