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Tue, 12 May 2026 09:35:00 +0800Price Tracker: Oil, fuel monitor for May 12
Diesel and kerosene prices are set to fall today, but the rollback is an uneven breather at the pumps as gasoline is still expected to climb.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Westmincom augments forces to secure first BARMM poll
Additional forces will be deployed to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to ensure security for the first BARMM parliamentary election in September, the Western Mindanao Command announced.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Lawmaker withdraws call for probe on Toboso clash
Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has withdrawn his call for a congressional inquiry into the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Over 4.7 million register for barangay, SK polls
A total of 4,740,551 people so far have filed their applications for voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in November, the Commission on Elections announced yesterday.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Angat Dam water falls below operating level
The water elevation of Angat Dam fell below its minimum operating level of 180 meters, the provincial disaster risk reduction and management office announced.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Cop axed over domestic abuse
A police officer assigned in Malolos City, Bulacan has been relieved from duty, disarmed and placed under restrictive custody following the circulation of closed-circuit television footage showing him engaged in domestic abuse.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800PNP logs 12% crime drop
The Philippine National Police recorded a 12-percent decrease in focus crimes nationwide from April 6 to May 6.
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Safer Cities expanded vs black market
The Philippine National Police is cracking down on the illegal tobacco trade that acts as the financial backbone for a broader “shadow economy.”
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800PGMN host Hirro a no-show at NBI
Despite a subpoena issued by the National Bureau of Investigation last week in connection with an alleged extortion complaint filed by former speaker Martin Romualdez, Peanut Gallery Media Network anchor CJ Hirro did not appear at the NBI yester...
Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800DMW: 38 Philippines seafarers to undergo quarantine
Thirty-eight Filipino crew members of MV Hondius, which was hit by hantavirus, are set to undergo quarantine in the Netherlands, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.