A Moro driver of a multicab loaded with fruits died instantly from gunshot and grenade shrapnel wounds sustained in an attack in Barangay Takepan in Pikit town, Cotabato province, on Saturday afternoon, April 18.  

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Region 7 has officially lifted the “cessation of operations order” against the Monterrazas development project in Cebu.

The University of Santo Tomas will begin implementing a remote work arrangement every Monday starting tomorrow for most administrative offices, as part of UST’s energy conservation efforts.

Stakeholders in the fireworks industry have confirmed that a series of explosions occurred at an illegal fireworks factory in this town on Friday night.

Malacañang has declared special non-working holidays in Pulilan, Bulacan and Butuan, Agusan del Norte for the celebration of local festivals.

Illegally transported fuel worth P6.62 million was intercepted by agents of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Tubay, Agusan del Norte on Friday.

Four drug suspects including an ex-convict have been arrested in separate anti-narcotics operations that resulted in the seizure of shabu with an estimated street value of P55 million in this city.

A sense of unity has prevailed among people of different cultures in the hinterlands of Mindanao with the staging of the Piniliyapan, a flagship event of Bukidnon’s Kaamulan Festival 2026.

Administrative and criminal charges are being readied against six personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard in connection with the seizure of smuggled cigarettes worth P3 million in Naawan, Misamis Oriental.

Poll watchdog National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL is opposing a proposal to postpone again the 2026 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled in November.