Two earthquakes jolted parts of Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos) yesterday, but did not cause any damage to property, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

A police officer was killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in Calatrava, Negros Occidental over the weekend.

Four suspected members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were killed while three others were wounded in an encounter in Shariff Saidona Mustapha town in this province on Sunday.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government has served the suspension order imposed by the Sandiganbayan against Mayor Hermenegildo Gualberto of San Fernando, La Union.

Isolation polling places or IPPs will be put up to secure the safety and health of voters participating in a plebiscite intended to divide Palawan into three provinces, the Commission on Elections reported yesterday.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong yesterday confirmed that Baguio had its first case of the UK variant of COVID.

Police are looking into the possibility that the separate kidnappings of two policemen in Manila recently were connected, an official said yesterday.

Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco has extended for another week the closure of the city hall after more employees contracted COVID-19.

The Philippine National Police has turned over evidence it gathered to the case investigator probing the shootout with agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Feb. 24.

More than 20 million Filipinos have pre-registered for the Philippine Identification System and the government is eyeing to reach 70 million citizens.