Seven fishermen were arrested for allegedly using explosives while fishing in the waters off Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro on Wednesday.

Two municipalities in Mountain Province  have banned the entry and transport of live hogs, pork and pork products to protect the local swine industry from African swine fever.

All local government units (LGUs) have been tapped by the Department of Education  in efforts to address the nationwide classroom shortage estimated at 144,000.

Local government units in Mimaropa have received patient transport vehicles from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to boost access to emergency health services.

A former member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Dawlah Islamiya (BIFF-DI) implicated in the massacre of 44 police Special Action Force (SAF) commandos in 2015 was arrested in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday.

Cloud-seeding operations over  the Magat watershed in Ramon, Isabela will start this week to raise the dam’s water level and prevent delays in rice planting, according to agriculture and irrigation authorities.

A tracking device installed in a luxury bag helped police in tracing a man who took P3.43 million in cash and valuables from a recruitment firm official yesterday, the National Capital Region Police Office announced.

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. defended the PNP officers accused of harassing two photojournalists during a rally in Pasay against the visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.

Charges of murder and robbery were filed against a man tagged in the killing of retired Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner Elvira Rivera and her housemaid Mary Jane Laurente last month, according to the Quezon City Police District.

Transport group Manibela will be extending its strike until today, as it pushes for the rollback of fuel prices.