Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste on Friday announced that he would distribute one million sacks of rice to families in Batangas who have yet to receive government assistance.

Philippine National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño has been designated chief of the Western Visayas police, the PNP said yesterday.

A municipal vice mayor in Isabela is facing charges for allegedly making seditious remarks.

Residents in the Visayas faced another yellow alert yesterday as power supply strain persisted for the fifth consecutive day.

Eleven of 19 people killed in a series of encounters in Toboso, Negros Occidental last month have tested positive for gunpowder, according to the Philippine National Police.

Bohol journalist Ric Obedencio passed away yesterday at the age of 69.

Several Biak-na-Bato limestone frogs or Platymantis biak were recently spotted in the Biak-na-Bato National Park in Bulacan.

A radio journalist was killed while his wife was injured in an attack by an unidentified assailant in Malidegao, Cotabato on Thursday night.

Seeing the country at a crossroads, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday released a prayer for the nation’s leaders to work for the common good rather than personal ambition.

In anticipation of the start of the rainy season next month, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has activated disaster preparedness measures to protect vulnerable communities.