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Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:03:00 +0800
Almost 1,200 families in Tawi-Tawi displaced by fire to get P25,000 each
The regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has allocated a P25,000 cash grant for each of the 1,138 marginalized ethnic Sama and Tausug families whose stilt houses in the seaside Barangay Lamion in Bongao, Tawi-Taw...

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
Digital platform workers’ rights tackled at ASEAN forum
The Philippines is leading a regional push to improve working conditions for platform economy workers.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
PCG divers reach wreckage of sunken Trisha Kerstin 3
A team of technical divers from the Philippine Coast Guard yesterday reached the wreckage of the sunken M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 in the waters off Hadji Muhtammad town in Basilan.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
Special holidays declared in 8 areas
Malacañang has declared special non-working days in several areas in the country for the commemoration of local anniversaries and festivals this month.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
Basyang may develop into tropical storm
Wind Signal No. 1 has been raised over parts of the Visayas and Mindanao amid threats posed by Tropical Depression Basyang, which is expected to intensify into a tropical storm today, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomi...

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
Couple nabbed for selling baby
Police have rescued a 12-day-old baby girl whom her parents allegedly tried to sell to fund their street food business in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
9 LGU workers killed as truck falls off Negros cliff
Nine people were killed when a government-owned truck fell from a ravine in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental yesterday morning.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
9 hurt in bus accident
Nine motorists were injured after a passenger bus rammed into several vehicles on Tuesday along Taft Avenue in Ermita, Manila.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
DHSUD, Quezon City ink deal for rental housing
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Quezon City government have signed two agreements for rental housing projects, which aim to benefit informal settler families.

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0800
3 get life over P1 billion shabu stashed in tapioca starch
A Manila court has convicted three men in connection with the shipment of nearly P1 billion worth of methamphetamine or shabu concealed in aluminum pallets carrying sacks of tapioca starch.

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