A British citizen and two other persons were arrested in a drug sting in Cebu City on Tuesday.

Two women were killed in a gun attack in Tiaong, Quezon on Tuesday night.

Officials of the police Civil Security Group and Firearms and Explosive Office inspected fireworks factories and stores in Bulacan on Tuesday.

Two New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with Army soldiers in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental yesterday.

Incidence of chickenpox and other viral diseases is rising among school children, a health expert warned the public yesterday.

The country has more than 18,000 new nurses, the Professional Regulation Commission announced yesterday.

An 18-year-old cashier was stabbed dead and two others were wounded after a fight broke out between two groups in Quezon City on Monday night that stemmed from the alleged bullying of a 14-year-old.

Anti-narcotics officers seized 75 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu with a street value of P510,000 in two drug stings in Makati City on Tuesday.

Starting today, Manila residents will receive their Christmas packages from the city government, according to Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan.

The Commission on Audit has upheld a 2014 notice of disallowance against the National Tobacco Administration’s purchase of P350,000 in coffee vendo machines, coffee beans and chocolates for the NTA’s employee health and wellness program.