(Updated) The shallow quake hit near Mamburao at 10:38 a.m.

Habagat may dump rains and trigger floods and landslides across parts of Luzon through Sunday, PAGASA said.

Smuggled cigarettes valued at P15 million were seized during a police operation in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental on Wednesday.

Two farmers and two boys were electrocuted in separate incidents in Kiamba and Malapatan towns in Sarangani.

A talent manager arrested in an alleged plot to fabricate a sex scandal against Executive Secretary Ralph Recto has identified Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste as the supposed very important person or VIP behind the scheme.

The chief of the first district engineering office in Camarines Sur has been relieved from his post in connection with a recent road accident in the town of Del Gallego.

President Marcos has allowed Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla to delegate the authority to approve foreign travel requests of local government units officials.

A dead man was found in the trunk of a burned car in Guiguinto, Bulacan on Tuesday night.

Heavy rains brought by Tropical Depression Maymay and the southwest monsoon have raised the water level in Angat Dam by almost half a meter.

State seismologists have lowered the alert status of Mayon Volcano in Albay from Level 3 to 2, or moderate level of unrest.